Ethiopian Journal

Undermining African Union’s efforts for social, economic and political integration of the continent for long, Eritrea has now appointed its former ambassador in Ethiopia as its ambassador in the African Union (AU), resources disclose.  
Despite his escalating roles in the severe bloody conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Girma Asmerom has now appointed ambassador of Eritrea in the AU.

Girma Asmerom had greater roles in aggravating the bloody conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, some independent sources said, adding that he had a considerable role in instigating Eritreans who were residing in Ethiopia to participate in illegal activities that he taught damages the security of the country.

The sources said that his negative role in dissociating the people of Eritrea from the people of Ethiopia has left an incurable wound in the minds of millions of people.

Many people believe that the appointed ambassador won’t contribute any thing different from what he had been doing while he was in Ethiopia as Eritrean ambassador before the severe conflict for which he had an escalating role.  

Many political analysts argue that Eritrea has for long been looking down the efforts exerted by the African Union and the regional organization IGAD in bringing lasting peace and ensuring regional integrity. 

In this regard, the despot government called off its membership alleging the AU and IGAD describing them incapable, inefficient and impossible to lay trust on them, the analysts added. 

According to the analysts, Issayas and his advocates have identity crises that they fail to accept their being Africans; neither do they have confidence both in the continental and regional institutions.

President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea had insulted the AU as an organization with out teeth before ten years ago, they went on to say.

The despot state in Eritrea is appointing its ambassador to African Union not based on the beliefs of commonalities among the Africans, the analysts said, adding that ruling party in Eritrea has respect neither to the African Union nor to the African people as it has openly and consistently been rejecting them. Its coming to the African Union seems only to search a new angle of destabilizing the continent.