posted 29 Jan 2012, 06:20 by D Woldeab
EARLY DAY MOTION 1700 Dear members and non-members,
We would like to draw your attention to the Early Day Motions (see below) raised in parliament by Harry Cohen, MP, condemning the Ethiopian government for its war policy. 20 MPs have signed the latest motion and have referred the Ethiopian government as a 'wicked regime that invests its resources in such wars rather than feeding its own people.' The MPs also expressed their disapproval that the 'Ethiopian government is encouraged and financed to do this by the US and UK governments'
We must have all seen reports of the Ethiopian government announcing the increase of its military budget by $50m to $400m, just a week after it appealed for more aid to feed the millions of starving Ethiopians. No sooner than the Ethiopian government's announcement, the British and American governments were falling over each other to donate millions of dollars to Ethiopia. In stead of exerting pressure on the Ethiopian government to mend its ways and address the root cause, the British government is fuelling the crises in the Horn of Africa by providing it with diplomatic support and huge financial aid using various excuses such as famine, food security, training budget for the police that mowed down protesters, indirect budgetary support, poverty reduction, sustained development, protection of basic services grant, achieve Millennium Development Goals e.t.c
The world is yet to see any improvement in the lives of the tens of millions of Ethiopians on whose name their government received tens of billions of dollars in aid over the last 30 years. Any sane person would know where all that money has gone.
The British government is embroiled in making the lives of people in the Horn of Africa miserable by misusing public fund. It is therefore important that we all contact our respective MPs to request that they sign EDM 1700. We also need to inform as many people as possible to do the same.
To find out ways of contacting your MP, you may use the following links
http://www.writetothem.com/ http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/members/mps_contact.cfm
For Sample letter click here EARLY DAY MOTION
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=35984&SESSION=891
EDM 1700 ETHIOPIA04.06.2008
Cohen, Harry That this House is concerned at the new drought and famine in Ethiopia; and, whilst favouring aid to those innocent civilians including children affected, records its condemnation, in such circumstances, of the Ethiopian government for its war policy which led it to invade and be the principal occupying force in neighbouring Somalia where it has established a warlord regime creating more refugees and human carnage there than in Darfur; expresses disapproval that the Ethiopian government was encouraged and financed to do this by the US and UK governments; and considers it a wicked regime that invests its resources in such wars rather than feeding its own people. |
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