Abiy is cracking down. He also says the damn will be filled to spite egypt whom is implicated in the recent unrests in ethiopia.
4700 arrested in connection killings, unrest in Oromo region of Ethiopia
4700 people arrested in connection with unrest and killings in Oromo region following the assassination of Ethiopian singer Hachalu Hundessa.borkena.com
Yes, PM Abiy enabled freedom of speech, free media etc. but some extremists used it to incite violence and ethnic conflict. Now the authorities said enough is enough and started a massive crackdown on all extremists including local authorities like mayors and security officials in whom towns and cities civilians were harmed and properties were damaged during the latest violence. I called family members in Addis Ababa and they told me that people especially in cities like Addis Ababa are supporting fully the crackdown. They were fed up with so called qeerroo terrorism who have no political agenda but are only interested in attacking civilians and damaging hard earned properties of businessmen. During the struggle against TPLF the qeerroos won huge sympathy from allover Ethiopia, especially from the Amahras who later joined them in the protest because they were very careful not to attack civilians. But now they have lost any sympathy from Ethiopians including many moderate oromos. If all you do is vandalism instead of having a political demand and protesting peacefully then you have lost your cause altogether. You have to give PM Abiy credit for coordinating the security apparatus to control the violence in matter of few days. In Addis Ababa for example life was back to normal just after 2 days. Well done! Yes to airing and protesting for political demands but a big no for chaos, vandalism and terrorism against civilians.
