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Ethiopia’s parliament has become a theatre of false applause, where belly-politicians betray their people by clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics. Every clap echoes not just submission, but moral decay—and the people are watching.
Politics, at its best, is not a performance—it’s a principled struggle. It demands truth-telling, confrontation, and a willingness to challenge power without fear. In Ethiopia, that spirit has all but vanished. From the ornate chamber of the Ethiopian Parliament to the regional halls of Caffee Oromia, silence reigns. Except for one voice—Obbo Taye Dandea Aredo [1].
Only one or two out of hundreds have dared to speak truth to power. The rest have chosen a different path: clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics.
This is not about praising one man. This is about condemning the hundreds who, through cowardice or calculation, have betrayed their people. These are the belly-politicians—those who have bartered principle for privilege, and dignity for a full stomach. History will not forget their silence. Worse still, it will remember their applause.
They sit like statues while the Prime Minister spins fantasies—about peace while war rages, about wheat exports while millions go hungry, about prosperity while the economy crumbles. And every time he speaks, they respond not with questions or critiques, but with mechanical, sycophantic clapping for lies.
The exact same spectacle unfolds in the Caffee Oromia, where President Shimelis Abdissa—Abiy Ahmed’s loyal understudy—recites fantasies from the same hymn sheet as the Prime Minister, with equally vacant conviction [3].
They know these claims are false. In the privacy of their hearts, they know. But the performance must go on. Their hands clap even when their souls recoil. What is this if not the theatre of the absurd? What is this if not betrayal clothed in parliamentary immunity?
Fear is the easy excuse. But public office is no place for cowards. To represent the people is to stand for truth—even when it burns. Instead, these officials applaud delusion, endorse propaganda, and validate suffering with their grins and gestures. They have not only failed—they have enabled. Their clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics is not a minor offense. It is a historical disgrace.
The people they claim to serve have lost everything—lives, livelihoods, land, and liberty. And yet, their so-called representatives have lost only their conscience. What Ethiopia sees today is not a functioning parliament. It is a room full of ventriloquists’ dummies—animated only when the leader moves his lips.
To the belly-politicians: examine your moral compass—if it hasn’t rusted from disuse. One day, when the applause fades and the truth returns, you will be asked where you stood. And no amount of clapping will save you from that reckoning.
Until then, the world watches. And it sees the spectacle for what it is: clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics—a shameful soundtrack to a nation’s slow undoing.
The “Represented” Deserve Better
Assuming that you’re fairly and genuinely elected Representatives, as democracy demands, the “Represented” deserve leaders who serve the people, not performers who serve themselves. Parliament is not a stage for applause—it is a platform for accountability. When elected officials choose comfort over conscience, and careerism over courage, they do not merely fail; they betray the very essence of representative governance.
Let it be clear: clapping for lies in Ethiopian politics is not a harmless gesture. It is an act of complicity, a public endorsement of private ruin. Every hand that claps for deception deepens the people’s despair and delays the nation’s healing.
There is still time for redemption. Some may yet find the courage to break the silence. But history is not waiting. It is writing—every silence, every lie, every clap.
And the ink is permanent.
References
- Taye Dandea Aredo’s Latest Post on Facebook, 16 May, 2025, Facebook.
- Elemoo Qilxuu, The Futility of Denial: How Historical Revisionism Undermines Inter-Ethnic Cohesion in Ethiopia, 17 February 2025, OROMIA TODAY.
- Editorial, An Open Letter to the Caffee Oromia: Fulfill Your Sacred Mandate, 16 May 2025, OROMIA TODAY.
