nazret.com

well..I dont disagree.

but still the Ethiopian People are the real person of the year for me.

anyway congradulations Meles!!
..the people have chosen you once again.

ooohhaaa, Yeap! he earned it.

Although the internet browsing population of Ethiopian origin may not be siginificantly representative of the general population, it is refreshing to see that many people see good value in having his excellency Meles Zenawi as their Prime Minister.

Meles will win, i knew it from the start, Now what will kinijits supporters say, this is a small sample, we can imagine how many supporters our prime minister has got. I am sure if it was reall election kinijit would orchestrate demonstration by accusing meles of vote riggings, we saw it in our own eyes meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has a lot of support in the country, non of the kinijit leaders match his talent and skill. Please let us applaud once again for Meles-man of the year-i will nominate him for man of the milenium acually. Meles should read this,,,he is just the greatest. thanks for all rational ethiopians who voted for our Prime Minister.

Mr. MELES,

Congrats!!! Again, as folks at Nazret.com said...I agree and the voting reflects that Meles has been the person with the most impact on Ethiopia's political and Economic life deserving "Person of the Year 2007" designation....it is just that!!

nazret i used to believe that you are neutral, not any more you know the truth. this guy to become person of the year? i followed the poll and some body was making sure meles is the head. any time birtukan get close to pass him meles gets about 10 votes and goes up. any way this is nothing for the ppl of Ethiopia. they showed how they hate EPRDF on the great run by chanting "atichemalek siltanun likek"you did your part as one of weyanes agents. TIZIBT NEW TIRFU

it means nothing but Meles has more internet visitors than the other individual and if one pay close attention, the poll shows the unpopularity of the tplf parity as Bittukan, Al Mariam ...and the rest who are not by any means supporters of the ruling part constitute much of the 100 % ...lets not be deceived by this kind of poll...after all, i can't deny Meles is doing a terrefic job thou not enough!

This turn off my appetite for Nazret.com. This site has become a kids playground. The agents of the leadership in Ethiopia have been busy cliking the mouse to help Meles win the vote. I bet they have been voting for Bertukan and others to make the voting process diversified and real. I were Naret, I wouldn't allow such voting which has no meaning and implication whatsover (whehter Meles or others) got high vote -- doesn't mean anything. It is just another kids game.

You must be joking !!!!!

Wow, if to massacre the Ethiopian people can make everyone the person of the year,then I will not dare to ask why is Ethiopia still the poorest country in this world. It seems you found a way to live with it!
Happy you, you found your person! congratulations!

that was fair congra MELES FUNS. tahnks meles for been the best leader in africa. we love you, we respect you, and we will vote for you again and again!

YESSSS.......!

The super Prime Minister won against all odds---in a pro-Kinijit website, and a pro-Kinijit political environment (though the political environment is fast changing).

Although this time, I have to hand it to Nazret.com for finally for the bold step and for conceding defeat! This is a step in the right direction.

This proves that the vocal minority is diminishing while the silent majority is starting to roar!

It shows that Nazret is frequently visisted by more Weyanes

Dear nazretes:
Seemingly the outcome of the vote is against your wish and expectation. I have never seen a vote done three times. Atleast in the last three years you have never done a re-run of vote when you had such kind of things.

Mele Bravo, look at your people, they will stand shoulder to shoulder with you in times of war and peace. If you leave office in two years time we will miss you. Please and please stay there one more time, ur experience and skill is some thing our country needs. We cant dream of defeating poverty in the abscence of right leadership. meles you need to remember this, its bad leadership and arrogant cadres that led our country into being one of the backward countries in the world. If Ethiopia gets the right leadership we will be in a better economic situation, and for that we need you to stay just one additional term, then you can retire with grace. Meles Zenawi, Congratulation for being chosen as the person of the year by visitirs of this website and wish you all the best for 2008

Keep in mind "Person of the Year" is not an honor, an endorsement or a popularity contest. It's to recognize a person who has made a difference for better or worse. I totally agree that Meles should be "Person of the Year". He led us to war with Eriteria for a land that's not worth a penny after he gave Eriteria all the water front and most of all giving up fertile land to the Sudan taking away from Ethiopian farmers. Who can top this?????

(Corrected)
YESSSS.......!

The super Prime Minister won against all odds---in a pro-Kinijit website, and a pro-Kinijit political environment. In reality, the rooky Birtukuan Mideksa is no match for Meles therefore it is not a real surprise that he bit her. Meles should have instead competed against Mbeki, Zuma, Bill Clinton, Coffee Anan, or Obama!

The real surprise is that Meles won in a hostile environment heavily mined and fortified by kinijit remenants and kinijit ghosts. The pro-Meles voters outmaneuvered the troopers brigade that were defending the hills of EthioBlog. After three consecutive battles, the pro-Meles voters gained a clear upper-hand and the pro-Mideksa troopers withdrew unconditionally!

P.S. this time, I have to hand it to Nazret.com for for such a bold step taken as well as for conceding defeat! This is a step in the right direction.

This proves that the vocal minority is diminishing while the silent majority is starting to roar!

Nazret.com, What ever twisting you tried to do, could not deliver you the outcome you were hoping for. Anyways, Meles Zenawi is the person of the year single handedly. I don't know why even you compare him with Mideksa. She is not at the same level as the PM. She doesn't have any track record of any kind of leadership of a country as complex as Ethiopia. She could not even handle the turmoil of her gangs. Viva Meles Zenawi! the person he is revolutionizing the concept of leadership by doing not by giving lip service. He was a freedom fighter against tyranny and now he is working hard to liberate Ethiopia and its people from abject poverty. Again Congrats to PM Meles Zenawi! You are the MAN Ethiopia longing all this time!

nazret.com please stop acting like a kid. How on earth a rationl human being selects a child murderer as a person of the year? This nothing but the work of Woayne agents who are scattered all over the place to confuse people if they get one. IF YOU SAY KILLER OF THE YEAR EVERY BODY WILL AGREE. I feel sorry for Mengest for not reciving such an honor if the honor is granted to thr current bucher

Congratulation Pm Meles...

Keep in mind "Person of the Year" is not an honor, an endorsement or a popularity contest. It's to recognize a person who has made a difference for better or worse. I totally agree that Meles should be "Person of the Year". He led us to war with Eriteria for a land that's not worth a penny after he gave Eriteria all the water front and most of all giving up fertile land to the Sudan taking away from Ethiopian farmers. Who can top this????? ME ME ME ME ME I, BEREKET SIMON, THAT WAS ADVISING MELES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHOSEN !!!

Nobody, what are you talking about, meles has won not once, not twice but three times, and in a website which is frequently visited by kinijit members. What massacre are you talking about here??? I don understand which card you are trying to play now. The ethnic card, eritrean card, massacre card all have failed,,, all the things which were being used against meles have failed through time. The naming of Meles as a man of the year would help EPRDF supporters boost their moral, and will continue to support the government extensively. EPRDF supporters are known for being well mannered and tolerant. people with biases and prejudices against certain ethnic or religious groups in the country have no place in the EPRDF. EPRDF is encompassing all ethiopians irrespective of their ethnic or religious backgrounds. Its a multi national democratic organisation which is working hard to see a voluntari;ly united strong and democratic Ethiopia. respect to EPRDF and its supporters who refrained from name calling and ghetto style politics. The EPRDF has handled the provocation by CUD and its fanatic supporters in a clever manner, had it not been for that Birtukan and hail would have taken us back to the dark years. VIVA MELES

hey mesfin and other cudites .here we go again .whenever you loose any election or poll ,you start crying like a baby.what is your reason now .did meles riged the pole again?.great job pm meles .it is a great win especially coming from a hostile territory.

to me
# 1 meles
# 2 ephrem isaac
# 3 hail g/ selassie
those are my choice
i wonder why shaebya was not candidate
when ONLF is ...
i wonder if international community give
nobel price to Bin Laden

ye ye ye, congra Mele, you are the greatest, We are proud to you as our prime minister. There are still certain groups in the community who do not support you, but its ok, in a democracy people can choose, and who ever got the higher vote take the highest public office. The loosers wouldnt accept the love and respect people have towards Meles. But now again, visitors of this website have choosen meles as a man of the year. Its amazing, meles won in kinijit dominated website, Nazret.com hats off for you guys for telling us the truth.

Adolph Hitler was person of the year in Times Magazine before the Second World War. The same thing Melese can be person of the year for indiscriminate killing of women, children and elderly people and, impisoning thousands of people and racing to reach the number of innocent prisoners to Million.
Melese’s close friends tell people that the only thing it could make him sick is the unity of Amara and Oromo. What kind of divider leader is he!!!. Have you ever heard anything from his word which strength the unity of Ethiopians?
I think Melese is one of the big Devil relesed from the hell and sent to Ethiopia to creat disaster.

well deserve congrat to mister priminister lets keep up a good job & you can do it next year to

Melese could be person of the year only for the people of Tigray for being liberated them from begging on the street of Asmera and Addis Ababa: by doing that Melese also helped other ethnic groups of Ethiopia, and Eritreans to save their money which normally spent for beggars of Tigray people.

Thank you Nazret.com for being honest! Atleast you are becoming a pioneer of change among the diaspora opposition sites/portals....I respect you for this! two thumbs up!...

One more comment:- Its also a good idea that you now started to post news coming from both pro and anti govt sources. Earlier you were more into the anti government news. One thing used to make me wander for a long time, I never saw news related to the current kinijit crisis on your site? can you let us know why you don't want to post that kind of news? or is that part of the "Editorial policy"?

