Mereja Forum

[Thomas H]

It is a forgone conclusion as he is the only candidate.He will be our director for the next 5 years.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lacks the support of his native Ethiopia due to friction over the Tigray conflict, the sources told Reuters. While he has not publicly acknowledged his plans to run again for a second five-year term, saying he was focusing on fighting the pandemic, four sources said he is the only known candidate.Whether Ethiopia supports him or not he will be re-elected.They declined to be named due to confidentiality of the process.

"Tedros is for sure a candidate," said one source with direct knowledge of the election process, adding that at this stage there was no alternative candidate.



Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/whos-tedr ... Aq4gy7Eklo