{"id":15823,"date":"2025-10-13T03:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=15823"},"modified":"2025-10-13T03:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T03:31:26","slug":"an-open-letter-to-all-eritreans-seeking-the-liberationof-our-beloved-nation-from-the-rogue-and-predatory-junta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2025\/10\/13\/an-open-letter-to-all-eritreans-seeking-the-liberationof-our-beloved-nation-from-the-rogue-and-predatory-junta\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to All Eritreans Seeking the Liberationof Our Beloved Nation from the Rogue and Predatory Junta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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To my fellow Eritreans, at home and in the diaspora, who yearn for a free, just, and sovereign nation,
We stand at a critical juncture in our history. The promise of our hard-won independence has been
betrayed. For three decades, our beloved Eritrea has been held hostage by a rouge and predatory
clique masquerading as a government, led by the Mafia boss Isaias Afwerki. This regime, which
operates more like a criminal syndicate than a government, has turned our people\u2019s victory into its
private empire by silencing truth, exiling conscience, and feeding on fear, while systematically
dismantling our societal fabric, plundering our resources, and turning our nation into a pariah state
often dubbed “Africa’s North Korea.” (Plaut, 2016).
The rule of this junta is not just a political failure; it is an existential threat to Eritrea’s sovereignty
and its continuation as an independent nation. Their actions have hollowed out our country, leaving
a generation lost to indefinite conscription, exile, and despair (UN Human Rights Council, 2024). It is
therefore incumbent upon all patriotic Eritreans to unite and eradicate this rogue regime.
This letter is a call to action, clarity, and unity. To succeed, we must be clear-eyed about whom we
must defeat and whom we must persuade to join our righteous cause.
The Fiction of the PFDJ: A Party That Does Not Exist
Let us begin by stating a fundamental truth: the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) is,
for all intents and purposes, a defunct organization. A political party is defined by its structures, its
charter, and its ability to convene its members. The PFDJ, which was formed out of the Eritrean
People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) at its third congress in 1994, has failed to hold another congress
since. There have been no legislative meetings since 2002 (U.S. Department of State, 2024).
A party that does not meet, does not elect its leadership, and does not debate policy is not a party
at all, it is a hollow shell, a flag of convenience used by Isaias Afwerki and his military junta to
legitimize their absolute power. The name “PFDJ” is merely a brand for a personal dictatorship that
has held no elections since 1993, has no implemented constitution, no independent judiciary, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

no respect for the rule of law (Freedom House, 2023). Our struggle, therefore, is not against a
legitimate political entity, but against a small, isolated clique ruling by force under a defunct banner.
Whom We Must Defeat
Our struggle is against a specific, entrenched power structure that thrives on conflict and repression.
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