Meles deserves to win, I dont doubt the poll, because i Know how many supporters the EPRDF has. Supporters of the EPRDF played a big role in ousting military dictatorship in Ethiopia. tens of thousands of young and brave men and women have sacrificed their lives for its cause. I am pretty sure EPRDF's legacy will be alive by new generation of Ehadegs. VIVA MELES and EPRDF.

Thank you nazret.com specially for allowing for some narrow minded Ethiopians to practice democracy in your website.

For those who swear to not visit nazret again, your choice is extreamism. Nazret is the number one website for Ethiopians because of its impartiality. If you want to visit only one idea, go to ethiomedia for kinijit and iagaforum for eprdf.

I support Meles'administration but nazret is still my number one choice. If you write anti-kinijit comment on ethiomedia or if you write against eprdf in iaga, they will not publish it. Is that what you want for Ethiopia?

Those of you who preech democracy and freedom of speech don't want a different opinion other than against government. Is that democracy to you?

The other day, Hailu Shawul group had a meeting in DC and they filter their audiences. They made ENT (Ethiopian Net work television) sign a paper before they allow them to broadcast the meeting. Is that democratic to you? This action tells you the mentality of kinijit leaders. They preech something and they practice another.

Nazret is a #1 website for a reason. You can say what you want whether you have a crapy English or good in your writing and that, my friend, is democracy. The main purpose of hreedom of speech is to make everybody be heared and nazret does that.

Message for Nazretoch!

I know there are different moderators. I think one or two of them have a problem of tolerating different ideas so they need to work on that. Have a meeting and work on that. As long as there is no vulgare language and advocate vaiolence upon one group or another, everything else should be printed. Even if I don't like the absoultly crazy comment of Kokeb, or the pathetic Eritrean based analisis of Nadia, I guard their right of freedom of speech by all means and that is democracy. Good job nazret and keep on being open to every idea. That is the secret of your success.

God Bless Ethiopia!

kikiki "Meles for Less" don cry like a baby, we all know who meles is he is just the best full stop.
Meles wont be cowed by foul mouthed people like you, who feel no shame to insult certain ethnic groups in the country. Meles and his front have fought neck to neck with people of ur mentality during the 17 year armed struggle and have won the battle brilliantly. Current Ethiopia is being established on the graveyard of foul mouthed extremists. those groups have denied ethiopians every right, now power is in the hands of the people and the EPRDF will ensure people of your type wont come to the political scene again. there is no need to raise arms against you guys now, we are beating u in the peacefull political struggle aswell. VIVA MELES

Two explanations for this result:
A. The moderator of this website is weyanised and has got payment either in cash or kind from Woyane or
B. The Woyanes(and all the embassies) were prioritising this vote as counter-attack on the Kinjit campaign.
In any case well done EPRDF..please use this intelligence against poverty and the corruption you are swarmed in.

[Jelarasmeles, A is definitely NOT the Correct Answer]

I didn't know that Nazret.com had many woyane visitors. Plus The woyane has a lot of cyber cadres. Very interesting .

you must be jocking. i will accept the vote if meles is the worst dictator of the world. adios nazretoche

I do not care whoever won the contest but I still can't stop wondering why the tigray nazret.com users are so happy about this unnecessary outcome. It is just nothing, no praise, no power for winning. I do not discriminate based on ethnicity but when you guys get excited like that I feel really bad I long for the day when other ethnic groups will be in power. why are you so happy for one bold man to be in powet. college dropout.
SO LONG MAMY ETHIOPIA.

So is Vlidmir Putti...ng. What is the difference? Could this make them any better?

Congradulations Mr. PM we are so proud of you. You earned it. Actions speak than words noooot my quota though. Your actions have won you this honor. Keep it up. May God Bless and keep you safe.

In light of the weak opposition and the continous infights, Meles can be trustet to pacify the livelihood of many Ethiopians. Eventhough i don't like many of his policies specially towards Eritrea, he is the man to be trusted in light of the Derg, and Oposition parties anymosity towards each other.

He deserves it.

It is a total surprise and totally unbelievable. Unless we claim Nazret readers are by large pro-government individuals, or they believe Ethiopia does not deserve a democratic government, there is no way Ethiopians would vote for dictatorship over democracy. Meles is a symbol of the current dictatorial system in Ethiopia. Had it not been to the American and some European nation’s unconditional massive support, he would have not stayed in power for a day. I know there are some manipulation tactics pollsters to mislead the public. I hope Nazret did not use such tactics. Anyhow, as an Ethiopian and a person who knows the condition of our people, I am totally shocked to see Nazret’s readers picked Meles as the person of the year. Had it been Walta or any other government media, I wouldn’t be surprised at all.

[We are surprised too]

all false and nonsense to me and to all ethiopians as well,coz he never ever be a persone of the year, one real thing I learn to day is nazret.com is weyanes website.

Who denys that he made a lot of impact on the Ethiopian People and even out of the country.
but that doesn't mean that he is good.

Meles should not be on the list to paticipate in the first place , all this low life from Tigray origin who are voting for him , multiple times by changing thier screen name. They realy care less about what Ethiopia as a country is facing and what to the average Ethiopian population is enduring .

PM Meles deserved "Person of the Year award" and no one would have come closer in popularity. PM Meles, if you re reading this plz plz consider running for the next 15 more yrs and so we will have you as a leader to lead the country to greatness because ou have showed us just that in the past yrs you have been a leader so plz plz run for 3 more terms. God bless Ethiopia, its people and the leaders.

Congratulation mr. prime minister. from the small silte community in dc area .

my goodness.

who knew a simple internet poll would send people into depression like this?

It is just an internet poll guys..move-on now. life goes on.

Nazret.com (Aiga.com)

"*This POLL is not a scientific POLL. The POLL is the opinion of our visitors and in no way represents the views of nazret.com nor it is an endorsement by this web site.
We run the poll and you decide---Nazret.com"

It should be written as "We tried to run the poll, and anyone capable of manipulating, cheating and abusing the system decided the outcome." I can't believe you are making news out of this, and i am wondering what would be your intent of doing that. I would be surprised if ETV/walta/aiga won't make a big news out of this tested and failed polling system of yours in order to confuse the Ethiopian people denied of their right to access up-to-date information, and their freedom of expression by none other than the man you are telling us is popular by Ethiopians. What you are saying is, an Eritrean Man who has been officially defending the interest of Eritrea while torturing and killing Ethiopians and advocating the disintegration of their country and spreading differences and animosity amongst brother Ethiopians, and invading neighboring country with out the consent of 99.9999999...percent of the population is becoming very popular in the well informed population of the diaspora, he couldn't even loss once out of three polls, WoW! Well, that shows nothing but how porous your polling system was. I mean, what would one conclude out of a news Hitler is very popular in the Jewish community of the Germans?

[FREE,

Look at the Technical stuff section, the ways the POLL could be abused. Unless you claim that Pro-Meles supporters are more tech savvy than the rest, your blame is mis-placed. Never we said, Meles Zenawi is popular by Ethiopians and this poll should not be taken as such.

But fact is, we run a POLL and Meles Zenawi won three times, I mean we are not going to deny that fact, simply because Meles won no matter we don't like the outcome.

One thing I agree, let's not make this a big deal, it was just a lousy poll by a website with zero experience in polling.
. ]

We have selected ONLF for the nomination due to the organization's impact in 2007 as a news maker. In fact our idea for the Person of the Year was not necessarily as an award but who has made the greatest impact in the year.

Nazret.com, don't be afraid it is the other way round.
Anyway the child killer has won the pol. We have to accept it. Had kinijit been not divided Meles would have been the last. That is the due to the short sighted Hailu shawil & Birhanu Nega.

Of Course, This rogue person is the WORST PERSON OF THE YEAR. He deserves that! He is the person of the year interms of evil manners not in grace.

Please do not compare PM Meles with others
We should here so many blaims accusing you
that the poll is ''rigged''

Dear Nazret.com editor i hope you felt something bad inside when you post this result in your website....i belive that you did a mistake when you put PM Melese Zenawi in the poll but you could not get out of it. That is how political mistkes are done And also i belive we ethiopians deserve a better leader who does not kill us.. you know it us who craete our leader and we have to start it from now. we can make at least an imagenery model evenif we do not have someone now We know and can not deny that Meles has done a lot of good things with some dameges i belive as a good citizen that we have to discourage what he has done bad and encourage what he has done good....but i willl never take him as roll model leader of my nation I will keep on looking for someone who has best qualites it could be from EPRDF. Hey Guys "what is wrong with us" Yes We have to pardon PM Meles but never never never take him as Model.... Let me stop crying Bye bye

Gabre i think you just been mud no reaso personally i name you the worest person of the 2007&ethiopia millenium

it is clear that the same tplf gang on this forum who are paid to surf the syber web sights are the ones who been voting repeatedly so that the bands becomes the #1 killer of the year!!!!!!!!!!!!! no normal person will vote for him otherwise - other than his stooges

Melese is the best
I feel really shame for a person like you, when you praised your Dame prime Minster for not doing anything except killing and imprisoning many many Amara and Oromo, but not Tigray. I thing you are one of the beggars liberated by Melese; I don’t blame you--Agama

It is high time that Ethiopians started thinking about critically supporting a government.
That's the only way out of poverty.

Dear Moderator(s),
In your response to B.Tufa [Visitor] you said that you are surprised with the outcome. Now I'm now fully convinced that you were trying to manuplate the vote.

In the first vote, you thought Meles won because you didn't add enough contenders.So you put some guys and make a re-vote. However it didn't work your way.

Next you calculated that Birtukan will get reinforcement from those who vote for other contenders who are pro-CUD if she and Meles zenawi run. And you called a third voting. However, still you lost the case.

