Responding to the message of Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:04:54 -0600 (CST)
Selamat Selah and all
I loughed at the thired choice,which is Tigre and Arabic.Is it a
competition between Tigre and Tigrina.The population with almost 50% left
without choice when they say Tigre and Arabic,and it a jock.
I peronally do not belive there is a problem abaut the language issue
amonge eritreans.If not all some EPLF's leader or leaders make it an issue
for some political reasons.And the issue of language is not separete issue
from other issues.And it is easier to solve it in a really democratic
atmospher.Are we heading towords democrataztion or not? Was or is the
procces of conistitution democratic.
Adam
from saleh_ay@IX.NETCOM.COM (SAL AA YOUNIS):
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> Selamat Dehai:-
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> Remember our discussions of "the language issue"? The Eritrean
> constitution calls for equality amongst languages in Eritrea and as
> such, there would be no official language. Citing historical
> precedence, practicality, and the current inequity in development
> between the nine languages, some of us argued that Tigrigna and Arabic
> should be the official languages in Eritrea. The choices were:
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> (1) no official language
> (2) Tigrigna and Arabic as official languages
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> Always game for overturning the apple cart, The Abdella Idris Group,
> reversed its initial endorsement of Tigrigna and Arabic as official
> languages and proposed:
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> (3) Tigre and Arabic as official languages..
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> What is the [new?] position of the PFDJ? Assuming the Chairman of the
> CCE, Dr Bereket Habte Selassie, speaks on behalf of PFDJ, there is a
> recent development. In case you missed it, as I did, there was a
> recent posting by Sirak which sheds some light on the PFDJ's
> enlightened position on the language issue:
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> March 14, 1997, Friday, BC cycle
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> HEADLINE: Eritrea completes draft of first constitution
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> DATELINE: ASMARA, March 14
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> Eritrea's first constitution is in final draft form and should be
> approved by May, a senior official said on Friday.
>
> The constitution will attempt to resolve questions of dual
> nationality and official language critical to Eritrea, one of
> Africa's poorest countries and its newest state, which became
> independent from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 31-year war.
>
> The constitution, initially drafted last June and submitted to
> public debate, would go to President Isayas Afewerki before being
> ratified by the National Assembly, said Bereket Abte Selassie,
> chairman of the constitutional commission.
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> "It's hard to talk about a timetable but since we asked the
> president to proclaim the constitution on Independence Day (May
> 24) we can safely assume that the constituent assembly will meet a
> week before that," said Bereket.
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> The constitution would address the question of Eritrean
> nationality faced by thousands who fled the war for countries
> which do not allow dual citizenship.
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> Anyone born in Eritrea or born of Eritrean parents who holds an
> identity card would qualify, Bereket said.
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> "We will stick to equality of languages. Tigrinja and Arabic will
> be working languages, but there will be no official language in
> the constitution," Bereket said.
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> Is this a [welcome] reversal of policy? Or, has the "working
> languages" distinction been always there? If so, I don't recall it
> being advanced during our arguments. Alert Dehaiers, please advise.
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> SAAY
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