In Retrospect..
ከማህበራዊ መረብ የተገኘ ጽሁፍ In Memory of the two precious sidama children shot by police last june in Chuko woreda demonstrating for the causes of the entire sidama people; This last summer has witnessed many glaring events in the history of sidama nation. Provoked by the state's move to federalise the Hawassa city thereby diminishing the strongholds of power of sidama people, this peaceful land has evidenc ed historic accomplishments and failure in various times and places. The two entirely divergent philosophies of the gov't and the people as to the issue at hand make the situation and any harmonizing attempt fruitless, resulting in wholesale adversity b/n the people and the state. Being anxious and disguised by this very gov't orientation, the people determined to call for regional self-determination, claiming that these all atrocities are pressing on the people due to lack of such a status like other comparable nations in the Ethiopian polity. This endless struggle resulted