Truly speaking this vote doesn't tell us there are more pro-woyanne vistors to the your website or many woyanne supporters in diaspora. It only shows that CUD supporters in diaspora are embroiled in infighting siding Eng. Hailu faction or Dr. Birhanu faction. Taking the sorry mentality of Ethiopians, I'm sure that Meles has got many votes from Hailu faction supporters.

Anyway, Nazrets would U tell me one thing Birtukan has done through the course of the year 2 be included in the contest? Actually, you failed even to give much about her profile. Therefore, the vote should
have been made to the question "who you like more?"

I want to remind you what you did in the summer of 2005. You banned comments from pro-EPDRF and showed that you really aren't neutral. Since then I have been thinking that you have been striving to keep a balance. This vote disproved my thinking!

If not all, some moderators are staunch supporter of the weakening CUD. And there is no problem with that unless it mitigates the Ethics of journalism, as has been observed!

Anyway, you aren't as blind as the other opposition or pro-goverment websites. I recomend you to visit Ethiopianfirst.com
(Ben's website) to see neutrality being practiced.

Sorry Moderators if you feel you get heavy stick. However, that is how we improve this website together!!!

FREE,

or should I say FREE-key Dincky----Its over dude!---No Birtukuan Juice for you today man!

It doesn't matter whether you or the French boy don't like the outcome,..The people have spoken!

I have one qustion though,..Hailu Shawel was eliminated in the first round by finishing last with just 5% of the vote,....so how in the world did this HODAm try to claim he won the election in 2005!

Well, I do not understand the cacophony here. The pole was designed to vote for a person who impacted more in Ethiopian affairs. I think it was not a political statement unless one wants it to be. I would be surprised if the poll was about "who was your favorite person of the year 2007". It was also not about the best performance. The prime minister was a constant media presence because of the war, other politics at the Horn and because of the political prisoners. If what he was and is doing is not a major impact (positive or negative), then we should not be talking about him in the first place. It belongs to democratic rules that one concedes defeat. Screaming foul when results do not fit ones wish is bad.

I recommend Nazret to run a more specific poll:
1)Who has the best vision for Ethiopia?
2)Who is best Ethiopian of the year?
3)Who is the best Unifier of the year?
4)Who is the best roll model of the year?
5)Who is the worst politician of the year?
6) Who is Ethiopian enemy number one?

We can vote in all these categories and a more specific picture can be drawn. What do ya think fellas? Any suggestions? Manipulation is always a possibility but I trust that the people at Nazret do their due diligence to prevent it as good as they can. I would see it more as a sport than a damn serious issue as a heart attack.



On a personal note, Merry Christmas for Nazret team and your families and also to all my addict blogger friends here. Special wishes to Getachew T.A, M.T., Ra’Oeal, Free, Lekim, Balageru, Paris, and Ewnetu.


Peace


[Thank You coolman, may I say you are really cool BTW great feedback, we will learn from this to make sure that future polls are more specific]

People who voted for Birtukan are:
Brihanu Nega group + ONLF + Shabiya
+ members of UIC = 532.
This shows that ONLF terrorist group has
only few individauls in Europa and America.
The rest of its members were hanged on the treee of ogaden desert.

I think there is much that we need to learn regarding respect for the ballot. Look at what happened in the last two elections for the president of the United States. They suspected irregularities. However they did not try to discard everything. Intead, they try to devise techniques to close any loop-holes that are identified to make sure the next election is cleaner.

I wish Ethiopians also learn to respect each other no matter what the outcome of a certain vote is. If deception is suspected, then help make the system better by participating whole-heartdely than sitting on the sideline and insult the ones who are riding the train at the moment. And also this attitude of 'if not now, then never' is nt helpful. There may always be a next election. If the CUD for example was tolerant enough, they could reign over their followers and focus their resources towards the next election rather than becoming angry and widening the cracks in them. Anger destroys. And if the EPRDF wins again in 2010 or so, please please be mature and help clean up the system you think might have a hole.

And please please rely upon yourselves to resolve your differences. Outsider, regardless of its status (friend or foe), is an outsider and working with one to get your brother pinched has that bad name that we all know. It can't be redefined only because there is a new guy in the palace. They are also Ethiopians, the best if you will.

Sir,
first i am wondering why you are censoring my posting. you have deleted a quarter of my opinion.

second, it is not because Meles Zenawi has won the popular vote rather because there was no the proper system in place to put in check his soulless rabid dogs, that you have failed to control his lowly rated cheaters. It is how you interpret what winning and cheating is. This could happen to anyone, what is sickening is the fact you are making news out of it against your knowledge that the result absolutely does not reflect the reality on the ground, at least you should acknowledge that. you tried, i must credited you for that, i guess.

Brother coolman,

Happy Holidays to you too!! Thank you,


[Free,
Censor you? Please, you know better. I hate swearing, but I swear I did not delete your comments. If indeed your comment was edited, it was't me.
Merry Christmas BTW this is admin]
]


Dear Admin,
Sorry man, i don't know how it happened but i'm missing one of my paragraphs...it is alright! And I wish you a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!

GOD BLESS TPLF, LONG LIVE PM MELES , BEREKET SIMON, SYOUM M, ABBAY T.,
SBHAT NEGA,

well, as said i think it is just a man of impact!!!offcourse he is but from the start to name person of impact for the year it should have been some one other than the prime minster,who would have more impact than the leader of a country unless in a less likly situation and if there where no concidence like the election which we happen c the expected african leaders impact of melese , may be it would been fair to play the game including him, so i have a problem in including a prime minister with other impact on the country!!!!!but still good thing atlest it rise dust to c how we as people c things....thuogh doesnt repersent all ethiopians,good well done nazret.com,better than inaction ya much more

B.Tufa:
Here is the truth: IN Horth America there were a lot of people just honking who were dictators who look like democrates by ignoring the vast majority who were sitting and watching every thing inside their house. The radio, TV, news paper, song, paltalk, demonistration never change the truth. The government of Ethiopia never fueled the fire in 2005 election which is the cause for 193 people death. There is a big lie in CUDP that is why they are desmentling each other and the people of Ethiopia spet on their face. These guys if they had power today MS Bertukan Medaksa aND dR Berhanu and others would be dead. There is some secret about CUD which they are trying to hide about bieng real neft. BUT THEY ARE LOSERS.

It's good news. I am happy about the close margin between the two. It shows that both of them have done good things.

Congratulations to both P.M. Meles and Judge Birtukan. I am glad there are hardworking Ethiopians like you.

Now, Nazreth people, can you kindly drop that Pilatosawee, kedemu nitsuh nen and we-refuse-to-endorse-this, this-is-not-necessarily-an-honor tone of voice? you should treat the result the same way you would have treated it had Birtukan won. i was really admiring you for allowing the polling to take place until i read ur disclaimers (after the results) and then the response you gave to some very silly comments. tewu, tilik sew hunu. If a small # of ppl like you can not accept the outcome of a simple poll, then how would you criticize something as complex as a gov't system for making a blunder in elections? anyways...

As for the surprise, you probably know everything i will say here but it shouldn't have come as a surprise. Ethiopia is not just addis abeba and there are people who live/come from places outside of Addis to whom democracy is not dabo, who appreciate what is happening in Ethiopia. I didn't vote for meles in the first round even though i saw the poll but voted for him in the second and third round. Basically, he works hard so he deserved to be named Person of the Year just in the same manner that Birtukan would have been named that if he had not been nominated. One thing that is always striking about him is his sleep deprived looks. he doesn't seem to have the luxury of time you and I enjoy (for conducting and participating in polls, for eg) and we should appreciate the time he devotes to us as Ethiopians. Please be fair.

As for cheating issues, just keep in mind that what Pro-Meles (which does not mean Pro-weyane) ppl can do, the anti-Meles ppl can do too. Yes, there could have been cheating (and, nazreth ppl, way to give ppl ideas...those hints were v. unnecessarily...i wonder what u were trying to do). But I, for one, genuinely wanted to know what ppl other than me thot and I hope that was the sentiment with other people too. and i hope we accept the result in a spirit of revelation...

As for other candidates in this poll, i was very happy that the final two were Birtukan and Meles. I think it a tragedy any time ppl who spent considerable time outside of Ethiopia are chosen to represent/speak for the people in Ethiopia so the two deserved the final spots. If what Ethiopians need is somebody's personal success, then i promise to work real hard, made a success out of my life and come back to lead the country in a few year's time. But i won't know/understand/care about the needs of the poorest of the poor and I hope nobody votes for me.

Thanks for an entertaining couple of days!

I think the result of the poll indicates that people are coming to understand the truth. He deserves it.

This poll indicates that if Meles is going to stand a general election in 2010, he is going to win by a large margin because people have really understood that Meles is the real force for pulling the country out of poverty. Brave, meles!

"In your response to B.Tufa [Visitor] you said that you are surprised with the outcome. Now I'm now fully convinced that you were trying to manuplate the vote."

The Python,

I am sure you know if your accusation were true, they wouldn't just leave it with "trying", it is possible for them to change the outcome Up - Side - Down !! Thank them for letting you not only exercise your right of casting a vote but also allowing you to live your absolute self, which is highly inflated with your innate character of cheating and abusing a system---Woyanism. You know, we are not even allowed to comment in your aiga forum and Ethiopians are denied as simple a right as listening to alternative radios. So, you the woyane apologist complaining here......

