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Press statement from Amhara Fano Gonder Command
August 25rd, 2024 (Nehase 18, 2016 EC)
Amhara Fano Gonder Command Calls for Disarmament of Regime Forces
English translation of transcript provided below
A written decree from the Amhara Fano Gonder Command will be presented as follows.
A tough decree in the land of Amhara.
As we’ve stated before that our struggle has no room for mistakes. The period of suffering that the Amhara people have endured is nearing its end, with the will of the creator and the strong arms of his children, and we stand on the eve of victory.
Based on our assessment, the regime's power weaker than ever before. If a coordinated attack against the regime occurred in a broader area of the region, the likelihood of a complete defeat is very high.
The bandit army has been trying to regroup and move to designated areas after dispersing from various locations where they had been in recent weeks. The few remaining collaborators who are either influenced by their desire for minor positions of power and economic benefits, or those who have a very limited understanding of politics, are increasingly distancing themselves from the regime.
Realizing this truth, the genocidal army is now attempting to leave the region with the weapons they used to massacre the Amhara people. Now the question is, whether those of us who rely on our weapons for protection, after our creator, should allow these weapons, that were bought with our own money to leave the region or keep them?
Believing that there is no Amhara who would allow the weapons used to slaughter innocents civilians to leave the region, the Amhara Fano Gonder Command has issued a decree for a full-scale search at checkpoints.
Therefore, for every Amhara youth and farmer alike, the regime that has been committing unforgivable crimes and inflicting unbearable suffering on the Amhara people is now collapsing and in retreat.
As such, without distinguishing between male or female, young or old, whether in rural or urban areas, organize yourselves and fully disarm the murderous regime forces that are fleeing the region and arm yourselves with these weapons.
Secondly, to the hired mercenaries that call themselves the Ethiopian National Defense Force.
We trust that you have learned by now that you are merely being used as a political tool by the regime. Therefore, we urge you, like your other comrades, to surrender to the Fano forces operating in your area.
As we have done before, we will treat all prisoners of war in accordance with international humanitarian law.
Thirdly, to the militias, riot dispersal forces, police officers, and politicians who come from a community that does not eat the meat of the cattle it raises out of respect, you are consuming the flesh of your own people.
No one understands the collapse of the regime better than you do. We urge you to use this critical moment to save yourselves and reconcile with your community and make up for the wrongs you have committed against your people.
Lastly, to all members of our community: We remind you to treat captured members of the murderous regime with care. If anyone engages in the torture or killing of captives, contrary to international standards of conduct, we want to make it clear that we will be forced to take appropriate legal action against you.
Victory to Amhara Fano!
Victory to the Amhara people!
Amhara Fano Gonder Command, Commander Dereje Belay.
August 23rd, 2024 (Nehase 16, 2016 EC)
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