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Final Statement
(Meeting of EDP, ENSF
and ELF-RC)
Dammbach, Germany
10 May 2007
Coming from 10 countries in five
continents, 13 high-level leadership members of the Eritrean National
Salvation Front (ENSF), the Eritrean Liberation Front - Revolutionary
Council (ELF-RC) and the Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP) met between 8
and 10 May 2007 in the German village of Dammbach near Frankfurt and
thoroughly discussed national issues of paramount importance as well as
the role of the opposition camp in facing challenges ahead. The meeting
also reached understanding on future tripartite relations and on a work
plan.
The meeting believed that the
belligerent policies and acts of the dictatorial regime of the ruling
PFDJ that literally detained the entire Eritrean youth in military camps
and frontline trenches have caused a total collapse of the economic life
in the country and that the condition of our people is unbearably
desperate. This sad and urgent situation makes it incumbent upon the
Eritrean opposition forces to find ways of making the Eritrean people
fully and effectively rally behind the opposition camp. The high level
leadership meeting of the three organizations underlined the urgency of
identifying and exerting all possible efforts to put an end to the
plight of the conscripted Eritrean youth forced to slave-labour to serve
PFDJ interests and others exposed to risks on high seas and death in
deserts while trying to escape the excesses of the dictatorial regime.
After deep and constructive
deliberations, the meeting agreed to upgrade relations and joint
activities of the allied three organizations in the fields of diplomacy
and public information, and to enhance relations with human rights
organizations and civil societies with the aim of redoubling campaigns
against the dictatorial regime in Eritrea by pulling together all
opposition forces determined to shorten the life of the regime.
The meeting also made a strong call
on the Eritrean Defense Forces to refrain from providing any services to
the oppressive regime, and instead rally behind the Eritrean people in
an effort of removing the dictatorship. Likewise, the meeting appealed
on neighbouring countries to give adequate support to the Eritrean
opposition camp with the full understanding that the Isaias regime is a
factor of conflict and insecurity in the region and that its removal
will open the way for stability and economic prosperity for the peoples
of the zone as a whole.
The meeting believed that the split
that occurred in the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) in the aftermath
of its recent second congress was an occurrence that saddened the
opposition as well as the Eritrean people and friendly countries. The
meeting highly commended the compromises and draft proposals tabled by
the three organizations to avert split in the EDA which eventually
happened because of the unacceptable positions of the other side
(EDA-2).
Also with the understanding of the
importance of engaging the capacities of our people in the struggle to
remove the dictatorial regime, the meeting mandated the provisional
EDA-1 leadership to formulate a mechanism that can allow smooth
coordination and work relations between the two blocs of the alliance.
Glory and Eternal Memory to Our
Martyrs!
The Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP)
The Eritrean National Salvation Front
(ENSF)
The Eritrean Liberation Front –
Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC)
Dammbach, Germany,
10 May 2007 |