Dear coolman,

Please do explain what "person of the Year" means to you?

guys relax! its about a thousand people who have an access to the internet got involved in the poll. And many of them happened to woyane supporters. By the way Bin Laden was supposed to be person of the year in 2006 by the time magazine because he made the most news headlines in all the magzines and papers. Hitler was once too. News agencies cast candidates not because who did what, its just who made the most headline, good or bad.

I think nazert.com didn't know, who is person of the year ? we already know it .not Ethiopian prime minister Meles zenawe he is VELADMIR PUTINE.
I WISH PM.MELESE BE PERSON OF THE YEAR.

Dear Moderators;

I wonder how much you are going to be patient with FREE. I don't know what goes wrong with him. As far as I remember, he had more constructive and unifying statements. I was one of the guys who felt sorry when he said he would never come back to this website. I remember that I and Coolman were posting many articles begging him to change his decision. Truly I was the first to congratulate him when he rejoined us.

However, recently he has failed to the trap of provocative guys. I don't think
hostility buys any sentiment of affection and compassion. Actually as a MEMBER of the website, he should have been a role model for tolerance, and thereby teach responsibility. I was amused when you made Gundan/Satenaw a member(s) with all his/their divisive and hateful words. Though FREE isn't degraded to that level, he needs a friendly advice to be less emotional and more responsible. And you should make more censorship to stop hateful remarks being made by anybody: I don’t see we are keeping the rules and the regulations. I think, one of the aims of the website is to bring people of different view and background together and help them share ideas and experiences in civilized way. We should learn to agree to disagree.


Finally I would like to thank Coolman for his well crafted and matured remarks.


Regards,

What do we learn from the result of the voting for the person of the year? What is the massage?

• Either there was a strong mobilization of the group that supports the government who tried to show that MZ has a strong acceptance by our people or
• Ethiopians are convinced that there is no opposition leader of the same or better calibre to replace him at this phase of Ethiopian political life or
• it could be that our people would rather choose to see economic development as promised to it by TPLF/woyane and is ready to sacrifice its democratic rights or
• although our people can not tell for sure if MZ is an asset or a liability for Ethiopia in the long run, they would rather take him because he is the only one available to them, or
• Worst of all, Ethiopians have short memories and have already forgotten all his past crimes.

Congratulation to the opposition! It has vividly shown its incompetence!

Dear Nazret.com editor i think you are
confused.i feel pity for you.Now I do not give my vote this time. i do not make mistakes four times.

But let me ask you a question.Do you need the the next prime minter to treat you as Melese Zenaw is doing to us? i think that is what you were advocating in you your Website. if you
did it by mistake appologize now officaly
if you are not bold enough you can tell
heart not to repeat it.

Thanks

Brother Free, I based my explanations on the written intent of the moderators that the polling is not about performance. Here is a quote from the administrator “In fact our idea for the Person of the Year was not necessarily as an award but who has made the greatest impact in the year. The impact of the rime minister is enormous—we are not counting positives and negatives here. I do understand the ambiguity of the description, hence my suggestion for a more specific polling questions. The moderators accepted that they do not have the experience in the area. The problem was, I think, in the design of the poll itself. I am certain that your disappointment comes from the fact that usually “person of the year” is some one who achieved something remarkably positive. So brother, let us help them design specific polling questions with exact description of what they want to know and you promise to accept the outcomes How about that? Is that an acceptable compromise? What would you have asked instead? Hi big snake, welcome back. Out looking for little mice to choke? There is nothing wrong with FREE. he is just expressing his opinion as every body else. If my memory did fail me, you were not a saint either Anyways, happy Holidays to you too. Peace

Free,
I hope you remember me. I don't want to have unnecessary altercation with you. Please let us stop blackmailing people because they don’t agree. I thank nazret.com for all the service they’ve provided so far; I shouldn’t do only because they let me vote. After all the voting has no meaning except a physiological advantage over visitors who stand in the opposite side of my political view.

My complaint against nazret.com might be unfounded. However, it shouldn’t be answered with a negative feedback like relating with what happened somewhere else. And I’m sure that the moderators are aware of what they had done. Do you think there would be a re-run if somebody else other than the PM was a winner? We have witnessed the same vote being made before and there was no such kind of thing.


Please FREE let us restrain from thinking negatively. Let us think that people has the right to think their own way. I really appreciate your affection to your country. I’m sure your have your own good vision to Mama Ethiopia and others also have too. Don’t disparage people because they show a different view. Teach me if I’m wrong; correct me if I am mistake. Otherwise mocking and insulting people of different view only helps the growth of hostility and insecurity.

Your brother

When you become a MEMBER of the divisive Woyane Junta, you disown your soul, conscience, common sense, freedom of expression and embrace a collective Self--shared by all herds, Woyanism---I believe it is not like that here, and most importantly i don't think most of the Members here @ nazret would exchange or sell their right and disown themselves for membership. Now look who is talking about Free press,lol, go and preach your ideal kind of neutrality to your hodam cadres who are willing to listen whatever you say, but not here.

"I am certain that your disappointment comes from the fact that usually “person of the year” is some one who achieved something remarkably positive.---coolman"

Exactly! That is how i perceived it and for sure most of the visitors who have done the voting including the woyanes who were cheating.

In that case, the news headline should be Nazret Vistors named Meles Zenawi as The Person Who has Impacted Ethiopians Life the Most. We know it is mostly in the negative way.

child killer man of the year i agree with that.congragulation those of you who vote for child killer .you will share the wisdemmm

According to my observation, it looks like most of the ballots were credible.

FREE,
why don't you call Ana Gomez and see if she can back you up again.

vert FUNY , meles is a killer ...

Congra. PM Meles we Ethiopians are greatful for what you have done....Merry X-Mas and Happy New year, God Bless you and your familly...

Where is Dr.Brihanu?Why not he call for demonstration?
This poll vote is not fair and free.

Coolman,
With all due respect I diagree with your protection of Free. I know you are a critical reader. Would you read what he responded to my complaint to the moderators. He has the right to respond, but would be more educative if he showed decency.

I never said I'm not bound to failure and slip of tongue. However, at least I felt that hostility isn't a solution to our pernicious problems and have been learning positively from my experience. That is what I'm affectionately asking from our brother FREE.

regards,

it s amezing meles won hahaha
it s the joke of the year but if u knoww y meles has the most vote ...most weyane s
came to this site coz they feel they r invited and the same time the feel it s an oppostion site so it s easy ti figure it out but all i can say it congra to aiga , and hod fiker coz they expect this poll like liffe and dase......hahahaha funny funny really funny

You are quarantined in your bedroom with a flu bug from he*ll. You look like a dog’s dinner. You sound like a horse. Your family loves you but from the safe distance of a closed door – shut firmly after a hasty delivery of “love you, miss you” and your daily bread. What I love most about my family is how they love; practical, basic, to the point. The point being, no way are they gonna not party over the holiday week due to catching whatever it is I have been careless enough to acquire at such an unfortunate junction. Here we are, me, my laptop, a table full of assorted drugs, boredom, and nazret.com. What better combination for some old fashioned Monday morning quarterbacking!

So PM Meles won the person of the year title after three rounds of voting by visitors. Why did the PM win? Hey, this is the heartland of Diaspora opposition; PMs do not win anything in this corner of the net unless it has something to do with butchery. WTF happened? Well, let’s sit back, flex our spin, and pass out some half baked fly by night analysis – who knows, some of it may stick. Lord knows what they put in cough medicine these days…

First the mundane; such as the vote was rigged and the supporters of PM Meles voted multiple times. But the same is equally true for the other side. Unless of course, we are to assume that the PM’s supporters are either incorrigible cheats or are highly motivated by the outcome while at the same time, Judge Brtukan’s supporters are squeaky clean honest to the core citizens or are downright too lazy to make an effort at gaming the system. In any case, THANK YOU nazret.com for continually informing us how rigging works (never knew me and my laptop could have voted, delete cookie, walk over to my neighbor’s, vote, delete cookie, go to Starbucks, vote, delete cookie, go to the library, vote, delete cookie, take cough syrup, vote, delete cookie…) Unfortunately, your instructions did not include getting past a firmly closed door and my loving family standing guard. So let’s say this thing was so rigged that PM Meles won unfairly. OK, he won unfairly.

What if the rigging did not have much of an effect as both sides are likely to have just as many folks technically adept, motivated, and fragile enough to cheat when no one is looking? What now? What else but, “we run a POLL and Meles Zenawi won three times, I mean we are not going to deny that fact” . So PM Meles won fairly. Could it be he won fairly because much like my family, the voters love their leaders with the kind of love that is practical, basic and to the point? The point being, no way are they gonna let their interests suffer due to the opposition catching whatever nasty bug it has been careless enough to acquire at such an unfortunate junction.

So, let's not make this a big deal, it was just a lousy poll by a website with zero experience in polling. And it is really not a big deal, unless of course you are the PM and you just discovered you could be loved.

Big Brother The Python,

what is wrong with what i have said? As far as i am concerned i have just spoken the truth i.e. Woyanes are killers, cheaters, liars, hypocrites---i have reason and evidence to all my claims. Are you begging me not to speak the truth in the name of civility and decency? come-on Bro, you are supporting savages who are murdering anyone in their way eko. Don't you think that would be the devil calling the angel evil doer? Not to say i am an angel, but......

Dear Brother Coolman, OK, Nazreth admins, Free, Balageru, Lekim, Wro Condjo and all other friendly fellas including my best pal Shewarega, great bloggers, Happy and splendidly warm holidays!

Let 2008 arrive safely, and we box it out - certainly with rubber gloves king size ...

une abrazo forte,
mt

Brother M.T.

Wish you Happy Holidays too, and Thank you!!

