The so-called development apparatus operating in Ethiopia seem to want the people in desperate needof humanitarian assist mostly for their vestedinterest, former Member of the European Parliament and European Union (EU) chief observer for Ethiopia’s national election in 2005 Ana Gomes said adding: “That’s why these agencies are always trying to prolong a given disaster as much as possible.”Recently, she told a media that westernaid agencies are not really interested inseeing self–reliant Ethiopia via the ongoingsweeping reform in the country. [They arein vain to bringing back the old regimethat ruled Ethiopia for the past 27 yearsundemocratically.
There were a lot of industries of thedevelopment aid during the TPLF’s 27 yearsof leadership in different member statesparticularly UK, France, and Germany whichwant things to go on as it was, she added.“They want to keep the conflict going. Theywant to cover up the baseless narrativesof the regime (EPRDF). Once we had bigtrouble with them because they were led bya commissioner who was a great friend offormer Prime Minister Meles Zenawi,” shestated.Ana Gomes speaks of aid agencies hiddeninterests in Ethiopia AU staffer deserves hero award: Ethiopian, African “During Ethiopian national election 2005, the commissioner and his friends tried torewrite our final reports of EU observer.However, the observer team said no.” According to her, Ethiopia should get rid of the hidden agendas of relief agencies. Ethiopia has the full capacity to overcomethe current challenges.
the Ethiopian herald, tewodros kassa