Ethiopia’s Ruling Party to Meet Sept. 16 on Meles’s Successor
By William Davison
Sept. 7 (Bloomberg) — Ethiopia’s ruling coalition will meet on Sept. 16 to select its chairman, who will replace the late Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, as the party’s chief and probably succeed him as the Horn of Africa nation’s leader.
It’s “highly likely” the party chairman will become prime minister, State Minister for Communications Shimeles Kemal said by phone today from the capital, Addis Ababa. Meles, Ethiopia’s leader of 21 years who oversaw one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, died on Aug. 20 from an infection contracted while recuperating from an undisclosed illness. Hailemariam Desalegn, Meles’s deputy, took over in an acting capacity the next day.
“We are expecting the council meeting to be on the 16th,” Seikoture Getachew, the foreign relations head at the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front’s secretariat, said by telephone. “There will be the assignment of chairperson and deputy chairperson.”
Ethiopia, the continent’s second-most populous nation, is a major U.S. ally in its battle against al-Qaeda in the region. In December, Ethiopian troops invaded Somalia for the second time in four years to join the battle against al-Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s Somalia affiliate.
The EPRDF’s 180-member council is split equally between the four parties that make up the ruling coalition. The federal parliament, which will endorse the prime minister, is scheduled to reconvene at the end of the month, Shimeles said. The EPRDF controls all but two of the 547 parliamentary seats.
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The TPLF has made clear that it’s above the law and HAile Mariam Desselleign is not accepted as it’s in the constitution.
Ethiopia has been governed by one ethnic group ,the Tigray led by TPLF/EPRDF of Meles from another one Ethnic group of Amhara.
Under any circumtances the rulling ethnic minority will not accept changes coz changes or democratization would eliminate minority rules,so the best is to just rally behind armed oppositions like OLF,ONLF SLF to bring changes
amma waan tokko qofaan jechuu barbaada, akkuma beekamu paarlamaan akka inni dhalataa tigiraay hin taane filannoo gaafasiirratti gochuun ni dandahama, kanaafis fkn kan tahu filannoo bara 97 mallas akka lammata filamuuf shira mallas, addisuu laggasee fi tashoomee toogaa( mariisisaa parlmaaa kan ture)akkas godhan, waan uummata opdo shakkaniif sadii tahanii akkas godhan,yeroo manni hundi mummee ministeeraa filuu harka kaasu tashoomaa toogaa akka inni addisuu carraa laatu- addisuun immoo akka inni mallas jedhu haala mijeessanii dhaqan,akka seera paarlamaa ethio tti namni tokko paartiii walliigalatti moyatekeessaa kamiinuu haatahuu abaluu dha yoo jedhame lama harka kaasuun hin jiru, maaliif yoo jedhame namichis paartichuma keessaa waan taheef seeeri hin ayyamu!! haaluma kanaan yeroo amma OPDO n akka yeroo abbaan duulaa jiruu cimaa yoo tahuu baatellee osoo abshaala tahanii oromoonni achi keessa jiran walii galanii ooftaa akkasiin sirriitti moyachuu ni dandahu, kana bakkaan gahuu amma namoota oromoo tahan kanneeniin harka lafa jalaatiin akka waliigalaniif namni haala kana mijeessu osoo jiraatee-itti dabalee abbaan duulaa TPLF tti baayyee waan aaree jiruuf jarattii carraa dhowwaachuu ni dandha; mirgasaatis kanaaf adaraa oromoonni biyya alaa jirtan adaraa karaa diploommasii akkasii ammarraa jalqabdanii deemuu qabdu, nuti oromoo kan nu ajjeessu haala lafa jala deemuu kana hin dandeenyu- ilaalaa amma waan aaadde azeeb mefiin gochaa jirtu–isaanuu bakka lamatti walqodanii keessaan sochoyaa jiru,inni kaan immoo uummata oromoo paarlamaa sana keeessa jiru kumaa dammaaksaa waliin tahuun oromoo achi keessa jiran goyyomsee bituu yaalaa jiru, kanaaf yeroottii kanatti fayyadamuu qaban jamaa!!! an akka nama tokkootti nan yaala- karuu karaa oromoota beekamoon yoo tahe caalaa filatama!!
barentu borena,
Yaada gaari kanaf baayyee galatoomi!
Mo’amuun oromoo yeroo hundaa abshalumma fi walgargaaruu dadhaabuu isatiin kan ta’ee beekamadha. Yaada kanas ijaarsaa Oromootaafi oromoota hunadaa fuu dabarsi. Haala waliigaltee kana harka lafajaalatiin kan mijeessu jiraacuun murteessa dubbiit!
Garraamii Oromoon utuu iddoo matadure tokkoffaa fudhacuun irra jiruu yeroo hundaa iddoo balfamaa balbala duraa lafaa rakataan, kadhataan yookin sareen ta’uu qabaciisuu. Kun immo gadheefi saree nama gocuudha keessumaayyu biyya abbaa ofii keessatti.
Haal kun oromoo baayee gaariidhaa jabaadha irratti du’aa yeeroon akkanaa lamuu hindeebituu jabaadha hingifannoon keessan waqaayion Isinwoliin haajiraatuu.
Certain turning points and unique events happen once in a century or once in the life time of societies and communities. Unusual unique turning points and unique events demand unusual and unique responses for those proactively attempting to control and manage the unfolding events. Old and routine responses may not have influences.
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” ~Winston Churchill