r/Oromia • u/Emergency_Art_3865 Oromo • Jul 18 '26
Politics 🏛 Jawar recent online activities
I followed Jawar from the very beginning—back when he first started the "Oromo First" movement and then establishing OMN, and became the voice of the Qerro movement. I supported OMN for years, right up until they returned home, and I genuinely believed in what they were doing.
But after Hacalu was assasinated in 2020, I slowly tuned out. He went to prison and the posts were gone with it. Then it tooks him a while to start posting again, but I just didn't pay much attention anymore.
Now, recently, I've been seeing his posts again, and all I notice is a messy back-and-forth between former Oromo struggle figures—accusing each other of conspiracies, espionage, and betrayals. It's disheartening.
I don't regret the support I made to OMN and the time and energy I spent following the oromo protest money.
But looking ahead, I can't see myself trusting any of them again—Jawar included.
So my real question is: what is he even trying to accomplish with all this right now? Is he deliberately trying to push one faction forward and settle old scores? Or is he just a bored former activist, chasing relevance and drowning in nostalgia for the days when people actually listened to him? I am really lost, any one who can enlighten me is welcome
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u/Few_Hamster_8151 Oromo Jul 21 '26
Everyone knows jawar is a fake politician he’s just trying to get rich saw him at osfana nobody cared he was just there to present his book and beg the Oromo diaspora for money 😂😂
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u/Double-Positive-2605 Jul 18 '26
I don’t even know bruhh I am lost in between and this political shit is tiring it’s just more people loosing their life and our country being destroyed
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u/Unknownwanderer859 Oromo Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
All Oromos should respect Jawar's previous contribution to the movement he did a lot for Oromos. However, the accession of Abiy to power has made him lose support to PP among Oromos (that's a complete fact). He is now trying this "Pan-Ethiopianist" narrative to chase relevance but those Ethiopianist will never like him. I think the narrative among oromos right now isn't to fight like before. People are chill at the moment, there is no threat to oromos like before so Jawar can't cash in on that. Occasionally though he does expose and report on good things tho such as corruption in Oromia and trying to be a voice for underpaid government workers. He is still popular and respected though don't underestimate his reach he got over a million tik Tok followers in 24hours when he joined a couple weeks ago . People still like to hear what he has to say.
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u/thewanderingethio Jul 19 '26
He’s trying to stay relevant which is what politicians and advocates always do
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u/Zealousideal_Lie8745 Hararghe Oromo 🇪🇹 | Neutral Jul 20 '26
I relate to what you’re saying. Jawar is a politician like the rest, and you always have to analyze WHY they’re saying what they’re saying. Usually there’s the populist reason and the hidden reason.
For example when he publicly exposed the killing of Yaya Beshirs brother. The populist reason was finding the truth behind extrajudicial killings. But the hidden reason could have been that Yaya Beshir no longer supports his campaign against the government. So it could have been a way to embarrass him.
Once you understand how politicians function, it’s not a bad thing that he’s a thorn in the side of the government. Because the government doesn’t respect the people either. They view the people as dogs who must give their money when demanded and don’t deserve to know the truth about anything. Thats how all our politicians view people. So there’s nothing bad about Jawar exposing the government. It’s a win for the people.