{"id":2243,"date":"2026-08-10T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:27:37","slug":"from-deliberation-to-direction-a-veteran-diaspora-perspective-on-ethiopias-national-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameco.et\/english\/from-deliberation-to-direction-a-veteran-diaspora-perspective-on-ethiopias-national-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"From Deliberation to Direction: A Veteran Diaspora Perspective on Ethiopia\u2019s National Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s Note:<\/b> As the Ethiopian National Dialogue Conference enters its final phase in Addis Ababa, legal scholar, political commentator, and veteran diaspora advocate Alemayehu Gebremeriam\u2014Professor Emeritus and attorney at law at California State University\u2014offers a deeply personal and strategic reflection on the proceedings. Participating in the conference as a veteran diaspora delegate alongside more than 4,000 representatives from across the country, Professor Alemayehu Gebremeriam draws on two decades of public advocacy to contextualize Ethiopia’s historic transition from intense deliberation to actionable national consensus. Below is his commentary on the closing stretch of this national endeavor.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Ethiopian National Dialogue has entered its final stretch\u2014not the end of Ethiopia\u2019s journey, but the point at which weeks of listening, questioning, disagreement, and patient deliberation must be transformed into clear national direction.<\/p>\n

The Conference opened in Addis Ababa on July 15, 2026, bringing together more than 4,000 representatives from across Ethiopia and the global diaspora. The delegates were drawn from more than 1,200 woredas (districts) and included representatives of local communities, civil society organizations, religious institutions, women, youth, veteran diaspora members, and other key sectors of society. The process followed extensive grassroots consultations and was organized around the country\u2019s most consequential political, constitutional, social, economic, and peacebuilding questions.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission tasked by law to organize the Conference was established to identify the root causes of national division, facilitate inclusive dialogue, build consensus, present recommendations to relevant institutions, and help design mechanisms to monitor implementation. Its mandated and guiding values include inclusivity, clarity, credibility, neutrality, rationality, partnership, and effectiveness.<\/p>\n

These principles have given the Conference both a moral purpose and a practical structure. The delegates are not gathered merely to exchange speeches. They are working to convert Ethiopia\u2019s accumulated grievances, aspirations, and competing visions into a shared national agenda.<\/p>\n

The Final Miles<\/p>\n

We are now preparing the final recommendations for presentation to the 500-member plenary groups. Within the working structure of the Conference, representatives from the 250-member groups have been organized into strategic drafting teams. From these teams, smaller groups of delegates have been entrusted with the demanding responsibility of preparing harmonized drafts. Their work is both technical and profoundly political.<\/p>\n

These teams must gather discussion points, opinions, concerns, and grievances that originated in the micro-groups of 10 and the sub-groups of 50 and 250. They must ensure that proposed ideas and perspectives are not lost as proposals move upward through the deliberative structure. They must identify ambiguity, remove inflammatory language, clarify concepts, reconcile overlapping proposals, and produce texts that are fair, precise, and capable of commanding broad public confidence.<\/p>\n

These drafters and agenda summarizers are more than editors. They are the bridge between Ethiopia\u2019s many voices and the possibility of a common national direction. Their task is to preserve the substance of disagreement while creating language through which citizens can recognize themselves and their aspirations.<\/p>\n

The final documents will proceed to the 500-member thematic plenaries for broader debate, validation, revision, and consensus-building. This method reflects the Commission\u2019s wider responsibility to consolidate recommendations from dialogue forums, prepare a comprehensive national report, submit the outcomes to the relevant public institutions, disclose them to the public, and support the development of an implementation plan.<\/p>\n

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A Marathon, Not a Sprint<\/p>\n

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Yet that is the nature of a marathon. The runner does not conquer the distance in a single burst of speed. The runner advances through rhythm, patience, mutual encouragement, and the disciplined refusal to stop and press on to end despite the pain, cramp, soreness and spasm.<\/p>\n

The same is true of Ethiopia\u2019s National Dialogue.<\/p>\n

Every great marathon begins at dawn with a mixture of nervous energy, hope, anticipation, and apprehension.<\/p>\n

