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Toronto – In a statement it released on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Pretoria Agreement which ended the war between the TPLF and Abiy Ahmed’s government, the Tigray Interim Administration criticized the Federal government for “having low interest in fully implementing the agreement.”
It called on the Federal gov’t, the EU, the US government and the African Union to discharge “legal and moral” responsibility to ensure outstanding issues that are not addressed in accordance with the agreement are resolved.
According to sources, the administration claimed that “Several areas of South Tigray and Tselemt areas are not yet returned to Tigray, and Eritrean troops are still in control of areas in Eastern, central and western parts of Tigray.”
Getachew Reda, President of the Interim Government, wrote on his X page (formerly Twitter) “Given the fact that the Pretoria Agreement was an internationally brokered peace deal, it’s vital that our regional and international partners ramp up efforts to ensure the agreement is implemented fully and without further delay. The Ethiopian people in general and the people of Tigray in particular cannot afford even the slightest chance of armed hostilities. But failure to implement the agreement is providing anti-Pretoria spoilers some traction. All stakeholders must, therefore, do what’s necessary to marginalize those spoilers by helping us implement the agreement fully and expeditiously. For our part, we remain committed to the full implementation of the agreement.”
However, Getachew called the silencing of guns in the region “a qualified success,” of the Pretoria Agreement. He also said that it ” has created opportunities for a cooperative working relationship with the Federal Government.”
Yet again, he expressed as to what constitutes the “measure of success”. He stated :
“The success of Pretoria can only be measured by its ability to address some of the most thorny issues resulting from the war in Tigray. Among other things, there hasn’t been much progress on restoring Tigray’s constitionally recognized territories. The entire Western Tigray remains under the occupation of Amhara forces, with hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans continuing to be on the receiving end of brutal treatment. Eritrean forces also continue to occupy parts of Northwestern and Eastern Tigray, where atrocities in those areas are quite commonplace. As a result, hundreds of thousands of Tigrayans continue to languish in IDP camps under unimaginably harsh conditions.”
The areas described as Western and Southern Tigray – are areas where there have been identity questions for decades after the TPLF included these areas as parts of the Tigray region and “legalizing them” with a constitution. The areas used to be parts of Gondar and Wollo respectively before 1991.
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‘But failure to implement the agreement is providing anti-Pretoria spoilers some traction’. Who are those and what does that mean? Use what you have now properly and clean up the region under your control which is full of unexplored ordinance that is killing and maiming innocent citizens. Set your priorities straight, young man!
Peace, peace, peace y’all!!!