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Sekou Toure Getachew Addis Ababa, January 22 (WIC) - An official of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) says the party is working with opposition parties to ensure the upcoming general election scheduled for May this year is free and fair, according to VOA.
EPRDF External Relations Department Head, Sekou Toure Getachew, said international observers have been invited to monitor the vote. “We have internationally accepted code of conduct or laws for the political party activities and these laws are internationally accepted. International observers will be here, they have already been invited to observe our election.
And the people of Ethiopia in different ways have already elected their public observers for the elections,” he said. Sekou Toure said the election will strengthen Ethiopia’s democracy. “We are trying to work with the opposition political parties to make sure that everything is done according to the law. And we are really hopeful to work together and make it democratic and finally the whole process will be good. The playing ground will be level for every political party and finally, it will be credible,” he said. "Anybody can see that the opposition political parties are working freely in this country. And as everybody knows, we have reached an agreement… on code of conduct, which has become law of the land and endorsed by the parliament and 65 political parties are bound by that. The main motto of this law is to make the coming election free, fair or democratic and also peaceful.” Concerning the recent report issued by Human Rights Watch, he said EPRDF does not consider the report serious since in his words the charges are part of the opposition allegations against the government. |
