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Ethiopia supreme court rejects election appeal

Fri Jun 18, 6:54 am ET

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – TPLF supreme court on Friday rejected an appeal by the country's main opposition coalition over alleged fraud in the May 23 polls that saw the ruling regime coast to re-election.

Ethiopia opposition goes to court

Posted on Wednesday 16 June 2010

Ethiopia's main opposition group filed a court case against the country's National Electoral Board for refusing re-run elections, officials said. "We have lodged this appeal because the manner in which the NEB handled our grievances was very irregular," Medrek chairman Beyene Petros said on Tuesday.

Speaking the truth to strangers

June 14, 2010

Note: In my first commentary [1] on the theme, “Where do we go from here?”, I suggested that the ruling dictatorship in Ethiopia following its 99.6 percent “victory” in the May 2010 parliamentary “election” will continue to do business as usual in much the same way as it has over the last two decades. In the second commentary[2], I focused attention on the Ethiopian opposition collectively and argued that they must atone to the people and reinvent themselves if they hope to play a significant role in that country’s future. In this commentary, I accuse Western donors as accessories to the crime of democricide in Ethiopia and argue for greater accountability in Western aid and loans to the dictatorship in Ethiopia.[3]

Accessories to Democricide in Ethiopia

Demonstration in Cologne, Germany - June 12, 2010

Meles Zenawi's another risky "calculated risk"

By Ayal-Sew Dessye | June 1, 2010

In the wake of the political impasse following the 2005 general elections debacle, Meles Zenawi attributed his humiliating and crushing defeat at the polls to a "calculated risk" that he took. What he was referring to as a "calculated risk" was the opening of the political space that cracked open just a little that enabled the opposition to mount a more sharpened challenge to his rule and gave the Ethiopian people a chance to turnout en masse and vote for the opposition. Unlike 2010, although not as perfect a level playing field as it ought to have been to conduct free and fair elections by international standards, the political environment leading to the 2005 general elections was relatively better for the opposition parties and the electorate. Of course, that situation was not due to Meles' benevolence or his honest desire to see a truly multi-party and pluralist democratic order to flourish in the country. He was compelled to do that because of two important elements; the opposition was (although not solidly unified as one body as many of us wished) but much better organized in two blocks – Hibret (UEDF) and Kinijit (CUD), and the international community was willing and in a better position to apply enough pressure on Meles to open the political space and allow free and fair elections.

Ethiopia’s Embarrassing Elections

By Abebe Gelaw | June,1 2010

Dictator Meles Zenawi, one of America’s key allies in Africa, is gloating over his “landslide victory” in the country’s national elections earlier this month. The ruling party has claimed to have swept all but two of the 546 declared seats, which is more than enough to make the parliament a complete rubber stamp for Dictator Zenawi.

Ethiopian election stirs outrage at ruling party - Opposition calls for new vote

By Heather Murdock SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES ( ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia )

Nineteen-year-old Hanouk’s lips shook slightly, and he looked up and down the wide, rocky pathway outside the polling station. He said he just voted for an opposition party.

Ruling-party supporters had been visiting his house for months, he said, sometimes four times a day, pressuring him to vote for the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).

Hanouk said he was a little scared of being punished for admitting to voting for the opposition, but his actual ballot was secret. “They are going to win,” he said quietly, grinning. “We are going to have democracy and everything in the coming year. I think so.”

EU observers slam lack of political freedom in Ethiopia vote

25 May 2010,

(ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia's weekend elections were marked by "narrowing political space", with the ruling party using state resources to boost its campaign, European Union observers said Tuesday.

Ethiopia poll fraudulent?

May 25, 2010 Merara Gudina, one of the top officials of the eight-party Medrek opposition coalition, said a meeting of the bloc would later on Tuesday decide on the next course of action.

ADDIS ABABA (Ethiopia) - A SENIOR Ethiopian opposition figure on Tuesday said parliamentary polls in which the ruling party has taken an early lead were riddled with fraud.

Merara Gudina, one of the top officials of the eight-party Medrek opposition coalition, said a meeting of the bloc would later on Tuesday decide on the next course of action.

'I don't see any reason why we should accept the results that were completely fraudulent,' said Mr Merara, explaining he was speaking on his own behalf. 'They took over all aspects of the electoral adminstration, including the count,' he added, referring to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling party.

Ethiopia vote marred by repression

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 4:49 a.m.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — An international human rights group said Monday that Ethiopia's national election was marred by repression and intimidation, while the government said the vote was free and fair.

New York-based Human Rights Watch said Sunday's parliamentary vote was corrupted by pre-election irregularities that included telling voters they could lose food assistance, public-sector jobs, loans, and educational opportunities if they voted against the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

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Ethiopia supreme court rejects election appeal

Ethiopia opposition goes to court

Speaking the truth to strangers

Demonstration in Cologne, Germany - June 12, 2010

Meles Zenawi's another risky "calculated risk"

Ethiopia’s Embarrassing Elections

Ethiopian election stirs outrage at ruling party - Opposition calls for new vote

By Heather Murdock SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES ( ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia )

EU observers slam lack of political freedom in Ethiopia vote

Ethiopia poll fraudulent?

May 25, 2010 Merara Gudina, one of the top officials of the eight-party Medrek opposition coalition, said a meeting of the bloc would later on Tuesday decide on the next course of action.

Ethiopia vote marred by repression

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