Despite these all harks and barks, tits-tats and bluffs, huffs and puffs, the Sidama people are determined to peacefully and non-violently continue their Constitutional quest for regional self administration
Update on a Deliberately Orchestrated Crisis in Sidama Region. Our reporter from Hawassa (Sidama), July 07, 2012 On the 6th of July 2012, Shiferaw Called for another meeting in Hawassa town. Various Hawassa towns’ sub-regional appointed councilors were called by the aforementioned cadre who is increasingly obsessed with implementing illegal and unconstitutional acts of re-installing a previously dropped Manifesto of federalizing Hawassa town; the attempt that outrightly angered Sidama people from corner to corner. The said meeting was mainly dominated by the usual intimidation of the Sidama councilors by Shiferaw Shuguxe who repeatedly threatened them with intimidation and harassment. Mr Shuguxe told all participants that the plan of the regime must go ahead whether Sidama people like it or not; therefore, he reiterates that the participants must implement the Manifesto regardless. Besides, his lecture went into deaf ears. The Sidama participants asked Shifera