WorkersParty

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has rejected an application to get a registration license for a new party under the Ethiopian Workers’ party (EWP). The name was previously used by a Marxist–Leninist communist party that led Ethiopia from 1984 to 1991 with Mengistu Hailemariam as its chair. Under the same name, Yohannes Tadesse and et al, coordinators in the bid to establish a new national political party, applied to obtain a temporary registration license in May 2022. A day after holding a meeting that reviewed the application, the election board Tuesday announced its decision in a statement stating…