Criticism Directed at Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Regarding His Irreecha Message

A critical political statement has been issued addressing Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in response to his Irreecha holiday message. The text asserts that while the Oromo people may have escaped foreign domination, they are currently suffering under severe oppression, killings, and looting by the current ruling group. It argues that Oromo youth should not have had to take up arms during an administration led by their own sons, but were forced into the armed struggle because the political space was closed and they were targeted for killings. The statement directly accuses the Prime Minister and his allies of pushing the youth into the forests to protect their lives and their people. Furthermore, it challenges the sincerity of the Prime Minister's public messages and calls on him to cease pretense. Finally, the text demands that the government sit down for genuine peace negotiations to restore peace rather than reopening unhealed wounds with insincere political statements.