Naive Politics, delusional opposition

Politics, especially in a country like Ethiopia, has to be about helping the public put food on the table, roof over their head and warmth. It is not about the luxury of criticizing and considering  a load of criticism as a valuable contribution one can do for its beloved country.

Ethiopia has a long way to go to feed itself as it has over 3 million people who need emergency aid this year alone according to figures released recently by Ministry of Agriculture. It needs talent that could realize food security; helping this nation solve and enabling the public meet this challenge is a good thing to do. Able hands and minds that help manage these challenges are real servants. Bombarding the ruling party now and then plus driving our motivation just to deliver naive criticism is not the quality the opposition is supposed to display in a country like Ethiopia that requires its political actors to do what it takes to feed its people. No mere criticism can deliver the solutions this great nation seeks. No one is out there with a magic wand to give us the right solutions at once. Therefore, let not any political party brag like it can give this nation the remedy it needs were it steering the machine of the political leadership.

when it comes to political freedom and free expression of opinion, I personally believe our infant democracy has got a long way to go. Of course, those who seek the right to be respected need to duly deliver on the responsibilities and duties too. One who seeks its rights to be respected is duty bounded to respect the rights of others. That is why freedom is believed to have burdens, simply freedom is not free.

This means those who want to express their opinions need to make sure their opinions are relevant and with in the rule of law. one can't act as one wishes just for it is right and expects others to act per the law of the land. It is not about being just legal alone. One can remain legal while it becomes utterly irrelevant and useless. In our case, being relevant and making sure everything the politics does pull the nation out of abject poverty and set it in a path that leads to prosperity is profoundly fundamental . Using every means to reach at the helm of the top most political post is not the way. We can't afford every means as some can effectively be distractions that hurt real people with real and immediate needs.

The opposition is besieged in a trap of its own making - denying tangible developments happening and being denied by the overwhelming majority the chance to lead this great nation, Ethiopia. Any public can not believe those who deny it the things it sees with its own eyes. How could such parties be given the chance to govern while they are dishonest and irrelevant. 

Recognizing achievements of ones opponent is not a weakness, it is a show of strong character that depends on its merits than the failures of its opponent. No one party can become strong for it knows the failures of its opponents and for criticizing them. Being formidable opponent takes plausible programs and confidence of the public for leading the strategies one sets out.

Time for our opposition to do deep sole searching and make profound shift in paradigm and actions that can influence the public to review its views of the opposition. This would give the opposition chances to be taken as credible alternatives in the political landscape mired with denial and polarized views. 

Now is one such time for the opposition to renew to reinvent themselves in ways they can meet squarely the challenges this grate nation faces for so long now.//