Mekelle፡Telaviv, Nairobi, Pretoria, London, (Tigray Herald).
The End of the TPLF Power Dynasty: Slow Death
Tigray Liberity Media’s(TLM) editorial Viewpoint
What can we learn from the historical events surrounding the capture or death of dictators? Several astonishing lessons emerge if we grant ourselves the luxury of reflection and openness in evaluating these past occurrences. Important insights await us if we investigate the deeper reasons for the final humiliating deaths of dictators.
Foremost, we learn that dictators are cowards. Within the last half century alone, we can count several brutal dictators who have perished in ignominy and some in utterly humiliating circumstances. Starting with Mussolini (the Fascist dictator who was executed and hung by his feet), Hitler (the racist Nazi butcher who was killed in underground bunker), all the way down to our contemporaries such as Mengistu (the brutal dictator who run away fearful of the wrath of the people of Ethiopia he brutalized, with millions of dollars in bags), Taylor (the “liberator” of Liberia who turned out to be a violent tyrant), dictators did not seem to fare that well sooner than later their misdeeds catch up with them.We learn that blind obedience to Political leaders is not a substitute for intelligence, knowledge, and learning.
Unconditional support without accountability has negatively affected Tigray’s political and economic space. Such loyalty without merit has a chilling effect on open discourse and undermines the democratic process itself, which millions of people have died to preserve. In this regard, consider the case of corruption and absolute control of the TPLF power dynasty. Absolute or unchecked power corrupts absolutely.
The TPLF generals can do almost anything, including gold theft, murder, rape, and selling war trophies, yet still present themselves as honorable and free from brutality and violence, indiscriminate killings, and the oppression of the local population. They are often celebrated as heroes and nearly worshiped by a small group of fanatically devoted, frequentlymisguided individuals, politicians, and citizens alike. Heroism is rapidly losing its true meaning in this unfortunate period, following the Tigray genocide, which is a lamentable saga.
We observe that most social media, television broadcasters, and radio stations in Tigray serve as willing propaganda arms for the TPLF and lack objectivity in reporting news or commenting on conflicts involving the TPLF military during expeditions, conflicts, or wars. The people of Tigray in certain areas do not appear to see themselves as separate from the TPLF.
Understandably, people from the rest of the world make this mistaken distinction. We learn that despite the dehumanizing effects of military engagement and the universal greed of TPLF leaders, there are pockets of people in every country and across every race who, with courage and righteousness, provide hope to many worldwide. Among the Tigray in the Diaspora, TPLF’s blind supporters mainly include those who carry the legacy of years of terror with them, often resorting to gossip, manipulation, and disinformation. This group provides party members and retired ambassadors whose primary objective is to ensure their organization’s dominance by any means necessary.
Due to this group’s decreasing political significance, stemming from divided loyalties, advanced age, and a lack of self-confidence related to the skeletons in their closets, they often find gratification in assuming the role of the all-knowing authority within their community. Now that their children have matured and graduated in the West, aided by some opportunistic media owners, they can dedicate their efforts to manipulating situations, fabricating sensational gossip, and finding ways to spread these deceptive, imaginary stories on social media.
Comfortable in their behind-the-scenes roles, they decline to take the public stage for civic or political duties. They are unwilling to make real sacrifices or abandon their political interference. Any initiative not receiving their endorsement is seen as a direct threat to their ill-gotten power. The political landscape under the Prosperity Party (PP), TPLF appears on the brink of its final demise.
According to the Registration and Ethics of Electoral Political Parties in Ethiopia Proclamation No. 1162/2011, a temporary certification was granted on May 26, 2025, allowing Simret to engage in its political activities with full legal recognition. The Tigray Democratic Solidarity (Simret) has requested that the Board send a letter of cooperation to the Tigray Regional State Administration, seeking support in mobilizing and recruiting members throughout all zones, districts, cities, and kebeles in the Tigray Region.
NEBE’s recognition validates Simret’s position as a legitimate political party in the Tigray area. Therefore, the Board respectfully requests that the Tigray Regional State Administration support the party’s activities through essential cooperation with the founders of the Tigray Democratic Solidarity (Simret) to assist in conducting the necessary actions to register the party.We urge the Opposition and all patriotic Tigrayans to stay the course and never yield to any compromise.
The fight must continue until the TPLF resigns and a caretaker government is established to prepare for another election and draft a new constitution. We must start from scratch and restore the country’s political territorial integrity to its former state. It is crucial to begin exercising Tigray’s sovereignty and restore the territorial integrity of our beleaguered state. The momentum for political change is rapidly gaining traction and should not be permitted to wane.
The Police and Military Forces of Tigray, as well as the national guards or militia forces, must restrain themselves from murdering Tigrayans. They must refuse any order to kill, torture, imprison, or detain any Tigrayan. Suppose any member of the Tigray police or military forces, including national or militia forces, engages in such atrocities, harming Tigrayans. In that case, they will not escape legal prosecution by invoking superior order when law and order are restored and a new government is in place.
All Tigrayans are forewarned of their responsibilities not to harm Tigray by the order of TPLF generals or anybody else. General Taddese’s current party is in a transition phase. Tigray and its people are here to stay long after TPLF and its nightmarish party ends, and will be forgotten. Beware of the wrath of the Tigrayn People!
