My take

                          Let's face it

The way to approach the current situation in Ethiopia is to closely study the development so far and look for where and how the current unrest surfaced. With a population of 90 million and growing with tens of ethnic groups here and there, it shouldn't be a surprise if things somewhere, somehow get out of control. The most important thing to do, as a capable government is to weigh and react to the depth of  the cause accordingly. This is very important in case the government loses grasp of the changing situations.

It is imperative that the elite, like everywhere else in the world, effectively plan the vision for the country. It is also a necessary requirement to closely monitor the conditions of applications for any well studied plans on the ground. There can be various reasons a proposal that is meant for the good of the people can be misunderstood and rejected by some layers of the community. It can be a culprit for the watchdogs that yearn to spread their own agenda as a destabilizing confusion that can convince the unsuspecting and easy going section of the population. There shouldn't be a room given for granted for people's trust to work the system out. Instead, any viable cause that results in the uprooting of the otherwise traditionally accustomed way of life should be clearly negotiated to avoid unexpected developments.

There is also another vital area to assess when talking about dealing with a population that constitutes any country. Being secretive may be to the advantage of playing an effective leadership role as long as the outcomes prove to be ahead of the game and there is an overwhelming appreciation for the farsightedness of the idea. Otherwise, involving the individuals or groups that can play an inclusive role will save the ruling party from creating alienated and disgruntled citizens who will find it easy to feel they haven't got much to lose from the demise of the system. I say this because offering an inclusive system for those who would rather chose to be part of a national cause would be good for stability and a peaceful coexistence within a diverse society.

When I turn pages and pages of opinions which are sometimes believed to be the driving forces for some discord among significant groups (could be as large as the ethnic group such as Oromo initiatives), I am compelled to make my own conclusion about why some issues succeed in looking legitimate to the extent of being accepted by a reasonable majority in the group, but do not have the capacity to hold their influence nationally. The way to tackle those kinds of movements that tend to be narrow  minded, is by letting them vent their fury until they realize they are surrounded with a self serving and in most cases undemocratic agenda at its inception. Those groups are already proving to be inefficient by lacking a broad minded approach to those with differing opinions, including outright dismissal of their dogma by painting them with being the stooges of the enemy or the other side. When one thinks of what "the other side" means, it is nothing other than building fences so that constructive ideas and tolerance for other causes gets blocked, yielding no options for reconciliation, renegotiation, revision, and as a result formulate a reconstructed view to fit the will of the overwhelming majority, in  a way that makes a national sense.

This kind of behavior emanates from emotion rather than reason. One can realize this kind of compulsive attitude by reading through what they may address to their audiences. Coating the beginning of their statements with some realities they may find hard to ignore, it is in the main body of their message that one can learn what  they stand for. Most of their points are illusive, mainly filled with old time hatred than contemporary solutions for  contemporary problems, thus placing them as far behind in progress as possible.

My opinion thus far is not meant to appreciate one group and denigrate the other, as there can be no positive progress that way. As an observer from the side, I can easily tell what I see is not to the level of my expectation from all sides, hoping this will alert all stakeholders that failing to correct problems at their inception, no matter which group it may be, is a sign for a dark future in the making.