አለቆቹን በሽጉጥ እያስፈራራ ደመወዝ የሚያስጨምረው ሳይሞት በውሸት ‹‹ሞቻለሁ›› ብሎ በቀብሩ ላይ የተገኘው ‹‹ሞገደኛው ጋዜጠኛና ደራሲ›› መንግሥቱ ገዳሙ

አለቆቹን በሽጉጥ እያስፈራራ ደመወዝ ያስጨመረው፣ ቢሮ ውስጥ አልጋ አስገብቶ የተኛው፣ የእስር ቤቶችን ሁኔታ ለማወቅ ሲል ሆን ብሎ ወንጀል ሰርቶ የታሰረው፣ ሳይሞት በውሸት ‹‹ሞቻለሁ›› ብሎ አስነግሮ ከለቀስተኛው መካከል የተገኘው፣ ከአንድም አራት፣ አምስት … ጊዜ ከሞት ደጃፍ የተመለሰው፣ በደፋር ብዕሩ የመንግሥትን ስርዓት የተቸው፣ የበርካታ መጽሐፍት ደራሲ የሆነው ‹‹ሞገደኛው ጋዜጠኛና ደራሲ›› መንግሥቱ ገዳሙ የዛሬው ባለታሪካችን ነው ። ālek’ochuni beshigut’i iyasiferara demewezi yasich’emerewi, bīro wisit’i āliga āsigebito yetenyawi, ye’isiri bētochini hunēta lemawek’i sīli honi bilo wenijeli serito yetaserewi, sayimoti bewisheti ‹‹mochalehu›› bilo āsinegiro kelek’esitenyawi mekakeli yetegenyewi, ke’ānidimi ārati, āmisiti … gīzē kemoti dejafi yetemelesewi, bedefari bi‘iru yemenigišitini siri‘ati yetechewi, yeberikata mets’iḥāfiti derasī yehonewina ‹‹mogedenyawi gazēt’enyana derasī›› menigišitu gedamu yezarēwi baletarīkachini newi . Mengistu Gedamu, who increased his salary by threatening his superiors with a gun, who slept in a bed in his office, who intentionally committed a crime and was imprisoned to learn about the conditions of prisons, who falsely claimed to be “dead” before he died and was found among the dead, who returned from death’s door four, five… times, who challenged the government system with his bold pen, who became the author of several books and who is today’s “most famous journalist and author,” is our historian.