National Intelligence and Security Agency to purge employees with political affiliation

borkena
July 17,2018

The new director of the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), Adem Mohammed had been in the habit of being the head of the Ethiopian air force, announced today. that agency employees who have political affiliation with political parties in the country must either end their political affiliation or resign from the Ethiopian intelligence agency. The decision seems to be informed by experiences that have caused the entity to suffer from public trust in the past for reasons of political affiliation and the need to make it a neutral entity committed to the national security, according to Adem Mohammed Government media in the country.

The director admitted that capacity building is among the priority areas of the reform to enhance intelligence agents' ability to discourage internal and external danger for Ethiopia. The restructuring of the agency is also considered a way to accomplish the mission in accordance with the objectives of the agency.

Impending changes in the agency are part of the reform package of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

NISA should also see changes in terms of ethnic diversity as it was believed in the past that the agency was dominated by ethnic Tigrayans who represent only about 6% of the Ethiopian population.

On June 7, Abiy abducted Getachew Assefa, a faceless unpopular figure, who led the agency for more than two decades. in terms of political affiliation, he was one of nine members of the executive committee of the Tiger People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which dominated the federal government departments including NISA and the ruling coalition during almost three decades. murders and tortures.

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