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NEBE warns the Government to safeguard the rights of political parties

NEBE warns the Government to safeguard the rights of political parties

National Election Board of Ethiopia issued a press release regarding the parties that were banned from holding their general meeting. In its statement, the board stated that the government security forces prevented the parties from holding a meeting. Election Board Chairperson Birtukhan Mideksa said that Enat Party, Balderas for Real Democracy, and the newly formed Gurage Unity and Justice (Gogot) parties were prohibited by security forces from holding a party general assembly last week. She stated that the illegal activities of the security forces is not right and recommended the matters to the judiciaries to investigate who caused this problem.…
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