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P. s Prime Minister won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now hes waging war in the countryside north. What happened to democracy and whos to blame allies . 2. Senior officials from both sides of the conflict in this weeks up front special and just a few weeks, a power struggle in ethiopia between Prime Minister and the rebellious region in the countrys north. As escalated into armed conflict. Earlier this month, the government launched air raids on t. Gray after it accused its leaders to tikrit Peoples Liberation front or p. L. F. Of attacking a military base. The t. P. O. Left denies the attack, but with communications down and video barred. Its impossible to verify claims made by each side. Now 100. 00 supported killed tens of thousands fleeing to neighboring sudan and t. P. S. Missile attacks on eritreas capital. There are fears the conflict could spill beyond borders and trigger, a humanitarian crisis. Joining me to defend at explain the t. P. O. , lets position is best to samer, an advisor to the Regional State government of tikrit and former ambassador to the u. N. But suffice to say, my thank you so much for joining me on outfront. Thank you for having me. So youre a member of the Peoples Liberation front, the t p l f, which ruled ethiopia for almost 30 years until 2018. When i became the Prime Minister. Now your party has been basically feuding with him ever since then. Or now the situation has deteriorated into war bombings, massacres, rockets fired into eritrea and deepening ethnic divisions. What happened to democracy for this show for did not rule for the city. For the last 30 years that has to be accorded to you or the dominant party though. What if it was the dominant, it must stop being because it was a Prime Minister who was dominated the party because of his intellect. And what have you about that throughout the whole world wants to believe that tippit as a minority under 7 or 6000000, people were dominating if you appear. But i beg to differ that it did, it was not administering any part of the country except its own region. How to set off to grab, did bad things happen for the 27 units . Yes. And while there, i didnt come out of nowhere. He was a member of the leadership, he was a member of the Central Committee executive committee, head of the national security. What have you before all, including the took care of and the other affiliated parties. And im going to say the idea of did accept the responsibility and they wanted to do for me. We stick with taking the development of political feat. But what he just said earlier, the shortcomings in the problems that we have. Why did i view, do he believe . Is the program of the country on the ticket . If he demolished the fair that allowed him to mint egypt eyes in multinational country. We have an out of intimate affair that i listed. Even if you want to do that, you have to go through the corners to should he divided his political thinking among what you call us to make versus you need to state it so that if youre in a fuse to participate in this kind of what you have going for the last century or so and so you can sense it. Ok. And some of these things that you are saying are valid concerns and we plan to put that to the other guest that we have and speaks on behalf of the government. I have more questions for you in the meantime. So the team p. L. S. Had an opportunity to join the unity government and december and, and you did and you turned it down. Why . Because the Political Parties throw sort of the party, you need to appeal this fall. Is this a unique to the state . He is getting married over the faded out of enjoyment. That kind and polish jew should that to feel if paid over 60000 feet is due to young people i get is that to bring about those . The fear that im not intimate or the mission and nationality should big have an exam. So therefore with the help of is how yes you know them are either you have just photocopied what he wants to be in ethiopia. No for that or not. And you meant so that the creative said no, its not me, were not. So youre saying i 40 people, i say are saying that he felt that it wasnt in your partys best interest. Im actually glad that you brought up eritrea. Lets talk about that right now because there is a concern that what is happening between abbies government and the t. P. Left could spiral beyond ethiopias borders. This past weekend that spokesperson toci read it confirmed that the team had fired rockets on quote, military targets. Not anything but in eritrea on the capital asmara that certainly seems reckless. What is the goal. d what is too great trying to accomplish, doing this to eritrea . Let me tell you about the background to a fair trial and the current destruction, and if you appear to it could be for the 1st answer. The question just what it was, i am going to answer to the question, but you have to have the background. What has happened is, you know, the current will notice and the period if you did fight side by side to get rid of the court order to move to a city. Jim 9 to war in 1908 is how yes opened a war against you. Taking a border issue as an excuse. He was defeated and he has a good idea is that theyre going to be put in the to be and if before that time. But i missed, it was an h. Again. The Defense Forces were mainly the how of the 100, so i said i could afford your defense. Let me finish. So here i said, i hate to destabilize and didnt know they would you that i side by side what we have thanks. Crossing the border before that to appear. If