The Ethiopian Woyanne regime’s Ministry of Justice said Saturday the pardon plea of Ato Kifle Tigneh and other 31 members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) has been approved by Ethiopian President Meles Zenawi’s puppet Girma Woldegiorgis.
In a statement, the ministry said the prisoners “admitted” [or else rot in jail] that their attempt to change the constitutional system through force was “mistaken.”
It also said the Kinijit members “agreed to discharge their responsibilities through respecting and abiding by constitutionally organized governmental institutions.”
The Kinijit members forwarded their plea for the Woyanne regime Ethiopian government and people to grant them pardon, according to the statement.
They were jailed after post-election violence in 2005 along with 38 senior CUD leaders, who were freed last month.
None of the 32 opposition supporters and members had been charged following their arrests in 2005. Bereket Simon, a Meles adviser, said he did not know why they had been held without charge.
“The government has pardoned them. They can run for office, they can run their political organizations,” Bereket said [with a straight face]. “It is good for Ethiopia because it indicates that the rule of law is respected in Ethiopia.”
Sources: AP, Xinhua, ER