The Oromo struggle for self-determination and emancipation of our people has a recognized
just cause and clear end goals without the attainment of which the movement shall not relent. While forming strategic and tactical alliances are an important component of achieving these objectives, the Oromo struggle has always relied primarily on the ingenuity and resources of its own sons and daughters. This is especially true now when the movement has reached new heights.
Cognizant of these facts, the fascistic ‘government’ of Abiy Ahmed is leaving no stone unturned to reverse our gains in the frontlines, and should that fail, to muddy up and conceal the achievements made by the Oromo Liberation Army in recent months. In an internal letter
addressed to its US-based mouthpiece, the Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT),
the regime’s Media Authority writes:
“You must not report about the areas retaken by the government from OLF-Shene because we
are planning to retake these areas through covert operations without telling the public that any of these places were under OLF- Shene’s control from the very beginning. Even if the
government retakes areas controlled by OLF-Shene reporting that the government liberated
areas from them would be recognizing that they have been in control of these areas. What is
expected from you to repeatedly report ‘OLF-Shene killed innocent civilians and they have
never taken control of a single Kebele.”
By so doing, the regime is trying to create an ‘alternative reality’ through eradicating almost all
other media voices and using its own media propaganda. We also have credible evidence that preparations are underway to deploy Abiy’s troops with artificial wigs to impersonate members of OLA to commit atrocities in an effort to distance OLA from the Oromo people while lending some credence to the ‘alternative reality being manufactured, and to stage a fake ‘home-coming’ of members of the liberation army to Finfinnes by parading its own ‘wig-wearing soldiers’ in front of its media outlets.
OLF-OLA would like to call upon the Oromo people to fight this misinformation and
disinformation propaganda campaign aimed at belittling the victories you have earned with the
blood and bones of your sons and daughters. We would also like to reiterate the call to our
people to fight Abiy Ahmed’s so-called ‘Menelik Campaign’ aimed at dismantling the state of
Oromia and the Oromo nation in every way you can. Finally, we remind members of the Oromia
Police and Special Forces to break away from the fascists and join your brothers in the Oromo
Liberation Army.
Victory to the Oromo people!
OLF-OLA High Command
December 10, 2021
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