As Kaleb2010 said, one of Haile's achievements is giving his country a positive image in the face of the rest of the world. The other is that, as far as I know, he is investing his money in his country, creating job opportunities for many fellow Ethiopians. Yes, he collects money for himself, in both running and his investments, but the outcome is not only for him, it is for many others that work for him. Do you think that he needs to give all his money to charity to be hailed as good or generous, or to be hailed as someone who did most for his country? I think not!!! He can be very greedy and keep his money to himself (after all it is his money), but in the process of making money for himself he is giving a living for people working in his investments. Country is not the land and the mountains and the rivers, it is about the people, and with is money he is enabling a few Ethiopians to make a living, and I think asking more of him for his country is unfair!

Dear yassin, where the report is written is not the matter, neither is it who wrote it. It is what is written in there that is important. These EU observers were invited to observe (which I guess was a good strategy to legitimize the election outcomes). They observed, and they report on what they have observed. Now the government wants to discredit the report, which it taught would simply endorse the outcomes and get the legitimization it was after in the first place. So, please don't take it out on these foreigners who reported what they saw and observed.

And about your preference for Woyane/EPRDF/TPLF, that is your decision, but please don't try to make it a sound decision or based on a well taught comparison against the opposition. Woyane and the opposition can not be compared, you are actually comparing a well organized and resourceful government with a collection of desperate politicians without any means to change their situation, or the country's situation. Woyane never came to Addis with alternative policies and strategies to change the country, it came with guns and tanks, so please stop your irrational stringent requirement that the opposition need to come up with alternative policies. With the country's current political climate, I applaud the opposition for their endurance to stay in politics, or even securing their personal survival. Why do you and me have to hide behind fake names to air our opinions? Do you think it is fair to ask me to come up with alternative policies while I have to fear for my personal safety? I hope you know better then to just blindly ask for that!

እውነት ሳይነገር ከሚቀር የዘገየውን ያህል ዘግይቶ ቢነገር ይሻላል ባይ ነኝ። ለምሳሌ "ለ ት ዝ ብ ት ከ በ ቁ ት 27% በ ሚሆ ኑ ት ውስ ጥ የ ድ ምጽ መስ ጫ ውጤቶ ች ቀ ደ ም ሲ ል በ ድ ምጽ መስ ጫዎ ች ውስ ጥ በ ታ ዛ ቢ ዎ ች ከ ታ የ ው የ ተ ለ ዩ ነ በ ሩ ።" የሚለው ምንም ቢዘገይ እውነትነቱ አልቀነሰም፤ አሁንም እውነት ነው።

የ እምዬን ወደ አብዬ አሉ፤ ጌቶችህ ስለከለከሉ አውሮፓ ይፋ ተደረገ እንጂ ... ኧረ ግዴለህም እየተስተዋለ አቶ ያሲን!

This is a reply to all: Isn't it wonderful to read all good-hearted and constructive comments? See how a national hero raises spirits, and morals? Isn't is wonderful to read good wishes and encouragements for a change, and not insults and personal attacks? HATS OFF TO HAILE, THE HERO, WHO BROUGHT US ALL TOGETHER FOR A GOOD CAUSE!!!

http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/other/fin...
http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/f...

For fellow Ethiopians who are interested in what the report says, if it is not blocked by the Chinese made technology they bought with tax-payer money!

... said ETV and ENA and WALTA! Why do you have to repeat exact words?

So this is the best proof EPRDF/TPLF has to assert the claim that Ethiopia had a multiparty system? I support the peaceful struggle line, but it is meaningless to assume a one-man struggle against EPRDF/TPLF. Just meaningless!

I felt there is one more detail you have not mentioned ethiofredom, this detail, I think, shades good light on levels of political freedom and level of trust in the political system.

"Levels of confidence in the military and judiciary are both very low*. Ethiopians have few political rights, but 17%* had voiced an opinion to a public official in the year prior to being surveyed in 2008. Unsurprisingly, only 21%* of the population believe that the electoral process is honest." (*Data taken from the Gallup World Poll.)
http://www.prosperity.com/pdf/Ethiopia.pdf

መልካም!!! ከዚህም የበለጠ ቤተ ክርስቲያናችንን የገባችበትን የአስተዳደር ችግር ለመቅረፍ አምላክ መልካም የሆነ ልቦናን ለእነሱ ለመሪዎቻችንም ለእኛም ለተመሪዎቹ ይስጠን!!!