This is a good move ... Meles will protect his power at the cost of everything ... if he thinks he is threatened then he will back off ... at least till some other event happens
You are seen the most effectiv cadre of Melles in the in this website. How much are you paid for? I brotherly advise to you. Take what you could now and give your back at the soonest possible time. Otherwise, you get to learn that Melleses period is at it's end edge and the time overwhelmers is not coming back.
I don't know if you remember. There was a 4-days seminar organized for Addis Ababa University Faculty (my Alma Mater). Almost all the 900 faculty (professors) were participated. It was chaired by PM Meles. After the Seminar, one of the private press asked one of the participants (a prominent professor) about the leadership capacity of PM Meles. He said the following:
I quote, "I doubt if the summation of the brains of all those who say that I am a professor or Doctor is equivalent to PM Meles's brain. He is excellent. Ethiopia is lucky having this leader at this time". These words were from an ardent anti EPRDF academic.
Now, Zion come to your sense. You have a very very capable PM. I advice you strongly learn, learn and learn until you develop the capaicy of analyzing the consequences of any action. Do you think that any of those you wish to bring to power have a leadership capacity at least equivalent to PM Meles? These people are known to us. They have no capacity or civilized manner to lead a country like Ethiopia. They are just swiming in their narrow world. Vindictiveness is their master peace. Whether you like it or not Ethiopia is lucky to have such a talented leader like PM Meles. If not now, I am dead sure you will realize it later.
Yohannes: The professor who said that is Endrias Eshete. Meles's top intellectual cadre. A while ago, another AAU Professor also said Mengistu is smarter than Marx.
when i see meles he reminds me milosevich of yugoslavia. and let's join hands in the coming year to bring down this dictator. and bring him to justice.