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Opposition groups in Ethiopia tasked prime minister Abiy Ahmed with making electoral reforms a key element of the broader political reforms he has been undertaking since taking office in early April.
More than fifty parties were represented at a meeting with the Prime Minister According to Fitsum Arega, parties expressed appreciation for the mbadive release of political prisoners and reconciliation efforts in the country and throughout the region. the Horn of Africa.
This is not the first time the prime minister meets with opposition groups, weeks after his reign, Abiy met with leading opposition members at the presidential palace.
He also met with an opposition group in exile – the Oromo Democratic Front ( ODF ), who has since returned to the country to pursue a peaceful political struggle.
The issue of regional reconciliation comes weeks after the signing of a historic peace agreement between Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea. The declaration of Asmara signed by Abiy and the Eritrean leader Isaias Afwerki put an end to two decades of war and restored all ties of friendship between the two nations.
Ethiopia is expected to go to the polls in 2020. The last vote was in May 2015 Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian People ( EPRDF ) winning in a landslide. The elections were organized by the Ethiopian National Electoral Council ( NEBE ) and the party with the largest number of seats in the Legislative Assembly eventually nominates the Prime Minister – that is to say the head of government affairs.
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