The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) is to send an inquiry team to probe into allegations that cadres of the ruling party have abused voters\u2019 registration activities in Somali Regional State.<\/p>\n
The accusation goes to the extent of distribution of voters\u2019 cards anywhere in the region by the ruling party\u2019s members who are working at lower ranks of government offices. <\/p>\n
NEBE in a statement said it has identified seven voters\u2019 registration centers which were allegedly involved in such illegal activities and it suspended them until the charges are cleared.
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\n“The ruling party members have been meddling gravely in the voters\u2019 registration activities”, according to members of opposition political parties, \u2018turning the situations out of the control of NEBE\u2019.
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\nThe abuses include denying those people who are believed to be supporters of the opposition political parties voters’ cards and in some cases collecting the voters’ cards from the supporters. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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