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Why are you advocating for a monarchy? Isn’t it too late to return to
a system that is outdated and archaic? Why are you wasting your time
preaching about the virtues of the Solomonic Dynasty instead of
embracing the “vibrant democracy” we have in Ethiopia? These are the
questions I have heard frequently over the past couple of weeks. These
questions ultimately end with this simple statement: aychalim (it
can’t be done).
I want to take this moment to answer these questions and provide much
needed context for the reasons why I believe the restoration of the
crown within a constitutional framework is the only way forward for our
beloved Ethiopia. I—along with the rest of the executive team at
Ethiopians for Constitutional Monarchy—did not arrive at this
conclusion out of impulse; after observing the political and social
upheavals that have and continue to take place back home, I’m
convinced that the way to restore a sense of unity and nationalism above
tribalism in Ethiopia is through the one institution that kept my birth
land unbowed and uncolonized for more than 3,000 years.
We Ethiopians are a proud people for a reason; our history and heritage
deserve mention among the greatest nations throughout the annals of
human existence. Starting from the Axum Empire and onward, the
significance of Ethiopia biblically, culturally, scientifically and
geopolitically is boundless. Contrary to western indoctrination, the
fulcrum of civilization is not Europe but the continent that is now
referred to as Africa. It is precisely because Ethiopia’s impact was
so profound that our neighbors to the north dedicated an exorbitant
amount of time and energy trying to erase our nation’s very existence.
After colonizing Africa with bullets and appropriated bibles,
imperialists set their sights on the one territory that resisted their
virus. Hell bent on annihilating our forefathers and absorbing our
motherland into their nascent empire, Italy invaded Ethiopia in 1896.
They came with hubris, they were sent back in pieces as Ethiopian
jegnoch (heroes) refused to give their hands to tyrants. Led by Emperor
Menelik II and Etege Taitu, Ethiopians routed the Italians and gave hope
to billions of people around the world by showing that oppressors could
be defeated through unity.
If not for my forefather Atse Tewodros II who forged Ethiopia during
_zemene mesafint _(age of princes), Atse Yohannes after him who died
defending Ethiopia from Ottoman aggression and Menelik and Taitu who
rallied Ethiopia behind our sendek alema (flag) during the Battle of
Adwa, Ethiopia would have succumbed to the Italians and a biblical land
would have fallen under the pentagram of diabolical colonizers. Though
Ethiopian kings and queens made their share of mistakes in the past, we
should never forget that our nation would not have remained intact for
more than 30 centuries if not for the savvy and agility of the monarchs.
The defeat at Adwa did not stop imperialists from trying to conquer
Ethiopia. Forty years after Italians were evicted by force from our
land, Mussolini mounted another campaign to incorporate Ethiopia into
his column. Our grandparents’ generation were not as fortunate as our
forefathers at Adwa, the weapons gap was simply too wide. Consequently,
fascists overwhelmed fierce _arbegnoch _and occupied Ethiopia for five
years. Using chemical weapons that burned through flesh and deploying
poisons against civilians, Duce and his fascist generals, with the full
blessings of the Vatican, committed a genocide against Ethiopia in order
to…continued…
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