Ethiopian Legislature, Executive Bodies Sign Agreement to Ensure Transparency

By Staff Reporter

July 20, 2018 – Ethiopian legislative and executive bodies signed an agreement on Friday that will require them to perform tasks in accordance with agreed plans and funding. awarded.

The contracts were concluded in the presence of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in order to ensure the transparency of the performance of public enterprises and government offices in relation to the objectives set for each year.

Abiy Ahmed said that the movement serves as "control and balance" and that parliamentarians and heads of government with poor performance will not be tolerated.

In a live interview with EBC, Shitaye Minale, vice president of the People's Representatives said the historic agreement would be reached between the standing committees of parliament and their corresponding government offices to which they are responsible.

"The agreement would allow the legislature to monitor the achievements of government offices in carrying out the annual plans." She said

that the vice president added that all segments of society will have access to plans and badess their level of corresponding office achievements across various social media platforms.

Unlike in the past, MPs gathered first-hand information from the public, including from farmers in the regions. Meanwhile, the Ethiopian parliament approved the same day an amnesty law that would grant pardon to individuals and groups under investigation or convicted of treason, a crime against the constitutional order and armed struggle.