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Woyanne claims victory in April’s fake local elections

EDITOR’S NOTE: The ‘opposition’ won only one seat in Addis Ababa, and the guy is not even alive, as reported by The Reporter. The election was a total joke.

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By Tsegaye Tadesse (Reuters)

ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia’s ruling party swept local polls largely boycotted by opposition parties who accused the government of intimidating voters and blocking their candidates, results released on Sunday showed.

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) declared Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) victor of the first vote in the Horn of Africa nation since 2005 elections ended in deadly violence.

Out of 623 districts, the EPRDF won 559 seats and won all but one of 39 parliament seats up for grabs in by-elections, the board said.

The largest opposition party in parliament, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, pulled out three days before the April 13 start of the polls. The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement pulled out before a second round was held a week later.

“The election in which a total of over 3.5 million candidates from 30 political parties participated were conducted in a free and peaceful manner and in accordance with the law of the country’, the Election Board said.

It said out of a total over 26 million registered voters, 24.5 million or 93 percent voted.

EPRDF also won all major seats in the administration of the capital Addis Ababa.

It had been run by caretaker administrators after opposition politicians who won most of the seats there were jailed on charges of usurping the state after the 2005 polls.

They have since been pardoned after a genocide and treason trial that dragged for two years and drew widespread criticism from human rights and democracy watchdogs.

Two rounds of post-election violence saw more than 200 people killed in battles between security forces and opposition protesters. The violence and an ensuing crackdown on opposition leaders tarnished Meles’ once-sterling Democratic credentials.

But analysts say the courtroom pursuit of the opposition effectively splintered its cohesion, just after it had made its biggest-ever political gains at the ballot box.

15 thoughts on “Woyanne claims victory in April’s fake local elections

  1. * በህይወት የሌሉ “የቅንጅት” ተወካይ በአዲስ አበባ ምርጫ አሸነፉ
    * የፓርላማ ተመራጮች በቀዝቃዛ ወለል ጫማ ያወልቃሉ

    Sunday, 04 May 2008 — ለአዲስ አበባ ከተማ አስተዳደር ምክር ቤት አባላት ምርጫ የቅንጅት ፓርቲን ወክለው በመቅረብ በቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ ከተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ በብቸኝነት አሸንፈዋል የተባሉት እጩ በህይወት የሌሉ መሆናቸው ተገለፀ፡፡ ምርጫ ቦርድ በጉዳዩ ላይ አስተያየት መስጠት አልፈለገም፡፡

    ሚያዝያ 5 ቀን 2000 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ በተካሄደው የአካባቢና የማሟያ ምርጫ የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ በቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ ለአዲስ አበባ አስተዳደር ምክር ቤት አባላት ምርጫ ያቀረባቸውና በውድድሩ 6 ሺህ 37 ድምፅ አግኝተው፣ በአዲስ አበባ ብቸኛ ተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ አሸናፊ መሆናቸው ይፋ የተደረገላቸው ወ/ሮ ቦድዲት አንተነህ ቡጀቴ በሕመም ምክንያት ካረፉ ከ26 ቀናት በላይ ተቆጥረው ነበር፡፡

    የቅንጅት ለአንድነትና ለዴሞክራሲ ፓርቲ ዋና ፀሐፊ አቶ ሳሳሁልህ ከበደ ወ/ሮ ቦድዲት አንተነህ ምርጫው ከመድረሱ በፊት ከዚህ አለም በሞት መለየታቸውን ፓርቲው በደብዳቤ ለቦርዱ ማሳወቁን ይገልፃሉ፡፡ ይህንንም ጉዳይ በተመለከተ ለምርጫ ቦርዱ በቁጥር ኦዴፓ/208/2000 በቀን 16-07 – 2000 ዓ.ም በተጻፈ ደብዳቤ ማሳወቃቸውን የሚገልፅ ግልባጭ ለዝግጅት ክፍላችን ልከዋል፡፡

