Under the pre-2018 government where the Tigray People's Liberation Front political party dominated, he said, there were "lots of stifling systems, there was lots of censorship, there was beating of journalists, there was lots of pressures and censorship against journalists and now we are seeing the booming of YouTube and online media this is a good thing to hear."
Akati pasi pehurumende yakange iripo gore ra2018 risati rasvika bato re Tigray People's Liberation Front political ndiro raitonga "paive nkudzvinyirira kwakawanda, nekurambidzwa kutaura zvaunofunga, kurohwa kwevatapi venhau, paive nekumanikidzirwa nekurambidzwa kwevatapi venhau kunyora nekutaura zvavanofunga, uye yezvino  tavakuona kusimukira kweYouTube nedzimwe mzira dzekufambisamashoko pamadandemutande anoshadisa mapotonjere nenharembozva, zvinova zvinhu zvinodakdza kunzwa."