April 18, 2013- There is no political outfit for religion and no religious outfit for politics. And hence, religion and politics should keep their distinct and separate outfits for their disparate purpose in life. Because politics is the tool to approximate and organize better conditions of life and, religion is not.
Religion does not dwell in approximation; it is absolute in its tenet and teaching to promote what ought to be. This, I believe, is the foundation up on which the need to separate politics and religion is built. And any effort to rebuild this foundation by inserting religious scripture into a political discourse of the 21st century, therefore is, a hangover from centuries old inebriation of medieval discourse.
Addis Ababa, April 7 –The Meles Zenawi Foundation was officially established on April 6, 2013 at ceremony held here at the African Union (AU) Hall. The event was launched with a moment of silence in memory of the late PM Meles Zenawi.
Present on the occasion were representatives of Nations and Nationalities of Ethiopia, senior government officials, African leaders, families of the late Meles Zenawi and invited guests, among others.
The Foundation would serve as a living center of ideas and programs to further advance the works and legacy of the great leader Meles Zenawi. It would also serve as his final resting place and a site for scholarship.
“From his early age until his premature demise without a single day of rest, Meles has accomplished tremendous achievements,” Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn said on the occasion.
The9th Organizational Congress of the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) kicked off today in Bahir Dar town of Amhara Regional State.
The Congress was opened with a minute of silence for the late leader Meles Zenawi who committed the whole of his life for the cause of the Front and the nation. We EPRDF Supporters forum of Canada highlighted the achievements gained the economic, political and Social aspects in various sectors
The Congress has the responsibility of ensuring the sustainability of the ongoing economic growth, The Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), along with the peoples of Ethiopia waged a prolonged and bitter struggle to remove a dictatorial fascist regime and bring about democratic order in a new Ethiopia in which human and democratic rights are respected. Figuring high on the popular movement’s agenda were also the struggle to ensure peace and stability in the country, thereby creating the conditions for the realization of rapid economic development from which all citizens can benefit. We EPRDF supporters forum of Canada supports all the real political leadership of EPRDF in Ethiopia, we will work together shoulder to shoulder in dramatic way much better than we did in the last few years, all our challengers of the Diaspora society is now realizing the development of our country hence at this moment there is no ground to accuse EPRDF for nothing.
The Growth and Transformation Plan(GTP) is directed towards achieving Ethiopia’s long term vision and sustaining the rapid and broad based economic growth anchored on the experiences that has been drawn from implementing development policies and strategies and undertaking policy measures for the challenges that has been surfaced in the course of implementation. The overriding development agenda of GTP is to sustain rapid and broad-based growth path witnessed during the past several years and eventually end poverty, this is the effort of EPRDF and the Ethiopian people, we as supporter of this vanguard party, we say thank you to the great leadership of EPRDF and its party.
