By Amnon Meranda | ynetnews.com
Several dozen Ethiopian protesters rallies outside the Likud party’s Tel Aviv headquarters on Sunday, in protest of the party Election Committee’s decision to disqualify the Ethiopian candidate’s win of one of the slots reserved for immigrants on its Knesset roster.
The party has secured the 21st and 28th slots on it roster for representatives of the Russian and Ethiopian immigrant communities.
The petition against Alali Adamso’s election, filed by two candidates who lost to him in the party primaries held earlier in December, said that since the Likud Codex states that only those who came to Israel after 1985 can bid for the slots, and Adamso came to Israel in 1983, he was ineligible to bid in the first place.
The committee granted the petition saying that “this is a difficult case, since even though Mr. Adamso received a large number of votes, which may be lost if he is disqualified, accepting his bid would be a deviation from the party code.”
The protestors gathering outside the offices called the decision discriminatory and waved signs reading “No Ethiopians allowed,” and “Likud members voted for an Ethiopian and got a Russian.”
“We are decent people and citizens of this State. This wrongs Adamso personally, but it wrongs the entire Ethiopian community as well. It is inconceivable that the Likud’s Knesset roster won’t have an Ethiopian representative,” said one of the protestors.
Adamso said he intends to appeal to the Likud Court in order to overturn the committee’s decision.
(Avi Cohen contributed to this report)
3 thoughts on “Israel: Ethiopians protest disqualifying of candidate”
It is a loughable story. If the Ethiopians are not accepted why they hang to Likud, why not join other democratic or liberal parrties or even build their own political organization. Ethiopians enjoy begging wherever they are.
It is time for Ethiopians learn to fight for their rights like any other humanbeing. I am really scared about the begging of our society.
Learn from the people Thyland, Plestine or others.It is more than humiliation.
Thank you.
They are telling you in other words that you donot belong here. You should have stayed in your mother land rather runing to adopted mother country. Well “ye ethiopia amlake ” yetebekachu.
The so-called Falasshas or “Ethiopian Jews” in the first place you should not have abandoned your country of birth. The Zionist state will never treat you on equal basis with others, like the Russian ones. You are Ethiopian. Come back to your country, we will welcome you.