Addis Ababa, May 5, 2021 (FBC) -Dr
Abrham Belay has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Interim Administration of Tigray regional state.
Dr Abrham is the current President of Tigray Prosperity Party as well as Minister of Innovation and Technology.
https://www.fanabc.com/english/dr-abrha ... istration/
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Ethiopia departs from EPRDF’s sham elections: Activist
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May 6, 2021
• The TPLF pitted one ethnic group, against the other.
ADDIS ABABA- The current Ethiopian government has taken unprecedented steps to make the forthcoming General Elections participatory, democratic and credible and by all measures the process is greatly departed from EPRDF’s five sham elections, a renown political activist said.
Appeared on
France 24’s television debate, the activist and
Global Ethiopian Advocacy Nexus member,
Neamin Zeleke, stated that the election process has steadily been making progress; and this is a manifestation of the strengthening of a democratic culture in Ethiopia.
Amidist of existing and emerging challenges, the incumbent has demonstrated its commitment to transition towards a democratically elected government and currently there are forty-seven political parties are competing for the 547-seat parliament and state councils, Neamin added. The government has also tried its level best to create a plain field for all political parties in terms of budget and air time allocation, which enabled the electorates to make rational decisions.
The 2015 General Elections which the TPLF-dominated EPRDF claimed 100 percent win was an ideal example of the sham elections, full of irregularities. Consequently, the electorate and international community’s trust in the credibility of the election’s outcome was in a historic low.
Applauding government’s efforts to see overwhelming public participation in the June’s elections, the activist said that over 12 and five million voters are registered to cast votes in Oromia and Amhara States respectively. Voter’s registration is going well in other parts of the country except in Tigray, due to the current situation in the state.
As to Neamin, the highly-repressive and minority-dominated regime of
Meles Zenawi and TPLF known internationally in orchestrating pseudo-elections and violated the electorate’s right to use their cards to choose their representatives. TPLF is infamous, for defying the will of the people.
The cruel quasi-Nazi fascistic TPLF, that claims to represent the Tigray people has committed grave human right violations in Ethiopia and instituted ethnic federalist system that fitted each ethnic group against the other.
TPLF’s legacy is persisting today, by some ethnonationalists who have committed killings and tortured people belonging to a certain ethnic group.
Stating Prime Minister
Abiy Ahmed (PhD) is always in a position to struggle for democracy and human rights, he claimed that ethnonationalists’ false narrative is the main reason for the sporadic violence in Ethiopia, in particular in Oromia State.
By the same token, TPLF associate ethnonationalists who have taken extreme positions have been engaged to hamper the peaceful balance that exist between ethnicities and religions with a view to destabilizing Ethiopia, Neamin remarked.
BY BILAL DERSO: The Ethiopian Herald May 6/2021