Hachalu fiercely denied any sympathies with the ruling party, but also decried the deeply discordant and fractionalized Oromo political parties, demonstrating his staunch independence as a thinker and musician  a quality that made him a target for online abuse until the day of his murder.
Hachalu alikataa kuunga chama tawala mkono lakini pia alikosoa  migogoro na utengano katika vyama vya siasa vya Oromo, akionesha uhuru wa mawazo kama mwanamuziki  hali ambayo ilimfanya kuwa mlengwa wa mashambulizi ya watu mtandaoni mpaka siku aliyouawa.