that is what i was thinking closer party seeking regime change and did it destabilize eritrea . It is not, it is not there to feel if its business secure. Did you mean i was it is protecting itself. I do, you know, its only what we say. Yes. Yes, us did it because you can confirm it from the source of the south sudan government. He has asked the 450000 soldiers to defeat to the border that the forces into that incited to go back. They had to destroy the border town number so i can say that i had in to sell them. Ok, so eritrea. So i would, i got you have your time. So just a moment eritrea does deny that i want to talk. Now more about the human toll about what is happening. Amnesty international confirms that likely hundreds of people were either stabbed or hat to death and make in the region almost 27000, people have fled the country. Hundreds of people are dead. Families are being traumatized. Thousands of people are homeless. Is all of this worth it for the fight for autonomy . Enough not a single last resort in terms of the mongols, but it is the target and people are defending themselves against to a tyrant. Ready. They didnt look cross no border. They did not fight. They did nothing to be you completely one just people and this is if it should be, it should be in the cushions of the people the International Community bestowed the life of own citizens. So comparing it to decide is a very strong word in a lot of whats happening in the region. Unfortunately, its very difficult to confirm because the region is so is so cut off. But just to be clear, when you Say Something like that, you talk about the outside world. What happens at the t. T. L. Left cannot count on khartoum to facilitate links to the outside world, as it has in the past. I mean, is landlocked as a landlocked part. Me between the rest of ethiopia, eritrea and sudan. The really is not a lot of connection to the outside world, but khartoum is not in the same position that it has been in the past to facilitate any of this. What happens to the t p . A lot of it, it cannot count on khartoum to facilitate that. Whats happening . First of all, if i am telling you, if you doubt and if it is not true, you should ask the International Community. The media, like the b. B. C. To be out allowed to go into the ground to get our it is completely equal, not off. There is nothing thats come out the government out of the afghan hound because they have the media because International Coalition is. But this didnt come out one of the states, i am sure, including by international media. The International Community should call for an immediate cessation of hostilities. And all part of the should come to no bush eating table. That has to be a money set and quoted or sucked. Are you concerned that this could erupt into a proxy war . It is already going to, you know, war. I just told you editor i was there. You have said that about eritrea. Eritrea has denied that, are you still concerned that it could become broader than that . There is a possibility of gulf rivalries being ignite and how concerned are you about that . It is already there. You know, if you is there to try to deny and i said, look, i am here to new york talking to many countries. They do have their own sites and i think they know many constitutional whats happening as of egypt. They just want to look the other way. So every today is involved. It is time. If you dont take my word for it, i ask for they took piano government to allow you to go to the im going to tell me what they are. What is the end goal for the t. P. L. F. . What is it that you want for ethiopia . That to get out of people who wanted to live in peace as you call it was a risk to 110000000 to a pianist. No more nor less. They went to a new set of themselves. They were not accept that tight on the government dictating them like it has happened in the last 3 days. Snuffy, so it is out of me. They have been doing this out for 2527 years. They dont want to give up on that. Believe me, that ryssdal, if you cant be honest, also want to do that, they guess dont to have this strong defense, that the guy people know for now has this government has weak killing the omo. So what i thought was for 2 and a half years it took, we have been known for this before, that a spiritual has to leave reason if you look at so long as they had a suspect, as if culture is respected, they couldnt be satisfied in the state ok, i want to ask you one last question. What is your message to the people . Ethiopia beyond t, great people are scared, and some of them might even say that this conflict is about a power struggle between the elites and has nothing to do with them. Whats your message to them . The 1st my duty to you if youre a pianist, no venue where this is not the parser going to the courts and the violinist that killing half the displacement has been you know, all part in all of that. If youre about to get out for the last 2 years, weve both to come to a negotiating table. People are suffering, people are dying, and therefore to feel if hes ready to do that, government is ready. Source that includes in full their political thinking that has to participate. We need to go toward negotiations and come out of the political solution. Otherwise, yes, this is good, i think, but i know by many standards just too strong a National Academies for special forces from a very stiff mobilized, but they have no 2 exams to live, that have a history. That will be the final word. Thats a to say my thank you so much for joining us on a project. Next up, im joined by zytiga, prague. Prime minister. Ill be at