Except one, all members and officials of Lidetu Ayalew’s Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) in Tigray have resigned en mass protesting the deal Lidetu signed recently with Meles Zenawi on the conduct of the May 2010 general elections in Ethiopia.
In an interview with the VOA, Ato Tekle Bekele, chairman of EDP in Tigray and member of the party’s central committee, said that EDP has turned itself into a supporter of the TPLF/EPRDF regime, instead of a genuine opposition party.
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Ato Tekle said that he and his comrades decided to take a stand and resigned after repeated discussions with the party’s leadership failed to bring result.
Lidetu is not the only surrenderist who is facing rebellion inside his organization over the traitorous deal with Woyanne. Ethiopian Review sources in Addis Ababa are reporting that trouble is also brewing for Hailu Shawel inside his All Ethiopian Unity Party. Two weeks ago, a senior member of AEUP, Major Argaw Kabtamu, has resigned after expressing disgust over the agreement of surrender to the Woyanne tribal junta.
4 thoughts on “EDP officials in Tigray resign over Meles-Lidetu deal”
Who cares? They are all the same anyways.
Lidetu and Hailu are Meles Zenawi’s private pet. Nobody with the right mind would want to get involved with them. Bekoomachew yemotu yewend alichawoch.
Wako,
I think putting the whole population in one basket is undemocratic to say the least.
This will not help Ethiopia preserve its unity.
Dear Friends of Lake Turkana Hope Ethiopian and Kenyan Peoples are also friends who shuold share the resource endowed to them in a manner to mutual benefit rather than on competing and rivalry engagement. Both Ethiopia and Kenya have more than 100 million people combined and need to develop hand in hand with broader vision and understanding to solve issues related to common natural resource and currently the effect of Drought which both faced at the same time. As an Ethiopian we are used to sharing what we had with our neighbors and I believe that the case of Lake Turkana area people need to be addressed so that they benefit most from the projects along with the broader citizens of both nations. Although we don’t agree with what the then resource grabbing Europeans did to the extent of extincting indigenous people to fulfill their development aspirations. We can’t tight our selves with their heartless and baseless environment concern which is alienated from wider consideration of long run benefit of humankind with careful engagement with environment. They are only focusing on the dam to decrease the water flow while even without any dam degradation of the upper stream ecology due to poverty (deforestation and decrese of rain fall) had already started to impact the lake. Regarding the concern of you (Kenyans) we better exchange Ideas and proposals that help us to solve the problem. And some in both our countries cry louder to whomever fills their pocket. It is difficult to Ethiopia and even to Kenya to loose such an opportunity with out giving a try to compromise and working hard to resolve the Issue and address the concern. If death is imminent with poverty and lack of development better for us to die while trying to come out of cycle of poverty. Aluta Contnua!!!