On July 15, 2026, delegates to the Conference — community leaders, political actors, scholars, religious figures, civil society representatives, veteran diaspora voices, and citizens from all walks of life from across Ethiopia and abroad entered the Addis Ababa Convention Center and stood at the national marathon race starting line. They brought to the race different histories, regions, identities, political convictions, grievances, dreams, and expectations.<\/p>\n

But they also brought something larger than their differences: the conviction of an inescapable possibility of a shared future and destiny.<\/p>\n

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As I looked across that sea of nearly 4,000 Ethiopians filling the convention hall on the first day, a profound stillness washed over me. For a moment, the atmosphere felt almost surreal as the surrounding noise of political rhetoric and grandstanding receded into total serenity. Before me was an extraordinary sight: thousands of Ethiopians gathered not to raise weapons against one another, but to ask hard questions, share heavy burdens, and chart a peaceful path forward.<\/p>\n

For me, as a veteran diaspora member who has spent decades advocating from afar, that moment carried the weight of twenty years.<\/p>\n

For two decades, I have written, spoken, argued, taught, and advocated for an Ethiopia secure in its unity, sovereignty, dignity, peace, progress, and prosperity. My contribution has taken many forms: essays and public commentary, policy arguments, formal communications, conversations in academic and civic spaces, and persistent efforts to defend the principle that Ethiopia\u2019s problems must ultimately be addressed through Ethiopian agency, Ethiopian wisdom, and Ethiopian institutions.<\/p>\n

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I refused to put down my pen or close my laptop, forging ahead to help heal Ethiopia\u2019s wounds through my writing and desperate cries for change. I wrote through the silence and darkness, knowing that seeds sown during the harshest winters are those that take root to build a brighter, more prosperous future for our country.<\/p>\n

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That experience humbled me. It reminded me that public service is rarely measured by immediate applause. Much of it consists of remaining faithful to a worthy purpose when success is not yet visible, when the going gets tough. The National Dialogue made visible what years of writing and advocacy had taught me: when purpose, discipline, patience, and moral conviction are sustained long enough, the seemingly impossible can begin to move toward possibility.<\/p>\n

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Standing in the convention hall, I felt that my labor of love of those years in darkness and shadow had found a new home\u2014not in one person\u2019s words, but in the courage, good will, good faith, wisdom and intelligence of four thousand \u2013 130 million \u2013 Ethiopians!<\/p>\n

Finding Our Rhythm<\/p>\n

The early miles of every marathon require runners to find their rhythm. They must resist the temptation to spend all their energy at the beginning. They must learn the pace of the course and the movement of those running beside them.<\/p>\n

The early days of the Dialogue were similar. Delegates encountered mistrust, skepticism, fear, doubt, apprehension, and, in some cases, hostility. Many understandably asked whether such a large and diverse gathering could truly reach common ground on questions that had divided Ethiopians for generations.<\/p>\n

The answer began to emerge in the micro-groups of 10.<\/p>\n

In those smaller circles, humanity transcended political labels. Delegates listened to personal stories and discovered that behind opposing ideologies lay shared fears: insecurity, poverty, exclusion, displacement, injustice, and unemployment.<\/p>\n

Above all, they shared a simple desire to live in peace with dignity. These discussions did not erase our disagreements, but they did something far more valuable: they made those disagreements human, civil, respectful, and compassionate. When we recognize that harming another ultimately diminishes ourselves, cruelty gives way to kindness\u2014and we realize that while suffering is unnecessary, it is bound up with us all.<\/p>\n

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Climbing the Steep Hill<\/p>\n

Every serious marathon race includes a demanding ascent\u2014a point at which the body is tired, the breathing is heavy, and the summit seems farther away than expected.<\/p>\n

For the Dialogue, that steep incline has been the examination of historical grievances, political exclusion, identity, representation, constitutional questions, human-rights concerns, institutional weakness, and the causes of conflict. These are not abstract subjects. They are connected to real wounds and memories carried by real people.<\/p>\n

The conversations have therefore been difficult, honest, and sometimes emotionally intense. Voices have risen because the stakes are high. Delegates have defended positions shaped by personal experience, family history, community memory, and political conviction.<\/p>\n

