As soon as I found out the actions taken against her by the little abiy and his stooges, minions and hangers-on, my heart broke, and devastation run through me. It has created a hole in my heart not because she is the wife of Ambassador Seyoum nor because she is special but because I know the reason behind their action. There are thousands of Tigrians in Addis and beyond who are being pushed out from their workplaces, decoupled from their private businesses, pushed off to jail, displaced, moved out from their houses and apartments, murdered, and harassed. My very sister who was one of the victims of such actions who was let go from her office that she worked for over twenty years along other twelve Tigrians in one afternoon for no other reason than being Tegaru is another example of what is happing against Tegaru. So, what makes the action taken against Feleg different and special? Well, follow the story and be a judge for yourself. For your information, the time that the action was taken against her was few days after Ambassador gave an outstanding interview on the abiy administration vis-à-vis the science of diplomacy, International relations implications, and Abay Dam fiasco.
One afternoon, about five or six weeks ago, Feleg headed out to visit her long-time friend and spent a great day. As the day got near dusk with the sky growing dark, Feleg started heading out to her apartment. As soon as she arrived at her apartment, she met two people that she never saw them before waiting for her and told her to leave the apartment immediately without any prior notice and directed her to take out her personal belongings immediately. She asked them who they are and showed her identity cards to prove that they are employees of the Addis Ababa Housing Authority. She begged them to give her time a day or so as she was not prepared for this and did not know what to do in that short time. They adamantly said no and warned her that if she does not follow their directions, they will dump off all her stuff out of the apartment and lock it down. She went in to her apartment for the last time where she had spent good time with her husband and her daughter for many years and started sorting out her stuff and started saving her most valuables first and started calling friends and family members. One of her distant family members arrived and took her to her apartment where she is living right now.As to her personal belongings and furniture, they are being kept in different places until she gets her own house or apartment which seems impossible to get one as she is very income limited and the rent is prohibitively expensive and unaffordable. When she was shoved off from her long-time apartment, she had only six-thousand birr in her saving account, nothing more which is nothing in today’s abiy’s economy. Back in the days of the infamous TPLF split which was a disaster and lacked farsightedness and exposed TPLF leadership’s inherent limitation to resolve differences through negotiation that ended up in revengeful and regrettable actions against their own blood and sweat fellow Tegadeltis, I had the opportunity to visit my Country along with my family. As soon as we arrived in Addis Ababa many friend and family members were paying us a visit and congratulating us on our safe arrival. Amongst them was W/o Feleg Berhe. My wife and I had no knowledge on who she is, and it was our first time to see her. She was beautiful, unassuming, friendly, and very decent. It was after she left that we found out who she was. Her visit was long and stayed with us almost the whole day. She happened to be a close friend of one of our family members. We were discussing freely about our country and diaspora life. One of the hottest topics mentioned during our discussion was the case of the split of TPLF where her husband was on the side of the “winners”. She was strongly ridiculing the split and the unwarranted, indefensible and unjustifiable actions that were being taken against the opposing team including the jailing of Seye Abraha and his three brothers (Asefa Abraha, Mihrete’Ab Abraha and Tegadalay Colonel Woldeslassie Abraha who was let go because of Siye’s case). As soon as she left, and we found out who she was I was asking if what she said was genuine and honest. I was told, as part of an answer to my question, after she attended the funeral service of the mother of Seye Abraha who died while her four sons were in jail ( she died from the pain of her children’s suffering who went to the Prime Minister Office to beg for the release of her children to no avail), I was told she was being disparaged and labelled as supporter of Siye Abraha and the opposition group. Even her husband was being asked as to why she attended the funeral under his watch. She was strongly and confidently defending her action that it was her right to attend the funeral service. To make long story short, as her husband moved back to our capital city Mekelle, Feleg stayed in Addis Ababa in their Housing Authority rented apartment. Yes, rented apartment. Shame to those of you we used to spread disinformation on the family as if they had a private mansion. Shame on you who were saying their son Mebrahtu who was born in Sudan is a multi- millionaire who is living an average life as an employee in diaspora. Zakra Seyoum is a college student and not able to support her mom and dad who are living from the meager pension payment. I know this for fact and firsthand.