    በአቶ ሳሳሁልህ ገለፃ መሰረት ለብሄራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ ጽ/ቤት በተፃፈ ደብዳቤ ወ/ሮ ቦድዲት አንተነህ ቡጀቴ መጋቢት 9 ቀን 2000 ዓ.ም በህመም ምክንያት ከዚህ አለም መለየታቸውን ተገልጿል፡፡ ፓርቲው በደብዳቤው በዚህም ምክንያት በምርጫ ሕግ አዋጅ ቁጥር 532/99 አንቀፅ 55 መሰረት ተተኪ እጩ መመደቡንም ገል..ል፡፡

    ዋና ፀሀፊው በደብዳቤው በወ/ሮ ቦድዲት ምትክ፣ ወ/ት ትዝታ ጌታሁን በቦሌ ክፍለ ከተማ እንዲወዳደሩ አሳውቋል፡፡ “ይህ እንዲህ ሆኖ ሳለ” ይላሉ አቶ ሳሳሁልህ “የብሄራዊ ምርጫ ቦርድ ማስተካከያ ሳያደርግ ቀርቷል”፡፡ በዚህም ምርጫ ቦርድ ባወጣው የምርጫ ውጤት ላይ ወ/ሮ ቦድዲት 6 ሺህ 37 ድምፅ በማግኘት ማሸነፋቸው መገለፁን ጠቁመዋል፡፡

    አቶ ሳሳሁልህ በምርጫው ቦርድ ስህተት ምክንያት ፓርቲው ያገኘው ድል ሊሰረዝ እንደማይገባ አሳስበዋል፡፡ ምርጫ ቦርድ በውድድሩ 5993 ድምፅ ያገኙትን የፓርቲውን እጩ ተወዳዳሪ ዶ/ር ለምለም መኮንን እንዲያሳልፍ ዋና ፀሐፊው አሳስበዋል፡፡

    የመኢብን ፓርቲ ሊቀመንበር አቶ መስፍን ሽፈራው በበኩላቸው በምርጫው ውጤት ላይ በቅንጅት ፓርቲ ወይም በምርጫ ቦርድ ምክንያት ስህተት መከሰቱን ጠቁመው፤ “የምርጫው ውጤት ሙሉ ለሙሉ ተሰርዞ በጣቢያው የመኢብን እጩ የሆኑት ወ/ት ገነት ይማም ወለሎ ሊያልፉ ይገባል” ሲሉ አቋማቸውን አስታውቀዋል፡፡

    በምርጫ ጣቢያው የተከሰተውን “ስህተት” በተመለከተ በአዲስ አበባ የምርጫ አስተባባሪ አቶ ደስታ ሀ/ሚካኤል ተጠይቀው የምርጫ ቦርድ ጽ/ቤት በጉዳዩ ዙሪያ ውሳኔ ለመስጠት እየተወያየ መሆኑን ከመጥቀስ ውጪ ማብራሪያ ከመስጠት ተቆጥበዋል፡፡

    በሚያዝያ 5 ምርጫ ለአዲስ አበባ አስተዳደር ም/ቤት በቦሌ ክ/ከተማ ኢሕአዴግ ያቀረበውን ዕጩ በመሠረዙ ምክንያት (በፎርፌ) የቅንጅት ፓርቲ ዕጩ ማሸነፋቸውን ጠቅሰን መዘገባችን ይታወሳል፡፡
    የፓርላማ አባላት በመግቢያ ፍተሻ ተማረዋል

    Sunday, 04 May 2008 — የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲ የተወካዮች ምክር ቤት አባላት በምክር ቤቱ መግቢያ በር ላይ በሚካሄደው ፍተሻ “የሚያዋርድ” መሆኑን በመጥቀስ ቅሬታቸውን ለሪፖርተር ጋዜጣ ገለፁ፡፡ የምክር ቤቱ የሕዝብ ግንኙነት ኦፊሰር በበኩላቸው የሚካሄደው ፍተሻ አለም አቀፍ ደረጃውን የጠበቀ መሆኑን ገልጸዋል፡፡