Dear nazret people read this artice


"What’s Wrong with Ethiopia?"
Anuak Justice Council (AJC) / December 19, 2007

You will get something that tells you
where you are.

[Selam, BTW we are happy to tell you that Mr. Obang Metho is a registered contributor of nazret.com and you can find his articles here]

Yeah right! If we have another 'killer of the century' vote, again Meles Zenawi will win for sure.

Love my vote,

I am nominating you for comment[er] of the year. Congratulations. vote on the right ===

Good to see that more ppl noticed and appreciated Nazreth's The One-Two-Three of Poll Rigging.

Free, Python, Coolman.... antem tew-ancheem tey. We are all here because we like our country and wish our country well and would rather spend our time reading and talking about Ethiopia than anything else. So no need for the inkia selamta.

All the best to all...yetetalutin yastarikilin, yetamemutin yefewisilin, asmeraChochin yitebikilin

Yes, I know totally meles will win, b/c he real PM in the world. Congratulations PM, MELES supporter we are together, we can do more even kinjit know who will win, b/c when they compare Meles or them self it will be like “YEMDER ENA YESMAY LUYENET ALEW!!” YA Meles is one of the greatest men in the world. My Hero meles stay forever with us, u should not live Ur party please stay with us!!! We love u!!!

Love my vote,

I am nominating you for comment[er] of the year. Congratulations. vote on the right ===

Good to see that more ppl noticed and appreciated Nazreth's The One-Two-Three of Poll Rigging.

Free, Python, Coolman.... antem tew-ancheem tey. We are all here because we like our country and wish our country well and would rather spend our time reading and talking about Ethiopia than anything else. So no need for the inkia selamta.

All the best to all...yetetalutin yastarikilin, yetamemutin yefewisilin, asmeraChochin yitebikilin


Permalink 12/21/07 @ 17:39

Free:
Ok let us sort out what goes wrong. One thing you should convince yourself is that people have the rights to choose what is good for them. Clearly you have no privilege over the consciousness of other people. Ethiopians have the right to support Woyanne or CUD or whatever they think good for themselves and the country as long as they aren't part and parcel of any destructive intent.

I don't think it is fair enough to call people rabid Woyanne cadres, hodams etc because they support woyanne. There are big difference between being a mere supporter of woyanne and a rabid woyanne cadre. Imagine by the same token you are a kinijit rabid cadre, which you might not want to be associated with. I believe you are an advocator of democracy and unity in your own way. Even if you are a staunch supporter of the policies of a political party, you perhaps don’t want to be called that way, which has a derogatory intent.

BTW, woyannes are Ethiopians with different views. I don’t think opposition parties supporter are more holly than pro-woyanne people. Please remember that people conglomerate to the extent of forming a party to a common cause and vision. I believe CUD and other parties are established in that sense. If you agree, then all are hollies to the pillar principles of their parties.

You have the right to condemn the policies, but you have no a moral right to put all the supporters of a given party in the same trash basket. Surely all woyannes aren’t cheap soul traders and nor all woyannes are hollies. This is true for all parties!!

Regards,

please show as the result and stop
jocking.

Dear moderator,
just out of curiousity, I was thinking that I saw the vote 53 for w/t Birtukan and 47 for PM Meles Zenawi. Was I on something smoking?:-))

Friends, I am not filing a complaint on the outcome of the poll. Just curious about how I mis-read the poll earlier before you close it.

[woldeyesus, Trust Us, that is not the case. ]

WHO ARE SUPPORTERS OF MELESE

In history there are people who supported Hitler,Mosoluin,Stalin,polpot as well.

One can ask why these people supported this weaked and evil individuals that we have to ask the motive and hidden agenda.

It might be their mind is posied with ethnic minority inferiority complex,it might be for greed.it might be for self gradiosity and personal power.

I will leave the rst for sociologist to comment on this matter because it is out of normal human behiviour and is performed by sick mind.

On the contrary we see people who make their heros people like Abraham licon,churcill,martin luther king or Haile Selase of Ethiopia .

The record is clear about these indiviuals and many others like them who brough greatness to their nation and country men and woma.

TO ME THE LATERS ARE MY HEROS WHAT ABOUT YOU

He Won again

The Davil is winning for the time being.
Melk Tifun bemin yidegifu

FOR SOME OF YOU. I THINK THERE IS A DIFFERENC BETWEEN THE VOTING OF HITLER BY TIME MAGAZIN AND THIS BECAUS THIS WAS PEOPLES CHOISE AND THAT WAS EDITORIAL CHOISE.
CONGRA. MELES.

As to me, the neutral diaspora is tired of the excuses given by the so called oppositions.They have promised to bring bright future to the poor Ethiopian people but the failed even to work together. it sucks when we heard prise and the evil saying about the same person. the one time so called king and korat is now kehadi and shimagile. i think time has revealed depth and extent of diaspora politics with full of hate.it became clear that the weyanes are the best option for Ethiopia and East Africa at least for the time being.The result of the pool may reveal the frustration of the neutral Ethiopian.

WHAT ABOUT WE NETTERS HONOR NAZRET DOT COM FOR "ETHIOPIANS MEDIA OF THE YEAR". THEY SHOWED US WITHOUT DOUBT PROFESSIONALISM BY ENTERTAINING BOTH SIDES. IT IS HARD SOMETIMES EVEN AS A READER TO SEE MY FELLOW ETHIOPIANS BE AT EACH OTHERS THROAT ( IN WORDS ). BUT THE MAIN THING IS NAZRET'S LETS US SEE AND HEAR THE FEELING, HURT,HAPPYNESS,ANGER AND DISBIELIVE OF EACH OF THE NETTERS (ETHIOPIANS) . THATS WHAT WE NEED .TO RESPECT AND LISTEN TO THE OTHER SIDE . IN TIME CIVILITY WILL BE ACHIEVED 100%. BUT THIS IS A GOOD START . THANK YOU NAZRET DOT COM. HAPPY X-MAS AND NEW YEAR TO ALL NETTERS HERE, TO ALL MY BELOVED ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE AND OF COURSE THIS SITE MODERATERS.

Another Poll????? Nazreth, seriously... i think u ppl r enjoying the attention a little too much. For the record, i am not taking part in the latest poll simply because i think it is a slightly silly one.

But yes, apart from that I definitely second ehhron's opinion abt Nazreth being a mesale-setting media outlet...save a few instances involving admin comments today.

Btw, here are a few lines i found interesting in the Terms and Condition page:

* No name callings.
* No hateful postings against any group or individual.
* Ethnic, tribal or racial slurs will not be tolerated. Oh yeah we believe in the First Amendment. People have the right not to be harassed too, talk to your lawyer.
* Comments must be civil and tasteful.
* Spell check your postings.
* Do not capitalize every word.

At one time Hitler was selected as person of the Year by Time Megazine and now the mass murderer of Ethiopia Melese(Legesse) Zenawi becomes as person of the year of Nazret.This web site is the home of woyane and woyane supporters and you proved to Ethiopians who you are.

Nazret editors tell us with whom you are standing?with the genociders of Agazi killers or with Ethiopians who for the past 17 years are murdered and raped by the woyane tigreans?shame on you to even think this fascist as a candidate.

huuuu,kkkkkkkkkkk. huhuhuhuhu,hohohohohoh buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

Nazret did you get a promise for 150sqm plot of land from woyane.Looser.

It clearly shows that it is the woyanes who turn to this site for gloting in numbers!!!

congera..to my hero king MELES -ZENAWi.merryx-mas to u and your family. bravo meles keep up the good job.

In the first round, Al Mariam was a close runner to Meles.
Al a close runner up at 177
Birtukan as a third at 164
Berhanu Nega at 123

In the second round, Meles first runner up
Birtukan is at 235
Al is runnimg third at 166
Birhanu Nega is eliminated

Let us take our own judegment how the highest numbers of votes could be manupulated and leave Meles still up there.

The likelyhood that people who voted for him have made the rounds of voting for the same person three times, and as the voting continued, he probably added new voters no more than the difference of the total of the first and the second round.

Al's total from first and second round is, 177+166= 343 He was eliminated from the third round.

Birtukan's total from first and second round is, 164+235=399

Birhanu Nega was eliminated from the second round, leaving 123 votes

It seems it is either a coincidence, or as same party members, that the third vote for Birtukan= 399+123 ( Birhanu's)= 532 was a final total for Birtukan.

What was the chance that voters made the three rounds voting for the same person?

If Al Mariam was not eliminated, would he have been the finalist of a three people competition?.

Just curious how this worked out.

Any way, there was some fun and also some reflection in the process.

I studied nazret.com more than a year reading (Etiopians) mind in every field. Vitriolic,Cynicism etc.Poletics is not my field. void. The poll doesn't give Eponym to any body. Your EFFORT on this scheme Which created a buzz on all over the wolrd (East african web site) is great Achievement. Great Website.

Haters,

If you can't have what you want, you still make problems. Learn and think about that the simple vote a person of the year is telling you. Isayas lovers will have sever headache they need to carry asprin or tylenol to ease their pain. Too bad for you people.
Meles will stay in power as long as you keep your hate and unwanted blah blahs...

M.T.

Thank you, Merry Christmas to you too.