metz minister in charge of democratisation who until last year was actually a member of the t. P. L. F. Himself. So take a broad thank you for joining me on up front. A year ago at the obvious Prime Minister was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the time. This is what he said. Its very striking. He said, war is the epitome of hell for all involved. I know because i was there and back now he is bombing part of his own country. The country is on the brink of civil war. What happened see years ago, the people of ethiopia now split the loan. If you have to say, how do you know, 4th, if you get it, its better still to believe was given the chance to believe it was too good to be resistant to the studios doing it is a really key and then you can use is going to isnt, lets talk about how things have escalated so far and how to deescalate that. And, so the u. N. Secretary general and tony, good terrorists, actually called for immediate measures to deescalate tensions and ensure a peaceful resolution to the dispute. The t. V. Regional president has publicly appealed to the African Union to mediate this conflict. Yet abhi outlet has refused offers of mediations. He says, this is an internal affair and it, and assuring the rule of law, why wont the Prime Minister allow mediators with for one thing, we have to be part of this initiative. Them to be forces of change for the past 3 years to build this choice to be here. And i dont know that betty let. Well, let me out in that many of the bands at the, just a moment in the day. You know, that was all of us just a moment though, why, why wont the Prime Minister allow mediators well, you know, who will, who, which government would see in their wishes. We see dont in that wish it was a terrorist group that chose to kill our citizens. We have to do to defend it again, people from any force for you know, the mission. This government, when it comes to peace, cannot be questioned. We are the ones that are suited to get a loan. Tell me to eat it too good. It is. The potential so to do this piece today of how is normal and to question, oh im going to go into waiting just a moment. Some of us only call them a terrorist group. Thats a very, very harsh language, a group of which you were recently just a part of. But are you saying that there is no way to have any type of dialogue . The Prime Minister is a Nobel Prize Winner. Are you saying that he cannot sit down with this fellow countrymen be at the, the t. P. S. Later to sort out some sort of nonviolent solution . He spoke with eritrea and work things out. Is there not a way for him to deal with, with regional governments . Thats something that if he has to tell if spokesperson is even call for this out of the total, out of total country men, these People Choice to shoot in the forehead of our soldiers. I do sleep. These people try to loot and to lose how doing that. That would have meant to political people from any place you put in addition, this season. It is in this act of maximum sort of that one can possibly imagine. You cannot sit down, you cannot fix what people did. But the standard is that you had serious, serious allegations about that. But the un human rights chief has warned that the situation could spiral out of controls that war crimes may already have been committed. More than 2 27000 refugees have fled to sid and Mc International supported large numbers, potentially hundreds of deadly hackings in an stabbings. Integrate just last week, which ever side is responsible in a lot of this is very difficult to confirm from from either side because of a blackout there. Whichever side responsible. Are you saying that that a dialogue to stop this is just completely off the table and that it has to be force to get it in order to move the parties at least you can take as i was informed that he said, i know this because it kind of it and it is not going to be easy simply trying to bait so that it will be needed to do that kind of thing. So we have the money to increase the citizens. But you know, this is a serious thing to lose weight to eat. Its going to be a nice tender, you know, if you call that a terrorist group. And i do want to point out that you are not willing to sit down with the representative from the team for a debate on this program. Thats why were conducting these separate one on one interviews. But i do want to put some of the allegations against the Prime Minister from the t. V. L. F. To you because theyre very, very serious. So most per cent, call the Prime Minister of violence, entrepreneur who is using Security Forces to suppress dissent, kill and maim hundreds of people at will, and to incarcerate and to jail thousands of opposition. Members, what is your response to that claim . Doesnt that larry . Because if hes too old to believe the family. So how does that show the new raising of hope in ethiopia . Since he took power, if youre, if youre going to have, you know, were going to be happy you know, humans, how about for the past 70 years, ethiopians i thought for a while to see but, and they havent created enough chances, but every chance its got a bullet in me can be said what mr. Bush needs the sun. If you were here, if youre going to determine you know how to make it your concern, you do what it was a bit democracy, a democratic sexes. What do you get out of it . I said, is there a way to let you know hes ok talking about hes on my team. That is, that is becoming ok. Hold on, hold on. Well, but just a moment, its not just a tea p. L. F. Though. That is saying things like that that is concerned that abby is going pretentiously in an authoritarian direction. Ethiopias own Human Rights Commission, said the country detained, more than 9000. 