https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_wJbKrB6ac
Bereket Simon’s arrest along with Tadesse Kassa was a major news yesterday. Former higher officials of Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) members were arrested on corruption charges related to TIRET Corporate.TIRET Corporate, established in 1985 is an endowment organization registered in Amhara National Regional State. The arrests have been the talk of the town and many analyzed the event from political and judicial aspects. Mereja TV interviewed Fetsum Berhane (an economist researcher, political activist, and blogger for the Horn of Africa residing in Ethiopia) and Getachew Shiferaw, political activist and former Editor-in-chief of Negere-Ethiopia, for their take on the arrests.