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The Quest for Regional Statehood: WOLAYTA!
Wolayta was a kingdom before 1896 with its own currency called Marchuwa and it is also the land of more than 50 kings, Most of the time in World history, human rights violations are cause for ethnic groups to struggle for statehood. This Wolayta regional states demand is due to federal government’s impotence and south states failure to protect Wolaytas gross human rights violations throughout the country. This option is must. Refusal to concede to Wolaytas demand in a timely manner is unacceptable by any measure. It is to exercise sovereign power as an independent state and to determine form of governance in our territory to struggle for justice, equality, fairness, human rights, human dignity & democracy to our great Wolayta people and all others. The notion is HUMANITY.

Wolayta ethnic groups are systematically suffering gross violations of human rights that make their amalgamation into south regional state impossible. The right to form a regional state is included in 1995 FDRE constitution, which is countries current constitution but failed to assure what it states. According to my view, it is a wish and good pleasure of Wolayta people to fight for human rights, justice, liberty, economic development and Ethiopian unity with other Ethiopian states and our loved neighbors as one member of self-governing Ethiopian states who can determine its affairs by its own people in democratic ways where human rights and dignities of all humanities is respected. Due to amalgamation into a region in south, Wolayta lost genuine representation, its exact population number for various purposes, a right budget, human rights, human dignity, economic development and almost everything you can think of. To develop its own culture, language and community wellbeing in this globalized world without others interference, Wolayta currently needs own independent regional state. I as one of Yelaga hereby inform Wolayta Yelagas and all concerned legal bodies throughout the country to legally and democratically push towards this right of self-governance of Wolayta people as an independent region in the country to support Wolayta development and promote justice and human rights.

The notion of demanding regional states for Wolayta is to promote equal rights and to create friendly and strong relationships with our neighbors. It is based on the principle of mutual respect and tolerance. It is based on principle of being strong and fighting for own rights in a democratic and civilized ways. It is a genuine question which is democratic and supported by international laws and United Nations to get immediate answers in legal, democratic and civilized ways. It is also a part of a strategy to fight fake news and fake and naive activists who disseminate wrong information’s about hard working Wolayta people in different parts of Ethiopia and costed lives of hundreds of thousands of Wolaytas for no reason. Wolaytas are hardworking and God fearing strong people. In practice south state lacked a will or power to guarantee justice, human rights and protection to Wolaytas, I personally take becoming regional state for Wolayta as an exceptional solution and last resort to fight for Wolaytas human rights and dignity.

The demand for becoming regional states is also to fight systematic oppressions and ethnic targeted killings which are left unanswered and get deaf ears by puppet south government leaders. It is to speed up the respect of human rights, justice and peace to Wolaytas throughout the country. To pursue the economic, social and political development we have a right and freedom to determine our political status. Wolayta population is more than 5 million (if anyone claim this figure is misleading, go and count), so, its population number cannot serve as a reason to delay Wolaytas from becoming a regional state on its own. No issue can be a cause of delay for this genuine question. Wolayta strongly believes in strong Ethiopia where all ethnic groups were equally treated before the law. Wolayta will strongly work for a national unity and territorial sovereignty of Ethiopia. Wolayta values diversity and respects all people without any kind of discrimination in work places and all other environments. I think becoming regional state will promote a friendly cooperation with other states and bring speedy answer for gross human rights violations which is currently common occurrence towards Wolaytas and others.

Wolayta wants to form its own regional state which has direct communication with federal government of Ethiopia. According to Hideo Yamagata, if there is a gross human rights abuse and tortures to particular ethnic group by the state itself, then it should follow that the ethnic group has the right to form own independent ruling body. To a cruel and systematic oppression by governing criminal gangs, withdrawal from south union is a defensive response. To a community who suffer structural discrimination withdrawing from abusive south union and fighting for own human rights and political governance is must. During Wolaytas massacre, southern region government is almost useless and did nothing to save life and alleviate the suffering of Wolayta people. I will not discuss about resource or economic potential in this post given it has no place or relation with becoming regional state in international as well as national laws. Let Wolayta leaders discuss this issue openly first at zonal council and then conduct referendum to this end and let Wolayta people will decide! In my view, Wolayta is with in impossibility to continue with the so called abusive and unresponsive south fake leaders. Wolayta Yelaga should follow legitimate democratic processes and respect for human rights while longing for liberty and freedom of becoming regional state to promote JUSTICE & HUMAN RIGHTS.