Members of Ethiopian Defense Force during Ethiopian Defense Force Day celebration at Meskel Square (Photo: PD)borkenaThe Ethiopian Defense Force Day is celebrated on Thursday in Addis Ababa where there was an unprecedented military parade at the Meskel Square. In a Defense Day message Abram Belay, the Minister for Defense, called up Ethiopians to support the Defense Force which he described as the last stronghold of Ethiopia’s sovereignty – a force with a nation but no ethnicity. It is noticeable that people in the region are increasingly seeing the Defense Force as an “Abiy Ahmed and Oromummaa ” force. In a message during the Defense Force celebration, he said “The Defense Force does not have a goal that is short of Ethiopia. “Field Marshal Berhanu Jula, Chief of Staff of the Defense Force, blamed historical narratives as a cause of problems for the defense force.
