G/Kamal Galchu has violated the laws he initially took an oath to uphold to serve his personal benefits and spread false propaganda among members of the organization, making it difficult to implement effective change. There is no a greater betrayal and shame than one who compromises a national struggle for personal benefits, the leadership of General Kamal Galchu displays an outright violation similar of that of tyrannical leaders in Ethiopia. He ran the organization on the platform of absolute tyranny, led by one man and for one man only, by creating an environment that made it difficult, if not impossible, for members to work towards the organization’s goals. This was prevalent when he chose not to abide by the rules of the organization and pushed for deleterious aims in order to advance his personal gains.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM OROMO LIBERATION FRONT (OLF)
The Oromo Liberation Front (Popularly known as OLF for change) chairman, Brigadier General
Kamal Galchuu has been removed from his position effective immediately.
Kamal Galchu since he came to the helm of the OLF, he has caused great destruction to the
functions of the organization as a result of his poor leadership qualities and dictatorial actions.
On numerous occasions he has been counseled to change his controlling and tyrannical behaviors
in order to uphold the organization’s bylaws. In addition, he was continuously counseled to focus
on the main objectives of the OLF, which is to unite the Oromo people and lead a unified
struggle against tyrannical rule in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, he has resisted any initiative to bring
different Oromo political organizations to form unit against the Wayyane regime. His
irresponsible and tyrannical actions has deterred (OLF Change) from creating a relationship and
cooperation between other Oromo Political groups. As chairman, G/ Kamal Galchu has led our
organization on the path of political and material corruption by further annihilating the
organization from implementing positive changes that serve the interests of the Oromo people as
a whole.
G/Kamal Galchu has violated the laws he initially took an oath to uphold to serve his personal
benefits and spread false propaganda among members of the organization, making it difficult to
implement effective change. There is no a greater betrayal and shame than one who
compromises a national struggle for personal benefits, the leadership of General Kamal Galchu
displays an outright violation similar of that of tyrannical leaders in Ethiopia. He ran the
organization on the platform of absolute tyranny, led by one man and for one man only, by
creating an environment that made it difficult, if not impossible, for members to work towards
the organization’s goals. This was prevalent when he chose not to abide by the rules of the
organization and pushed for deleterious aims in order to advance his personal gains.
His actions led the organizations on a detrimental path and made it difficult for our objectives to
become a reality. Essentially, his tyrannical motives have brought great havoc to everyone in the organization and the broader national struggle of the Oromo people. He displayed oppressive and
authoritative behaviors of his former boss Meles Zenawi, whilst enhancing his personal motives
at the expense of the cause. He uses divide and rule system of the Wayyane regime that has
applied against our people in similar in its context within the organization.
The Oromo Liberation Front, in particular, and the Oromo people in general, do not have any
more tolerance for such tyrannical behaviors, which is contrary to the egalitarian Gadaa
democracy, which our ancestors gave to our people. The Oromo people have sacrificed the
ultimate sacrifice to establish a source of true democracy, rule of law and human rights for all.
We certainly cannot allow any tyrannical and self-interested leaders to keep the Oromo people
from attaining their freedom. His actions are blatantly shameful, instead of listening to the
council and advice of many leaders and elders, Oromo elites and think thank within the
organization at different levels; he disregarded his duties and responsibilities by continuously
violating our constitution that mandate collective leadership. By violating the collective
leadership principles enshrined in our organization’s constitution, he has already removed
himself from a position he was chosen to serve whilst creating a hostile environment for other
loyal members. These behaviors display anti-democratic principles and utter disregards for rule
of law, placing him in a position of the same authoritative leaders we took an oath to fight by all
means.
In order to deter him from causing any further destruction and chaos to the organization’s
objective, we have decided to remove him from his position as chairman of (OLF for Change). In
accordance to our bylaws, formal and informal mediations, we have implemented all available
strategies to resolve the issue. However, all our efforts fell on deaf ears of an individual who was
determined to destroy the organization, by turning collective leadership embodied in our
organization’s constitution into a single person controlled entity, which we are afraid greatly
resembles that of his former boss, Melese Zenawi. General Kamal Galchu, by conducting in all
of these destructive actions has lost the moral and legal ground to continue to lead our
organization. Allowing him to continue with his dictatorial actions will destroy an organization,
thousands, if not millions have lost their lives and are still losing to maintain. His lack of
leadership skills has been a complete abomination. He has lost the trust, confidence and respect
of the organization, both as a leader and a person.
Therefore, we the Executive Committee of the organization (OLF) made political decision and
announce that general Kamal Galchu purged from his chairman position of the organization.
Until the general assembly of the organization holds an official meeting and chooses a new
Chairman/Chairwoman, senior members from the Executive Committee and National Council
will lead the organization.
We will also take this opportunity to call upon leaders, individuals and groups who left this
organization because of G/ Kamal Galchu’s tyrannical behavior to come back. Let’s stand
together, under a unified objective and lead this great organization to victory for our people. We have no doubt that together; we can ensure great leadership with core principles that are based on
teamwork, accountability & responsibility.
Finally, due to the mess that made by G/Kemal Galchu, the wayyane agents and those who have
anti Oromo unity have infiltrated in our organization in the past. We assure that our organization
has no fertile ground for the infiltrators and we call upon our members to give particular
attention to watch infiltrators with great concern for the safety of our organization.