Everyone is of course entitled to his/her opinion and ventilate it at any forum. The programme leader of the stream should have defined the term “dictatorship” in the first place before questioning whether Eritrea is just like North Korea or not.
North Korea is North Korea and Eritrea is Eritrea. No similarities at all despite the militarization of the both countries.
I personally do not believe in “general elections” which are held under a hasty manner to please Babyloneans!Period. Genuine democracy and respect for human rights could only be envisaged once you have an educated population who would defend their rights, a functioning and prospering economy and strong democratical institutions like civic society and independent media.e.t.c.
In the absence of these components, elections are deemed to fail and lead to ethnical and religious tensions. The examples of rigged and violent elections are many from Kenya/Ethiopia in the east to Senegal/Nigeria/Ivory Coast in the west, from Zimbabwe/Angola in the south to Libya/Egypt in the north e.t.c. where fragmentation on regional, reliogious and ethnical basis, have become the order of the day.
I do not want my Eritrea to follow that path. People forget that Eritrea is still engulfed in a bloody war and the youth are in the army for such a long time because of that situation.Eritrea is not like any other “normal” country because of the current stalemate and tension which is taking its toll on the population. The fear of an American backed Ethiopian invasion is real and Eritrea has been vindicated lately.
The Eritrean government has of course its shortcomings like any other government in the world but is doing its best to alleviate poverty and bring about a real change on the economic front. We have to have a solution for the conflict with Ethiopia before things could be normalized.
The real Rahel did a great job under the circumsances that were prevailing during the programme. Eritrea is proud of you as much as I am! Keep up with the good work that you are doing!
Bless!
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