But the wisdom of the delegates has been evident precisely in their willingness to remain engaged. They have not confused civility with weakness or compromise with surrender. They have shown that one can defend a principle while still respecting the person who disagrees. They have demonstrated that listening does not require abandoning one\u2019s identity, and that changing one\u2019s position after hearing a persuasive argument is not defeat. Agreeing to civilly and respectfully to disagree is a manifestation of intellectual courage and strength.<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian National Dialogue Conference delegates deserve the admiration and respect of all Ethiopians. They have displayed patience under pressure, intelligence in complexity, discipline in disagreement, and dedication under exhausting conditions. They have carried not only their own views, but also the hopes and anxieties of the communities they represent.<\/p>\n

Facing the Wall Together<\/p>\n

In a marathon, many runners encounter \u201cthe wall\u201d\u2014the moment when physical reserves diminish and psychological doubt becomes overwhelming.<\/p>\n

The Conference has faced its own walls. There have been moments when differences appeared too deep, when consensus seemed distant, and when fatigue tested the patience of even the most committed participants. Some delegates considered leaving. Others struggled under the weight of long days and emotionally demanding discussions. Yet the Conference continued.<\/p>\n

Here, Ethiopia\u2019s marathon tradition offers a powerful lesson. Ethiopia\u2019s greatest distance runners have shown that excellence is built through preparation, rhythm, mental strength, and the ability to endure discomfort without losing sight of the finish line. They also demonstrate the power of running with and for others. The race may record individual achievements, but training, encouragement, and national pride often create a collective energy.<\/p>\n

The same principle has animated the Dialogue. The delegates have learned to share the burden. When one group became fatigued, another renewed the discussion. When one voice felt unheard, others created space for it. When a disagreement threatened to halt progress, patient facilitators and determined participants helped restore movement.<\/p>\n

A national marathon cannot be won by one runner alone.<\/p>\n

The Second Wind<\/p>\n

After a difficult ascent, marathon runners often experience a second wind. The body remains tired, but the mind becomes clearer. The runner begins to sense that the distance already covered is greater than the distance remaining. Something similar has happened in the Dialogue.<\/p>\n

As the discussions progressed, rigid silos began to weaken. Delegates who initially approached one another with caution began to sit side by side. People who had previously spoken past one another began to draft language together. The conversation gradually shifted from defending separate political territories to constructing a common national future. This change did not mean that all differences disappeared. It meant that the differences began to be placed within a larger framework of shared responsibility.<\/p>\n

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That is the most encouraging development of the Conference. The delegates are not merely searching for agreement on words. They are beginning to build the trust required for implementation.<\/p>\n

The Final Lap<\/p>\n

The Dialogue has now entered the final lap. The atmosphere is no longer defined only by the anxious murmurs of the starting line. It carries the confidence of people who have traveled a difficult distance and discovered that they can continue moving forward together.<\/p>\n

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Ethiopia\u2019s Shared Finish Line<\/p>\n

The Ethiopian National Dialogue has shown that the country possesses the heart, lungs, endurance, and moral courage to run the distance together. The road has been long. The hills have been steep. The doubts have been real. But Ethiopia has not stopped.<\/p>\n

I am deeply honored, beyond words can express, to have played a small part in this larger national journey as a representative of the veteran diaspora community. Looking back on two decades of writing, advocacy, reflection, and public engagement from abroad, I understand more clearly that peace work is not a single act. It is a lifelong discipline. It requires returning to the starting line again and again, carrying forward the lessons of every previous race.<\/p>\n

My role has been to contribute words, arguments, encouragement, and profess faith wherever I can in Ethiopia\u2019s capacity for renewal. The delegates have now given that faith a living form through their intelligence, courage, patience, and dedication. They are not simply participants in a conference. They are custodians of a national possibility.<\/p>\n

The finish line before us is therefore not a place where Ethiopia stops. It is the point from which a new journey begins: toward peace, prosperity, constitutional order, accountable institutions, and a future in which no Ethiopian must raise a sword against another Ethiopian.<\/p>\n

Together, Ethiopia has run the race. Together, Ethiopia can finish it. And together, with wisdom and perseverance and help of the Almighty, Ethiopia can begin the longer journey toward the just, peaceful, prosperous, and dignified future its people deserve.<\/p>\n

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