It is just fascinating how people are reacting to this poll. The bottom line is not who is first and who is second in any type of poll. The bottom line is the Ethiopian people have been subjigated for sixteen years under a handful of hateful ethnic pests, that have tried to destroy anything and everything that makes Ethiopia a country. They have commited the highest of treason and seceeded a province of our country without an ounce of say from the Ethiopian people. They have even went there and celebrated the secession, while at the same time gunning down on our streets those who opposed the secession. They have made our nation the largest land locked country in the world. They have imprisoned Ethiopians by the tens of thousands. They have murdered anyone and everyone that even showed any signs of standing up to their total hegemony upon the life of Ethiopians. They have insulted our ancestors day and night. All those who died for the nation were bad mouthed, while those who bled for the secession of Eritrea were turned into heros. They have built a seventy foot statue to remind them of the capitualtion of the Ethiopian nation, like a foreign legion of conqerer,an occupying oppresor. How can one march against his own people and build statue to commemorate the occasion. They have brought upon the Ethiopian people the defunct deceased etnic bantustan policy of Benito Mussolini. They have wiped of the face of the Earth provinces that has existed for centuries, with each with its own unique culture, coexistence, and history. They have totally desemated the fabric of our nation, our people. The muti ethnic fabric of the nation like the church, eder, ekubbe, things of that sort have totally deteriorated. People who used to live peaceably before have been divided into ethnic. Those who are multiethnic has suffered the most. Family's have been divorced, friendships have come apart. Meanwhile, the entire economy is controlled by them, and a handful so called investors, their political allies. They have not a single feeling for the sovergnity of the nations. They can at any moment cut off 77,000 acres of land and give to the Sudan. But on the same token, they murder 100,000 for a dusty village like Badame. They talk about regional equality. But they dissolev Gondar and Wello (both over 800 years old), and swallow a third of Gondar, and a fifth of Wello into Tigray. Had that been for the benefit of Tigray, it was cool, as the saying goes "teja tteba hod geba." But it does not. Their number one Ilama was is and will be the pople of Tigray. Anyone who does not believe that ask yourself other than an empty bravado of "we are ruling" what did the people of Tigray get. The answer nada, zilch, bado. My fellow Ethiopians, free yourself from this ethnic squabble, you will free yourself from the occupation of this hateful racist Adwa/Hamassien occupiers. Stop talking about Tigre, Amara, Oromo, Guraghe, Somale etc. Start talkin about Tigray, Gojjam, Keffa, Wellega, Wello, Gondar, Arsi, etc. Until that day comes, you will continue to be their slaves.........

I wonder how many libraries have serviced people like Z-MIKE during this very important polling process.
I am sure the whole tigray to have created a yahoo account just in time for this poll.
Good job Meles.

If the subject of the poll was "Lier of the Year" the result will still be the same.
wesede, meles baal sire
wesede, meles baal sire
wesede, meles baal sire.

Is this “joke or real” I think nazret.com gone wild and start acting like EPRDF parliament who doesn’t any clue except raise hand for vote. PERSON OF THE YEAR for what . Yes he could be #1 for murdering innocent citizen and destroying Ethiopia as a whole.

So what is the aware going to be?

I cannot believe how some of you are crying for Meles leading the bloggers in this site… it just shows how Meles is loved by the majority. GOOD JOB ALL,
Z-Mike

I love Meles Zenawi he deserve it.they should give him more than 75% I proud of him he is the only one smart leader in the Earth.Let's pray for him God give him more age with helth.

This is funny. Nazret: this is the most funniest story you have published since you started web casting this blog.

I personally consider this is a real insult, insult to the Ethiopian people, an insult to Africans and the world in general. How come a criminal can be nominated person of the year.

This is a clear attempt to bleed out national feeling. Nazret I feel shame for you, I don’t know how much you got paid to publish this satanic story.

To the eyes of the Ethiopian people Ato Meles is scoria and yetark atela. You can call him person of the year, father of Ethiopia, or what ever garbage come to your mind, but for me he continue to be a criminal.

Meles can not be person of the year, rather I would call him the criminal of the year, the nightmare of Africa.

Don’t forget this man is terrorizing the region by killing civilians in Ogaden and Somalia. Don’t forget this man has sold our country. Don’t forget this man trashed the Ethiopian history. Don’t forget his agazi solders massacred innocent civilians for protesting against election fraud.

CONCLUSION

The poll is baised and illegal.
The poll is not scientific, not only that, is manipulated to hide the true nature of the dictator.

Nazret how much you got paid to include in the list the name of the killer?
Nazret what is your reward for declaring the criminal person of the year?

this proves that most of this site followers are woyanes.All the fans of oppostion prefer ethiopian review and ethio forum rather than this site period.

truth is truth,Iyasu...and other blind
hateres.If you are Ethiopians please accept
the truth,people of Ethiopia are very
wise people.They know who is good for
Ethiopia.
But for anti-Ethiopian PM Meles is nightmare.

wow! i missed a lot.. the outcome of the vote is good, though not serious vote but it was fun, as the same time PM Meles deserves credit sometimes come on get real!.. people like professor Richard Pankhurst of AAU who dedicated their lives for our society should have been included..but we were asked to vote for "who made the biggest news in 2007?", we should have been asked to nominate specifically first.. favourite news, story, article, hero, etc in 2007.. as i understand it nazret did not organize themselves and did not expect many reactions,, ONLF should not have been included, however nazret tried to rectify their mistake by running three round vote, whoever wins nazret would get the stick anyway, also don't forget nazret have got a business to run,, good on you nazret!!

It seems some people don't even know why they dislike Meles, no solid reasons, Meles was born in well known town a symbol victory for Africa and black race where fascist europeans defeated for the first time by all ethnics of ethiopia under leadership of emiye Menelik of course. therefore Adewa means ethiopia not an ordinary village as some put it. political boundaries are human made, Meles's mother happened to come from the other side of the the border called Adi quala near Adewa. let's look our neighbors
ex president of somalia Syed Barre was born in Ogaden, current president of Djibouti Omar Gulleh was born in Dire Dawa, Current president of Congo-Kinshasa Joseph Kabila a Tutsi from Rwanda step son of ex president Laurent Kabila, current president of Rwanda Paul Kegame was head of military intelligence in Uganda, current president of republic of Yemen Abdulah Salah was a leader of north Yemen...etc

Meles made many mistakes but life is learning process, since 2001 after the war the split of TPLF gave him lesson to seek alliance outside TPLF and he started democratic process properly, though the process put on hold after 2005 election but the development drive carried on slowly till now.. hate him or love him the guy can reverse negativity, i share your anger on Eritrea issue in particular but in politics you got have philosophy, before 1989 the philosophy was based on TPLF/MLLT therefore it was natural for him/them,, so hating on someone because he/she happened to come from another part of the country can not be justified,, one thing good about Meles is casualty, approachable,.. i hate the old style 'i am up there unreachable give me respect kind' GUREGNA FESSAM HULU!

leaders have to make difficult decisions even if unpopular,, the decision to support TFG was not easy one but it has to be done for many reasons, there are some security matters can not be disclosed to media or public, unfortunately we stayed for too long.. if those ONLF you are supporting God forbid took power in Addis your azz will be burning.
God will never let our country down no matter what. thank you!

happy Xmas to all nazret visitors including M.T and Coolman...

respect.

I voted for Meles because I have seen what he did to country.

A lot of people voted for Meles by entertaining the alternative. Look your choices.

Aside from your haterade to Meles and aside your unchecked and unupdated deep believe that only Amara should lead the country, how can you vote for Birhanu or Hailu Shawul? These people could not even resolve their minor differemces let alone to lead a country as complex as Ethiopia.

The other thing I want to mention is like most of present day Meles haters I used to fear that dividing Ethiopia on Ethnic bases would be a priscription for disaster.

After observing what is going on ,however, I realized that Ethiopia is more strong than ever and I don't see any other way of representing all ethnic Ethiopians in a fair and acceptable way. Don't tell me individual right is the right representation for Ethiopia because in the name of individual right only one tribe dominated Ethiopia for some time.

Be it the 2005 election or any other democratization attempt has been caused by non other that Meles.

So, Meles without doubt deserved the recognition. The excuse Hitler has made the person of the year by Time Magazine and crap like that doesn't hold water. It is not Nazret who elected Meles as person of the year not once, not twice but theree times. It is the visitors of this popular website and it is a big deal. It shows that people are waking up from their sleep and discovering the true nature oF CUD.

And finally, it is good to see the old timers back at the forum and I wish all the participants of this website and moderators of nazret, I wish you Happy Holidays!

God Bless Ethiopia!

It deserves to abrilliant leader Pm meles.he is adynamic politician and thinker.
congra melas!

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, Nazret.com, at the end of the day we are ethiopians we sit and relax and enjoy life, we have already voted now its fun time untill the next vote. Those brothers of us who felt sick after hearing about Meles's win will be ok. You don need to go and burn people's houses, this is some thing we need to leave it here on line, there is no need to be arrogant and inhuman. We shouldnt hate people who hate our way of thinking. Nazret.com thanks for exposing the truth, Meles is the man of ETHIOPIA, no one dares to stand next to him, all supporters of the EPRDF need to be proud of your achievements, slowly but surely we are winning. There is no need to detain opposition leaders, no need to oppose the, they have got enough enemies, its time for us to concentrate on our economy, Ethiopia forever.

NAZERETH,


AN APPEASER IS A PERSON WHO FEEDS THE CROCODILE THINKING HE WILL BE THE LAST TO BE EATEN:

OF COURSE, ZENAWI SHOULD BE PERSON OF THE YEAR AS HE IS PERSONIFICATION OF ALL EVILS ON EARTH: A PATHOLOGICAL LAIR, KILLERS, DICTATOR, MEGALOMANIA, COMMANDER OF AGAZI DOGS, ETC.