00 people between may and august. After protests broke out on the road. Here regent, a prominent activist, was dragged by police from his bed in the middle of the night, as he slept next to his pregnant wife. Abbies biggest challenger, dr. Mohamad, us in prison on charges of terrorism. This is not just coming from the team p. L. F. This is their leader and we were not brought in new. We were free for this. We but we were free phone has brought about its losers and winners there. The people just built on democratic endeavor is not going to make the move and theyre trying to become a roadblock to making it here. And it wont accept us, dont 100. If you see his case, its sort of always pretty dire presiding over the case. So we cannot make a full assessment, but if you see, once again, president evasions and president journalists, and opponents is not something that just happens because were trying to do business on the phone. And this is a matter of the rule of law spitting ease cues. A little later he committed a crime. Youre talking about one person. I said 9000. People were in jail. I said 9000 people. That number has to be but still the forces were brought in this country. It is your own Human Rights Commission. That is saying that 9000 number this. This is this commission is on its own in this commission. But it doesnt mean we have to constrain the numbers. Theres a report from Human Rights Watch anything of his own Human Rights Commission that says that to gray and say that they are being targeted based on their ethnicity. Im not talking about the leadership that there are specific incidents of to great and saying that they are being singled out and targeted based on their ethnicity. What do you say about that . I dont want to. I dont want us 6000000 to graemes only 10 or 20 of these people abroad tool it in you. And so go to a court of law on the on own Ground Solutions of corruption. So no, no, no, im not. And im not talking about being arrested. Im talking about people saying that they are been suspended from their job that theyre not being allowed to fly. The thats not the case. This government does not discriminate in one building its new city. So that this government is, i mean is this, i guess a struggle for existence. And so are you saying that what theyre saying is not true and can you not at least condemn it . If im telling you there are people within our study, cement that are connected with the pair of it. And weve got to take a Safety Measures with those that do it is not indiscriminate. Disc, indiscriminate, the 2nd is against, this is not what the government stands for. What action to be condemning 1st time. Staceys, im saying it is essential that has been done here and youre will correct it. But just to be clear, the Rights Commission has for see what they consider to be valid complaints from people. And that they have learned that a justified risk or threat or fear of ethnic profiling and discrimination has risen. That is directly from the Human Rights Commission and our own country. Youre still saying that its not happening. As i said that there are people that are connected with it, it believes that it shouldnt matter to the music. It was people other ways. It is no indiscriminate the 2nd stadiums. If that is, if you better made it, it is easy. No trying to get the engine to do it. He trains with the loss of a few people. So there are a lot of force of people to 70. As we mentioned earlier, the Prime Minister is a Nobel Prize Winner for has efforts in bringing peace to the region. The conflict that is happening now, not only threatens ethiopia, but also neighboring sudan, eritrea somalia. How worried are you and the Prime Minister about that a Prime Minister, who says hes about peace, thats wrong. This, he said domestic issues last, this is, you know, we need to sort of images. You can, you cant, you know what im about, and what happens in ethiopia does have a trickle down effect on other countries in the region. Yes, it does. But its the prettiest. But when it comes to these, why we let me tell you, carry on, you know, the state of the proclamation that we live eat, is only applicable in this conflict is not even clean down. So there is no, so it is in ethiopia because we are, there are thousands of people. There are thousands of people that are fleeing going to neighboring sabbat. This is something that we are going to, and this is sort of, you know, people, if is the reason behind the decision. And one of a good to be this was the reason behind just 10 minutes between the 2 days due to appear in the media for it for more than 2 kids today. What is your message to people . Not just to grans, to, to everybody. People are scared, theyre living in fear, and some would even say that this conflict is about a power struggle between people that are not connected to their lives. This is another power struggle. This is how the flow i used to believe that is resisting that is talking to me today and i learned of it as something to change. And i dont, what are you dont suppose to, which is that those around the cities and all the people we all sat down part and parcel of the struggle and the savings this organization with the South Quarter of these, you can keep including the people that will be the final word. So take a prop. Thank you so much for joining us on upright. Thank you. Thank you. And that is our show for now. Ill be back next week. The b. B. 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