26 Ağustos 2009 Çarşamba

ODE TO ODAA


According to Egyptian mythology
İts leaves were used as medicine by our ancestry.
Odaa-
The great sycamore tree
Home of the brave on land of the free.
My people gather from every constituency
To participate in chaffe meetings that is Oromo democracy.
Gadaa-
Long before even Plato knew about it
My people have been practicing it.
Nancy Pelosi and Nicolas Sarkozy
Got nothing on Oromo democracy.
This pragmatic and egaliterian system
Don't you mistaken it for a phantom.
İt is real!
My forefathers invented it
We still have the Odaa to show for it
A forty year cycle with eight years term
Five parties tasked to run the system.
Sitting under the Odaa tree issues to address
Elections and rule of law by Oromo congress.
With the wisdom of cabinet members and council of elders
Redress of grievances with judicial independence
What more one can ask for?

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