The "disclaimer" you wrote about "how you guard against cheating" infact sounds like "how users could cheat".You seem to be unhappy about the results and make a move to discredit your own poll by suggesting that it is unreliable.If you knew this much that the poll results could not be reliable, why on earth did you run the poll in the first place?It's bad funny..
yours

Melees disserves a capital punishment due to his reign of terror regime in Ethiopia. The atrocities and the crimes he and his TPLF gangs have committed to the people of Ethiopia and the neighboring Somalia, he should never deserves or awarded as the man of the year, he should rather be named as the devil of Tigray ethnic.
In the imbecile minds of Melees and his TPLF gangs, ruling a country by iron fist, making Ethiopia a land of agony, despair, boasting about the pseudo economical progress in the absence of real democracy which in fact the nation’s recourses is being controlled and robbed by people from Tigray and being the pet dog of USA make Melees and his beggar friends from Tigray bunch of anti-societies idiots.
Don’t blame the Eritrean government for the hell of mess Melees and the TPLF gangs are committing on the African Horn. Whether you like it or not the Tigray people are the second class rate in Eritrea because of their deceiving and nuisance beggar mentalities.

Congradulation our PM Meles,
You are the Best and we w´ll vote to you forever.

God bless you and Ethiopia.

Woyane Do you forgot Most of the Eritrean
leadership are Tigrean Origin?

Poll rigged?

I know that the prime minister deserves to be, not only the person of the year, but also the gift of the millenium to Ethiopia. His wit and wisedom, charism and elequence has helped him to be a good statesman. What is more, his tremendous political experience has helped him strike fair balance between the so called "Pan-Ethiopianists" and "Ethno-nationalists". meles is a vibrant character that has made a wounderful transition from ethno-nationalist to Ethiopianst. His political skill and his farsighted economic theories have also helped many peasanta to get out of extreme poverty. for me, he is the so called Platonic "philosopher king".

However, I still expect some to claim that the poll is rigged! Who dares to compare Bertukan with Meles. I know that Bertukuan was a smart layer/judge. But she has not yet proved herself as a politician. She is yet to lose her political virginity. Actually, she failed on her first test. She was unabale to strike, as politician, wonderful balance between Hailu Shawel´s dictatorial tendences and Berhanu Nega´s unchecked greed for power. It seems that she has now surrendered to the demands of Berhanu and he is using her as an instrument for power.

Viva Wedi Zenawi!

"Meles Zenawi as Person of The Year"


Is this a joke? a dictator !!!!
Oneluv21

Nazret,
No need to hide yourelf behind the Tigre woman ass and just tell to Ethiopians you love Melese Zenawi.Reporter=Nazret=ENA.

Nazreth com is not Elias kifle website.
Anti-Ethiopians are crying here .....
Nazreth com. is the best website of the
year.

When do character assassinationa and blind hates stop?

I appreciate the work of Nazerte.com. Unlike Ethiopian review and Ethiomedia, you entertain all opinion. Now you conducted a poll and the Prime Minister is chosen to be the person of the year and you loose your credibility by the blind haters who do noyt want to employ their rational faculty. For them, anything or anyone that says good about the ruling party is expendable. I don´t know wether it would be possible to intall democratic ideal in the Ethiopian soil having such group of people allove.r The shameless people in Ethiopian review have reframed the issue in a manner that gives them controled on the outcome of the poll.

Actually, this is really a fun. But there are some people who took it very seriously and got offended. So, if you feel that the poll is rigged, you should invite Anna Gomez or Carter Center as observers!!!!

For those who are blind to see, deaf to hear the reality!

Nazreth.com:

I am pleased to see that you are neutral and impartial. I am also glad to see that people began to think by reason and logic than by their mere emotion and political motive.

Thank you Nazreth and all who cast in the vote.

To those appealing against the win of Meles, come on how on earth can Birtukan weigh the same or moe than Meles? How come. Her experience, political vigour and general profile does not bring her even closer to Meles.

Now that Meles is the person of the year, I think he should share the title with TPLF comrades and Bereket Simon who helped him win it.

I don't like the result you should ask the real people inside the country.don't give us this bull...

I'm so happy to hear the TRUTH being told - For a change. My PM, My Meles is the bravest, the wisest, the inteligent Ethiopian of all time. He is God sent. I'm a proud Ethiopian, again, because of what he and his government have done in the past fifteen or so years. The only problem I some times have is, the changes in my country feel like a dream - 'What if, one day, I wake up and they are not there' kind of feeling. They are too good to be true. The only problem with PM Meles is, he is ahead of his/this generationa. May God bless and protect this visionary 'Yequrt qen lij' of Ethiopia. He has got what it takes to be a leader of a country, like My Ethiopia, full of challenges.
Excellent job Nazret.com!!!

Is a murderer can be a person of the year? If this is right people need to ask themselves.

Tyrant Zenawi is only loved by TPLF thugs and Aderby Bandas .This poll does not represent the wills of the majority of the peoples. It's only representing the feeling of TPLF thugs jamming this website .Most of these lebas use different nicknames to vote this proves they are cheating on the vote .This their own speciality .Nazret.com for the sake of the peoples and for democracy don't behave like the TPLF propagandas medias .

WHAT A JOKE!?NAZERETH.COM ONE THING IS SURE THAT YOU WILL BE REWARDED BY WOYANNE,SAY,BE ALLOTTED A PIECE OF LAND IN ANY LOCATION IN ADDIS FOR YOUR SERVICE.ONE SHOULD CONCLUDE FROM YOUR "POLLING" THAT ZENAWI SHOULD KILL OR IMPRISON TWICE AS MUCH SO HE WILL BE CHOSEN BY SAY 99.9% OR MORE!IN WOYANNELAND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE EVEN IF IT IS AGAINST THE BASIC MATHEMATICAL LAWS.THE AGE OF HYPOCRYTES.FINALLY,I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE THE GUTS TO POST MY COMMENT.I AM SURE YOU REMEMBER THOSE RESIDENTS OF ADDIS WHO WERE ORDERED TO GIVE BACK THE KEYS TO THEIR NEW HOUSES AFTER ZENAWI FOUND OUT THAT THE VOTED AGAIST HIM.
I PRAY SO THE ALMIGHTY FORGIVE YOU.

[Why don't you stick with one nick name, your choice Betty or Jonathan? ]

NAZRET-WAHT HAPPEND TO YOU????????

The person who Committed Genocide
The person who Committed Trisson
The person who Committed War crime.
The person who Committed Money laundering.
The person who Committed a crime of vote rigging, being branded as the person of the year is crime, Grand crime by itself.

Watch it Nazret. Including his name for this is a crime.

YEWOYANE GIZE ALFOAL.

History and time will be the judges.

Person of the year,yeah?Hitler and Stalin and Mussolini were persons of the year on different occasions.

Wow, truth is coming slowly from the un expected. I was eager how the website organizers will finally announce the result when they see it is coming with PM Meles winning. They did a good decision to announce the facts. I will say this is a good beginning.
PM Meles is the man of our Millenium, he deserves the best, with high IQ, smart leadership, visionary and talented he deserves to win the best person of the year even in websites of the opposition.There is no any criteria to compare him with the ganges of KINIJIT. these are simply ARBEGNOCH in the media. Non of these people will be ready for any sacrifice Ethiopia demands.They run after money, they run after GURA, etc.
those who are unhappy with the result are those who are ignorant. They never care for Ethiopia, look how they are playing with Shsebia this time. Imagine, a regime who is always fighting to distabilise our country is becoming their best friend. Where is Ethiopianism with these people,
VIVA MELES you are the best person of our time, you are the best commited, visionary and talented person of Ethiopia
let's forget the rotted politics of the cheauvinists

Unless we wipe out this cancer called Woyanne and its agents(the tigres) they keep driving us crazy,especially when they have Hodams like you,Nazereth.com.
The day is not very far that Zenawi will be hanged for his crimes against humanity
and Mother Ethiopia be cleaned from this cancer called Tigray.

let us keep meles forever.

I got nice proof..that nazret is runing by weyane!!!!
Death for you gays...you will be punish one day for what you gays did on Ethiopia and Ethiopians!!1Nazret.com + weyane medya
Killers!!!!!!!!

Nazret Conguragulati WOW either your vistors are woyane supporters or you are one of them.

I think Internet is free in tigray that is why Melase is person of the yearI THINK IT IS JOKE OF THE YEAR

Meles is maferya of the year im so sorry to say taht but it is real.

PM Meles is wise leader in 21th century like
King Solomon in bible.
God bless Ethiopia !

hahahaa Dear Nazret.com I ask you to hold the polls again, and I will show you how I can manipluate your website inorder to vote multiple times.
I dare you


GOD BLESS ETHIOPIA

The polling should be in Eritrea.

THE MURDERUR IS AWARDED FOR KILLING!!!

No surprise!!!!

BUT NAZRET, A BIG MISTAKE!!!

A quotation from the Bible.

Albo kedun ze eyasteseri we
Albo kedun ze eyet kesete.

Amaregna translation..

Saytay tesheshego
Saygelette tedebeko
yemiker andem neger yelem.

Until then, the occupiers can keep lying.
Even ten thousand nuclear bombs did not save a dispised hateful system like the one in the Soviet Union from collapsing. In the end, the Ethiopian people will be set free.

nazret please dont be disheatened by those blind anti democratic criticisms forworded by some extremists.this one of the prices you pay when you start to be rational and balanced.a very good job.we who supported the current regime with all its short comings have been subjected to the same treatment for years.please save this site from being aiga or ethiopian review.take lessons from ben .ethical journlism to ethiopia.god bless you and happy new year.

a big shame for nazret.com it has done after hidding the poll for favouring weyane and its descendents.Any way it is confirmed that this site too where it belongs.Actually, may be I am too late to observe things.

mannew ethiopiawiwu ,all whom beleavd ethiopian. from north to south and east to west .so please respect all ethiopian .please stop name calling.respect all.

one love all ethiopian.

