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A Sincere Call for Attention to Serious Issues in Ethiopia (By Lencho Leta )
A Sincere Call for Attention to Serious Issues in Ethiopia: Speech Made at the Ethiopian National Movement (ENM) Meeting held in Oslo, Norway on June 17, 2017 By Lencho Leta
June 19,2017
Dear Ethiopians,
In the name of the leadership of the Ethiopian National Movement (ENM) and also in my own name I would like to thank you all for accepting the organizers’ call and attending this meeting. Let me begin my speech by asking worrisome questions:- What can possibly happen next in Ethiopia? Does that worry you?
I am very worried about what could happen next in Ethiopia because of one reason: conditions have gone from bad to worse after every regime change in that country.
I started thinking about politics during the era of Emperor Haile Selassie. Many members of my generation hated the Emperor’s regime. We were convinced that a worse regime is inconceivable. But history proved us wrong for the Dergue became
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Lencho Letta
Ethiopian politician
Lencho Letta (Oromo: Leencoo lataa) is an Ethiopian politician and Oromo activist who was founding member of Oromo Liberation Front (OLF). He was the Deputy Secretary General of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) from 1974 to 1995. In Late 1990s, Lencho left OLF leadership due to ideological differences. He is currently the leader of Oromo Democratic front, which was formed in 2013.
Early life
[edit]Lencho was born in Dembidolo, Wollega, Western Ethiopia. He studied his elementary and middle school at a local school in Dembidolo. Later, he went to Adama and completed his high school education. In 1966, he enrolled at University of Rochester to study Chemical Engineering and graduated in 1970. After graduation, he returned to Ethiopia and worked as Engineer in Metehara Sugar factory for one year. In 1971, he moved to Addis Ababa and help to establish Ethiopian Standards Agency where he worked until 1974.[1]
Political career
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Lencho Leta: Individual and group rights: a dichotomy or a duality?
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