    የኢዴኅህ ሊቀመንበር ፕሮፌሰር በየነ ጴጥሮስ ፍተሻውን አስመልክተው ሲናገሩ “ሕዝብ መርጦ ይወክልናል፡፡ እዚህ ያሉት ደግሞ ያወርዱናል” ሲሉ የምክር ቤት አባላት አላስፈላጊ መንገላታት ውስጥ እንደሚገቡ አብራርተዋል፡፡የኢሕአዴግ ባለሥልጣን የሆኑት አንዳንድ የፓርላማ አባላት ሳይፈተሹ መኪና ይዘው በሌላ በር እንደሚገቡና ሌሎች የፓርላማ አባላት ግን ንጽህናው ባልተጠበቀ የሲሚንቶ ወለል ላይ ጫማቸውን እንዲያወልቁ፣ ቀበቶዋቸውን እንዲፈቱ እየተደረገ የሚዋረዱበት ሁኔታ መኖሩን ኘሮፌሰር በየነ አስረድተዋል፡፡ “በዚህም” ይላሉ ኘሮፌሰር በየነ “በሕዝብ እንደራሴዎች መካከል የሚታመንና የማይታመን እንዳለ ነው ሊነግሩን የሚፈልጉት” ካሉ በኋላ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያለው የደህንነት ጥበቃም አለም ውስጥ ካለው ሁሉ ገንኖ እንደሚወጣ ገልፀዋል፡፡

    የመፈተሻ መሳሪያውን በተመለከተም ፕሮፌሰሩ ቅሬታ አላቸው፡፡ እርሳቸው እንደሚሉት መዳብና ጥቃቅን ብረታ ብረቶች ሳይቀር የመፈተሻ መሳሪያውን ማለፍ አይችሉም፡፡

    በፍተሻው ሂደት ላይ የሚታየውን ውርደት መቀበል የማይፈልግ ሰው፣ ወደ ፓርላማ የመሄድ ፍላጎቱ እንደሚቀንስ የገለጹት ፕሮፌሰር በየነ፣ በጣም አስፈላጊ ካልሆነ በስተቀር የተቃዋሚ ፓርቲዎች የምክር ቤት አባላት ወደ ፓርላማ እንደማይሄዱ በዚህም ተሳትፏቸው እየተገታ መሆኑን አመልክተዋል፡፡

    “ጫማ እንድናወልቅ የምንገደድ ከሆነ፣ በስጋጃ ምንጣፍ ላይ ቆመን የምናወልቅበት ሁኔታ መመቻቸት ነበረበት” ያሉት ፕሮፌሰሩ እንደራሴዎቹ ጫማቸውን የሚያወልቁት ሲሚንቶ ወለል ላይ መሆኑ ችግር እንደፈጠረ ተናግረዋል፡፡

    የሌሎች አገሮችን ሲናገሩም በአሜሪካ ያለው የፓርላማ ስርዓት የሕዝብ እንደራሴዎች ወደ ምክር ቤት የሚገቡበት የተለየ በር እንዳላቸውና ሌሎች ተመልካቾች ግን ተፈትሸውና መታወቂያ አስቀምጠው እንዲገቡ እንደሚደረግ ገልፀዋል፡፡

    ፕሮፌሰሩ እንደሚሉት አሜሪካ ያለችበት ደረጃ ላይ ይደረስ ባይባልም አሁን ያለው የፍተሻ ሂደት መስተካከል አለበት፡፡ አያይዘውም “በሌላ አገር የሚገኝ አየር ማረፊያን የደህንነት መቆጣጠሪያ አልፈን የምንሄድ ሰዎች እንዴት ይህንን (የፓርላማውን መፈተሻ) አልፈን መሄድ ያስቸግረናል” ሲሉ ጠይቀዋል፡፡

    የኦፌድን ሊቀመንበር አቶ ቡልቻ ደመቅሳም የፕሮፌሰር በየነን ሀሳብ ይጋራሉ፡፡ ስለፍተሻው ሲናገሩም “በር ላይ ተዋርዶ የገባ ሰው አስቦ መናገር እስኪችል ድረስ ደቂቃዎች ይወስዱበታል” ብለዋል፡፡ የፍተሻው ሁኔታ ሁልጊዜ እንደሚያስደነግጣቸው የሚናገሩት አቶ ቡልቻ 100 ሺህ ሕዝብ የሚወክል እያንዳንዱ የፓርላማ አባል ጫማውን እያወለቀና ቀበቶውን እየፈታ ሲዋረድ ማየት የሚያሳዝን ጉዳይ መሆኑን ገልፀዋል፡፡

    Source: Reporter

  2. “EPRDF also won all major seats in the administration of the capital Addis Ababa.”