Shewarega are you talking about the deadbeat tribal idiots when you say “In the end, the Ethiopian people will be set free”? Pavarotti mio fratello, the imperial dreams have been buried six feet under with the last retarded and midget emperor. I can see your hopes of someone in the family stealing the throne went up on flames in 1991, so did your imperial Ethiopia. This is a new era for a new generation who can think outside your tribal box. Please don’t give up hope; you may see some kind of happiness in your last 20 years. Happiness and positive thinking are a state of mind. Cheers Yours truly, Lekim

Action speakes louder than words. Thank you my fellow country folk for being fair, honest and for sharing your appreciation towards the positive changes that is being observed in the homeland. God Bless Emma Ethiopia! SK

This is a blatant abuse of journalistic duty. Here is the truth
In any genuine scientific poll everyone knows that Meles, can not win a majority vote ...
For all apparent reasons, if there is a group that will vote for Meles .. it is some Tigrians and very few opportunists only. If combined, these groups would not constitute 10% of any population of Ethiopians; that is whether you use the population of internet users Ethiopians, Ethiopians in Diaspora, or even the general population of Ethiopia. That is it; he would not get not more than 10%of the vote of any of the population. If you dissect the Ethiopian society, Meles is hated by all sectors of the population. If you take class, except the very few new ethnic capitalists he is despised by the employed poor (working class and peasant), by the un-employed lumpen, and by the aspiring small business people. Ethnically, other than few opportunistic individuls from each ethinic group, Meles is hated by the Oromos, Amharas, Gurages, Sidamas, Somals, Ogadens, Benshanguls, etc.. and liked by Tigreans only.

It's journalistic corruption, to say the least, to propagate this defective poll knowing the above fact.
Additionally, you confirmed the rumor that you are financed by the Sheik by placing his name in the poll and by propagating a non scientific, biased, and manipulated poll, as if it is true. If you know it is flawed you should not propogate it.
The fact of the matter which can not be changed by any propaganda is the fact that Meles and his TPLF gang are the most hated groups in Ethiopia. The sad thing is to see you (Nazret) sink so low to justify a lie; to save a hated dictator.

Truth will prevail.

. . .As ive expected, of course the Evil will be the top of the list.

. . . . for 605 votes? this is nothing compare to millions of people suffered, abused, tortured, killed and missing from the ugly crime of Evil. . .

Once again the killer who allowed to be killed 200 inocent ethiopians and arrested unknown numbers, got elected by TPLF cadres, lebas and AKATARIS. He should be elected as "SATAN" of the modern world!

The hat trick arat kilo "ZOO MONKEY" congradulations! "PRIMATE OF THE YEAR" and merry X-MAS. You may open your's banana gift just arrived from ADWA green land.

Ms Clueless Midekda seems to enjoy a blatant support from the gullible CUD fans.
It is very obvious from the speech she delivers,that she has a long way to go.
I wonder what people see in her? Definately not a STRONG leadership for sure.

It is amazing to read some of the comments. Why name calling and insulting? When are we going to be civil in our differences? Shame on you pinheads!
As for Mr. Meles being the person of the year, I say this: Weyane has done a lot of harm to the Ethiopian people, lately they have been revising their outlook and reshaping the course of the country to benifit all. I am not surprise people say Meles is good. After all he is the best PR person Ethiopia has ever gotten in its history.

Nazret

How many people voted?

I AM HERE TO THANK YOU ALL ETHIOPIANS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SHOW YOUR SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA.

IF IT WAS TO WEB PAGES LIKE THIS, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN TYRANNY FOREVER.

THANK YOU FOR STANDING BY THE TRUTH.

TRUE:-
NO AMOUNT OF MONEY!!!
NO AMOUNT OF ARMS!!!
NO AMOUNT OF ANYTHING CAN SAVE THIS HATED SYSTEM OF THE WOYANE!!

HAVE A BLESSED CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL MY ETHIOPIANS!!!

WATCH SUCH KINDS OF WOLVES IN SHEEP'S SKIN!!!

FINALLY THE WINNERS ARE THE PEOPLE!!!!

i still have hope in the neutrality of this website however hosting such nonsense and the multiplication of these pro tplf commentors indirectly makes the website seem pro tplf and this results in the loss of readers who find it disgusting that a dictator who executes peaceful demonstrators in plain daylight to be chosen person of the year on an allegedly neutral website. Whats funny is these commentators were not here 6 months ago. Walking on thin ice mates.

Nazret.com u guys take a lot of heat in this pool, but also u guys done pretty good job the whole year brought us latest news from abord and state. I wish all A happy X-Mass and happy holiday.

mamo bicheger,

ante iko chigir silalebih new PM Melesin maferia yalikew, ante irasich
nech iko maferia, ante yetaric atela nech

PM Meles is VIP for the all Afrika and even Amerika and Europe.

To kokeb(you are really bekok) : What is your beef with Meles(ethiopians) ? what is your issue? It will be better if you explain your problems. Some people in this site may have the knowledge and the resource to help you. You are on the edge of losing it,MAN. You need help big time. I dont want to see A BROTHER in AMANUEL OR SOME WESTERN PHSYCIATRIC HOSPITAL.

the ppl from somalia will never forget how he saved our country and sended his brave troops to free while the world was just watching.

yup count my vote for melez zenawi lolz. lets make our pm out of an king.

MELES ZENAWI FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN

Lekim,

It was an honor for you to come out of retirement to poke me in the eye. But I have decided long time ago not to talk back to you. The reason, one day I might tell you face to face.

As for my Imperial dream, it died very long time ago with the most brilliant leader Ethiopia had, my flesh and blood Abeto Hoy Iyasu. As for the midget Emperor, I know him personally, not on the TV screen. I used to sit in front of him with a dozen or so kids, with thousands marching in front of us. As our current midget Prime Misinter, he used to think he was the best thing Ethiopia ever came across, kikikiki. The only difference between the two at least the former is Ethiopian. The latter I do not have any clue where he is from, but since he seems to cry all day about former Ertra province one can guess he might have relations there.

About this moving forward, please preach that to Malelet Adwa/Hamassien cadres. It does not hold on water with Ethiopians. All we want is to have those T54s you are so proud of removed from our provinces. Then if you wish, we can live peacably. If not you can move to Adiquala. T54s took the Soviets to Berlin, T54s allowed them to torture half of Europe for 50 years. It did not save them from the eventuality. The dissolution of the alien hateful, ethnic, nations nationalities, neighborhoods, keffafay, despotic system they created.

To Eyasu: what the hell is wrong with you. Did you say ethiopian review website ? That is the site which celebrated the inhumane dragging of ethiopian (yes ethiopians!) troops in mogadisho. That is the site which day and night put news( most of them fabricated ) that degrade ethiopia and ethiopians. That is the site which poisons peoples mind by exagurating (1000%) everything garbage,by puting fear and leads ones opinion about ethiopia hopless and nothing is good about what is going on in ethiopia. SO please save your breath before you say anyting good about them. History will judge them how and why they defame our image as a counrty and as ethiopians.And make no mistake there are many articles and issues which they will be legally confronted by ethiopian people.

If this poll says anything it says more about the pin headedness of people who are running this website than about the popularity of Meles. As you your self have admitted in your disclaimer both cockies and IP addresses can be manipulated if one has the time and motivation to do so. Supporters of the TPLF have shown that they won't stop at anything to give Ethiopians and the international community the false impression of their regime's popularity. For example, when a US based think thank tried to gauge the popularity of HR-2003 a handful of TPLF supporters used an automated voting mechanism to skew the voting result in their favor. However when the administrator of the website realized what was taking place, he managed to stop the handful of TPLF offenders and the result changed dramatically. I argue the result of this polling shows the same pattern.
I also like to remind the administrators of this website that web polling is not scientific. A scientific sample is a process in which the respondents are chosen randomly by one of several methods. The key component in scientific sample is that everyone within the designated group (sample frame) has a chance of being selected. Even if only single individuals voted on the poll question and no manipulation took place this poll tells us nothing about the popularity of Meles among Ethiopians since it is not a random sample. If you really want to know what Ethiopians really think of Meles and TPLF you don't need a survey just look at the result of the last election because that is the only scientific survey conducted so far in Ethiopia. In every region except Tigray Kinijit won hands down and that tells us how popular Meles is among Ethiopians.

thise vot is for me ti's like 2005 election .i donn;t think pm meles can won this porsone of the year.
pm meles if you work to ethiopia i will give you my vot for next year.
so that think about it .

melesya you are not the person of the year only you are also a very good leader for this confused ethiopian people

Nazret.com is standing above the crowd and blazing a trail, bringing two diffrent
views, keepup the good work. I am glad Ethiopians finnally notice that Meles is one hell of a guy who is leading the country out of poverity.

Are you kidding? how many of Ethiopians
at home having internet access to vote
for this silly questions?
You guys are joking.

un believable every body know that you are first edit the opinion and then you post in your site that meles pay you for your time. by any means meles will be peson of the year he might be killer of the year.

isn't that write that his own formed inquiry commision witnessed that agazi directly ordered by meles killed innocent Ethiopians on the street of Addis is any one forget that i don't think so. when HR 2003 passed meles and his supporter will pay the price for those innocent ethiopian blood then you the editor of nazret will tell us who is person of the year. meles or those Ethiopians die for there freedom.

God bless Ethiopia

Extremits must learn to accepting defeat, although this meant nothing for PM Meles!