 Introduction
This letter is a call for correction, a call for peaceful and democratic
dialogue, a call for strengthening and consolidation, a call for unity,
a call for the rule of law and for justice, through peaceful and legal
ways and means.
For some time now, regular meetings [of the Central Council and the National
Council] have not been held. Believing that the best way to resolve problems
is through meetings and democratic dialogue, we requested twice through
signed letters that President Isaias Afewerki, as chairman of the Central
Council [of PFDJ] and the National Council [of the state], convene meetings
of both bodies, but he twice failed to respond positively to our requests.
Those of us who made these requests have, as responsible members of both
bodies, now chosen to write this open letter to all members of the PFDJ.
Most of us have spent more than a quarter century in the struggle for
independence, and many of us have at different times served our country
at high levels of responsibility. We have witnessed and taken part in
the bitter struggle of our people for liberation, and are now serving
the Front, the State and the people as members of the Central Council
(the legislative body of PFDJ) and the National Council (the legislative
body of the State).
It is obvious that our country is in a crisis. This crisis is the result
of the weaknesses of the PFDJ and the Government, and the invasion of
our country by the enemy.
Our aim is to find remedies for the weaknesses of the PFDJ and the government
so that people participate in discussions and decisions of important national
issues to enable Eritrea to come out of this crisis, to pave the road
for peaceful, legal and democratic transition to a truly constitutional
government, and to establish guarantees for Eritrea to become a peaceful
and stable nation where democracy, justice and prosperity shall prevail.
In the Eritrean reality, guaranteeing and consolidating internal democracy
within the PFDJ is essential to ensure a democratic process of transition
and the establishment of a democratic constitutional government; and our
aim and message is this, and only this.
Comments about this information you can contact
the writer by e-mail: MeliKti
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