Amid the murder of Girma Yeshitla, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed lacks transparency, and that's why people don't trust him.

JOE SHANLEY

High Profile Murder in Amhara

Last week in Ethiopia, the leader of the Amhara region Prosperity Party Girma Yeshitla was assassinated along with members of his family and security detail. The murder is significant in that it is a high ranking ruling party official killed at a time of heightened tensions between ethnically divided regional forces. At this time, heavy accusations are being thrown around, but one cannot say conclusively who did it. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed hastily released a statement a matter of hours after the murders were announced, inferring that he already knew the culprits:

Those who couldn't win ideas with ideas have taken away the soul of our brother Girma Yeshitla. In a century where resolving differences in a civilized way has become a culture, trying to convince those who are different in ideas with guns is the ultimate extremism.

The shameful and horrible act committed by violent extremists who believe they shouldn't have thought different from us in the area where he was born and raised. It shows that if we don't fight and get rid of extremism early, it will lead us to our extinction.

May your soul rest in peace.

Although Girma was an Amhara, he was a part of the ruling Prosperity Party and had a close relationship with Prime Minister Abiy. He was in support of the controversial decision to disarm the regional forces in favor of a centralized army, which the federal government is calling "military reorganization." To many of the Amhara people — a population spanning 30 million — this policy is a power grab by the Ethiopian government. This would effectively dismantle the Amhara regional forces and militia, leaving them defenseless to outside threats, including those from the national government. For this, and his loyalty to the ruling party, Girma was seen as a traitor to his ethnicity and hated by many Amharas.

Girma’s death leaves more questions than answers. Girma was traveling from Mehal Meda to his hometown Debre Birhan in the north Showa zone at a place called Menz Guwasa at the time of the attack. No photos of the crime scene were released. It is reported he had six guards with him. It is not clear if they were shot while traveling in their vehicle or were detained beforehand. A reliable source tells me there are some reports that claim he was not in his original car, so whoever was the killer had to know details about where he was going.
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