@Waaqo of Punt
You missed my point. Those who were stomping on that flag are now willing to uphold the sanctity of that flag and participate democracy in Ethiopia as Ethiopians. (The word here is willing)
Furthermore, what do you mean by the "Ogaden poll"? Did you read the interview of the chairman of the ONLF that I posted above?
"But we want to align with other parties, we want to align parties from Amhara, from Oromia, from Tigray from all the parties working throughout the country; so it could it be coalition. Together we will rule the country."
The Amhara, Tigray and Oromo that Somalis and in particular the ONLF were fighting for eternity, why were they fighting if they are seeking to "align" themselves with now? It indicates we Somalis are guided by misplaced bravado and fake pride that we are willing total destruction rather than solving our issues peacefully. He goes on to say;
Are you in tune with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s wish to create a united party? Is that what you are implying?
"Well, what we are trying to do is to create a common ground because when you unite with a party, you need to have a common platform. Common ideology, common way of thinking. So what we think about is to look for commonalities between all of the peoples in this country and see with those common principles. We are, for example, a social democratic party, we want justice for everybody. We are pro-women party, we care about the disabled and the minority and everybody. So we know when you are united you are taking coalition with a party; you need people with similar ideology, with similar outlook. So we are studying the landscape now. We are saying ‘look together we can have the same ambitions’. So you can create a synergy and bring value to the people."
If you will believe this cretin, he is pro-everything and wants to ally himself with every ethnicity in Ethiopia, but they don't want to unite Somalis on a different banner or platform as a Somali party and change the name Ogaden (ONLF). It indicates ONLF were always a sub clan organisation and that is why they failed miserably. Other parties represent other Ethiopian ethnicities and not clans or sub-clans. Typical Somalis.
Do you plan to change its name?
No. It is a historical name because we built it over a long time. It is a brand name that cost us a lot. So if we change it again [we] just become someone new which will cost us a lot again.