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Toronto – The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has reportedly responded to court charges.
Semret Party, an ethnic Tigray opposition, last week sued the electoral board over a decision to make five electoral districts in the “disputed” areas outside of the Tigray region.
The stated arrangement, based on disclosure from NEBE, was for the five areas ( Humera, Adi Remetse, Korem Ofla, Telemet and Raya Alamata) to directly vote for a Federal parliament without taking part in the regional council.
Getachew Reda, leader of Semeret Party and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s advisor on East African Affairs on Ministerial portfolio, criticized the decision, which is said to be from the House of Federation, as one that will worsen the situation of disturbed peace in the country. It is also argued that the decision is “unconstitutional.”
In the same week, his party announced that it is taking the matter to court. Several other Tigray Opposition parties opposed the decision.
The Semret Party was asking the court to suspend the NEBE decision on the five electoral districts. The court did so.
NEBE has responded to the federal court and a copy of the response is delivered to the Sembert party. However, the source provides unspecified details of the response to the court. DW Amharic said its effort to obtain an explanation from NEBE on the content of the response was not a success.
Meanwhile, six other entities from the Amhara region including one political party (National Amhara Movement) expressed interest in being part of the court case. Five of the other entities are committees organized to advance identity questions in Wolkat and Raya. They argued that the decision on the matter could impact the interest and privileges of the people they represent.
The areas politicians from the federal government often describe as “disputed areas” were not part of Tigray before 1991. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) annexed the areas to Tigray after taking Federal government power in the same year and legalized the annexation with the constitution it introduced in December 1994.
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