    There is only one way to get rid of the pest. It is with force. Learn from Somali’s.

  3. To tell the truth, it was not Ethiopia’s ruling party that won the local election; it was the stealing party that won the local election, and the victor is the killer, not the real winner. How can someone call the Ethiopian local election an election where the opposition party was barred from participating in the election? I’m sure the whole world is laughing at Meles Seitanawi’s understanding of democracy and the rule of law and of his failure for not learning for almost 20 years the values of democracy. He continues to stay in power by cheating the Ethiopian people and the whole world by declaring victory in an election conducted only by his own political parties – an election that has purposely avoided the members of the opposing party not to participate in the election by intimidating them day in and day out and sending them to jail. This is a mockery, not an election! Let lovers of democracy judge the Ethiopian people how Dictator Meles Seitanawi has been treating them in the name of gimmick democracy instead of giving the people of Ethiopia the right to decide for them selves. Mr. Prime Minister, you are the most shrewd person ever lived on this planet earth; knowing most of the Ethiopian people are uneducated, you continue to deceive them by selling their lands to Sudan, by forcing them to vote for you, and by sending their sons and daughters to fight for the war you created to please the Bush administration. I have bad news for you! Your master, Bush, will be out of office, come January 2009. What are you going to do then? You may seek help from China or North Korea or Cuba. Or you may simply disappear, which is better by far than facing your opponents who are in millions living everywhere, every place in this world, and the souls of those Ethiopians whom you killed are in heaven, seeking judgment from the Almighty God against you, your family and your death squad.

  4. One can not be the only contester on the field and claim victorious. This is a shame “election”, no foreign election witnesses were present this time. The tyrant have got his lesson on the 2005 elections where he lost land slide defeat on the ballot and in front of the eyes of the world. This “election” is laughable one. It was not a win on the ballots but on the bullets. This can not represent the people of Ethiopia what so ever!This is democracy of “Kalashnikov”.
    Shame on EPRDF/EPLF.Shame on “NEEB”-The puppet of tyranny.

    Ethiopia shall prevail!

  5. hahahahaa gud iko new zendirew!

    Elias
    I cant read the person who is dead that won for opposition.
    Please tell me the name and the opposition he represent for.

  6. The mafia like gov break the recored held by the comunist party of USSR and North Korea by wining 97% of the vote.The other 3% went to the parties which woyane fabricated in its own immage.The word shame is not existing in woyane’s vocuabulary.

  7. To whom it may concern,

    I ordinary citizen ask for the following changes without delay.

    There is no credible Ethiopian Election Board, instead puppets were appointed by Tigrean war lord Mr. Meles Zenawi.

    Therefore the name of this king making institution must be “Tigrean Election Board” hereafter.

    At present, Ethiopia does not an army that serves its national interest, instead have Rebel lead mafia that is controlled and run from top to bottom by Tigrean Liberation front, I candidily request proper name for it.

    Here on its not Ethiopian diffence force, but Tigrean Liberation front-diffence force is its proper name.

    Ethiopians did not elect Mr. Meles zenawi of Tigre, instead it is appointed by rats from Tigrean rebel circles, he must be called by his true identity and name.

    Call him Mr. Legesse/ Meles/ Zenawu/ the prime minister of Tigre. Please, all Ethiopians across the globe don’t link this regime with Ethiopia, for they’ve not elected nor appointed by THE ETHIOPIAN people.

  8. TPLF is mocking the very meanings of elections and democracy. There is no genuine election that does not involve different opposing power contenders. “Election” of one party against itself is fake election, to say the least. And more importantly, there is no democratic election that does not offer openly fair and free pre-and post-election political process. Thus, the April TPLF game was just a fake political game that wears the name election. Actually, it does not even fulfill the very meaning of election, let alone a democratic one. Ato Meles Zenawi and Ato Kemal Bedri give us a break!!

  9. Silly and cruel Joke on Ethiopians!
    Over 90% of the people of Addis voted for Kinijit on last election. By doing so, they expressed their disgust towards the woyanes. That feeling would never change in few years. Unless they moved out all the people out of the city and replaced with other “denkoros and hodams” they would never get any favourable result in a fair election.
    The ploitics of our county is dangerously low. What is next?

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