Year: 2020
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In-depth Analysis: Waiting for Godot: pandemic and elections in Ethiopia
Caption: NEBE chairperson Birtukan Mideksa pictured on May 01 at the 15th regular session of the House of Peoples’ Representatives during which the house redirected the NEBE’s election postponement resolution o the Legal, Justice and Democracy Affairs standing Committee Mehari Taddele Maru @DrMehari Addis Abeba, May 07/2020 – The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has just announced that the ruling party…
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News: PM Abiy issues warning of decisive actions to protect country, constitution; says gov’t to stay put until elections
PM Abiy also said the government will stay put until the threat from COVID-19 was contained and elections were held. Addis Standard staffs Addis Abeba, May 07/2020 – In a video message released this morning Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed issued a stern warning that his government will be forced to take all the actions against those who are engaged in…
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Op-Ed: Constitutional interpretation? Not for this
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at a meeting with representatives of opposition parties during which the government presented four options in the wake of Ethiopia’s deferred election. April 29/2020 Adem Abdulrezak Addis Abeba, May 06/2020 – According to IDEA elections of at least 52 countries around the world, Ethiopia included, are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This offers a context…
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News: Ezema calls for interim gov’t through constitutional amendment, cautions move for interpretation
Berhanu Nega (PhD), leader of Ezema. Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, May 06/2020 – In a seven pages statement released today, Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (Ezema), led by Berhanu Nega (PhD), says its preferred solution to navigate through Ethiopia’s looming constitutional crisis due to its deferred elections is through constitutional amendment. The statement by Ezema said that it has…
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Op-Ed: Seeking constitutional interpretation: Not ideal but legitimate
All eyes are now on Chief Justice Meaza Ashenafi, who is also the Chairperson of the Council of Constitutional Inquiry of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia . Image: PMO Archive Yonatan T. Fessha, @YonatanFessha Addis Abeba, May 05/2020 – The impact of COVID-19 is obviously not limited to the public health system. The around the clock updates we receive…
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Commentary: Constitutional Interpretation viable way but incomplete without necessary adjustments
Today, members of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) convened for the 3rd Special Meeting of the House and approved the Constitutional Interpretation alternative Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, May 05/2020 – Late last week I published an op-ed on the emerging constitutional and the associated but pre-existing political dilemma facing Ethiopia. Since the publication of my op ed,…
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Opinion: Patriots’ Victory Day and the Nile: Blood and water inks of generations
Ethiopian Patriots Dejen Yemane Messele, @MesseleDejen Addis Abeba, May 05/2020 – Marking the 79th anniversary of the patriots’ victory day over the five brief years (1936-1941) Italian occupation gives us the opportunity to remember the patriotic resistance of our forefathers and foremothers. Remembrance of the victory and the prices that the then Ethiopians had paid in turn teach us the…
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News update: TPLF vows to hold its own elections, calls on gov’t to halt “attempts to dismantle constitutional order”
Tigray region deputy president Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD) , during a presser on April 24 Etenesh Abera @EteneshAb Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – The Executive Committee of Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has passed a decision late this evening to hold the upcoming elections at the regional level. The decision came at the end of three days meeting by the EC…
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Opinion: A new approach to forge Ethiopia’s unity
Leenco Lata Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – Two approaches have been tried to date with the view to forging Ethiopia’s unity. Since both have proven unsustainable, it is high time to consider a third alternative. Both of the approaches that have been attempted to date have faulted their intended purposes on a number of grounds. However, explicating their various egregiousness…
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News Alert: Parliament to convene for a special meeting tomorrow to approve differed election alternatives
Photo: During the regular session of HoPR that took place at the meeting hall in the office of PM Abiy Ahmed, member of parliament referred the motion by NEBE to postpone the election to the House’s Legal, Justice and Administration Affairs Standing Committee Addis Abeba, May 04/2020 – Members of the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) will convene for the…
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