ወደ ምርጫ የሚገቡት ተቃዋሚዎች ሁኔታ አልታወቀም

የህዝብ ተወካዮች ም/ቤት በዛሬው እለት በምርጫ ቦርድ የቀረቡለትን ሶስት ጸሃፊዎች በአብላጫ ድምጽ የመረጠ ሲሆን በጊዜ ሰሌዳው መሰረትም የመራጮች ምዝገባ ከነገ ጀምሮ ለአንድ ወር ያህል ይቀጥላል፡፡

በተሻሻለው የምርጫ ህግ አዋጅ ቁጥር 532/99 አንቀጽ 15 መሰረት አንድ ዋ/ጸሃፊ/አቶ ተስፋዬ መንገሻ እና ሁለት ም/ዋ/ጸሃፊዎች አቶ ኤርሚያስ አሰፋና ወ/ሮ ራሄል ታደሰ ተመርጠዋል፡፡

በምርጫ 97 ከተከሰቱትና እስካሁን እልባት ካላገኙት ችግሮች አንጻር ቀጣዩ ሂደት የህዝቡን ትኩረት ይስባል ወይ በማለት ዋና ጸሃፊ ሆነው የተመረጡትን አቶ ተስፋዬን ጠይቀናቸው ጨለምተኛ ሆኖ መጀመር አይገባም ተገቢው ስራ ሁሉ ይሰራል የሚል ቃላቸውን ሰጥተዋል፡፡

በሌላ በኩል የቅንጅት፤የኦፌዴንና የህብረት አመራሮችን በጉዳዩ ላይ ያላቸውን አስተያየት የጠየቅን ሲሆን ያሉትን ዘርፈ ብዙ ችግሮች አውስተዋል፡፡ ከዚህም ውስጥ በርካታ ቢሮዎቻቸው የተዘጉ መሆናቸው፤ያለ ፍርድ የታሰሩ አባሎቻቸው ሁኔታ ያልተቋጨ መሆኑ፤የሜዲያ አጠቃቀም ኢ-ፍትሃዊነት፤ የተለያዩ ጫናዎች የሚደረጉ መሆኑ፤ በህጉ መሰረት ለፖለቲካ ፓርቲዎች የሚደረጉ የተለያዩ ድጋፎች/የገንዘብና የማቴሪያል/ያለመኖራቸውና በሌላ በኩል ሰፊ ህዝባዊ ድጋፍ ያለው የቅንጅት ፓርቲ ያለበት ሁኔታ ተጠቃሽ መሆናቸውን አብራርተዋል፡፡

የወረዳና የከተማ አስተዳደር ም/ቤት ምርጫ ሚያዝያ 5 እንዲሁም የቀበሌ ም/ቤት አባላትናየማሟያ ምርጫ ሚያዝያ 12 ቀን 2000 አ.ም እንደሚካሄድ ይታወቃል፡፡

It has been a tradition of Ethiopian Review to select ‘Person of the Year’ at the end of every year. In preparation for the selection this year, we have posted 14 nominees and close to 500 readers made their choice known. After consulting with ER advisers, and on the suggestion of many readers, this year we have decided that instead of we making the selection ourselves, we will let the readers vote from among the final 6 out of the 14 nominees. This year, we have also added ‘Who harmed the people of Ethiopia the most in 2007?’ There are 5 nominees in that category. We will leave the decision to readers. The voting will be closed on Dec. 30, 2007. Make your voice heard. The poll allows only one vote per individual.

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Eleven Members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) supreme council who are currently outside of the country wrote a joint letter to the party’s executive committee expressing full support for the decisions the council will be making in their absence. Click here to read.

With these 11 council members giving their consent, it is believed that next Sunday’s council meeting will reach a quorum of 31 members out of 60. At least 25 members are expected to attend the meeting. Those council members who would not respond to the executive committee’s call to council meeting will have automatically suspended themselves allowing the executive committee to replace them with new members, according to the Kinijit rules.

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – The United Nations said Thursday Eritrean and Ethiopian Woyanne soldiers facing off along their disputed border exchanged gunshots Wednesday.

In a statement, the U.N. Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea said that its Indian battalion posted on the border heard an exchange of fire in the early hours of Wednesday.

“UNMEE expresses concern about this firing incident between Ethiopia Woyanne and Eritrea and is calling on both parties to show maximum restraint,” the statement said.

Some 200,000 troops are deployed along the border, fueling international fears of a new flare-up after the failure of a mediation between the two foes.

A border panel was dissolved a month ago with Ethiopian Woyanne refusing to recognize a ruling that granted Eritrea a flashpoint border town.

The two Horn of Africa neighbors already fought a bitter war between 1998 and 2000 that left an estimated 70,000 dead.

Eritrea’s Information Ministry accused Ethiopia Woyanne of launching a small scale attack. [Correction: The Ministry did not say Ethiopia. It said TPLF as quoted below.]

“In continuation of its ongoing provocations against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Eritrea, the TPLF regime has unleashed a relatively small scale attack,” a statement said.

It said the attack targeted Eritrean forces tasked with patrolling the border area and that it “met with utter failure.”

The Ethiopian government Woyanne flatly denied Eritrea’s accusations and said it hadn’t carried out any hostile military operation along the border.

“This is simply an outrageous accusation by Eritrea. Ethiopia Woyanne has declared that it is not going to start any war or organize any form of provocation,” said Bereket Simon, spokesman for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.

“The government in Asmara, it seems, is trying to hide the internal situation to the outside world by accusing us on the international stage,” he added.

“There has been no attack from Ethiopia Woyanne. The Ethiopian government Woyanne is not interested in any provocative actions,” Bereket added.

The Ethiopian Woyanne Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that an incident took place but returned the accusation, blaming Eritrea.

“There was an incident, it is true. But the incident is of Eritrea’s making which is being looked into. It is possible that it may have been a result of an accidental encounter between the reconnaissance missions of the two parties,” the ministry said in a statement.

(Biddho.com, Asmara) – In continuation to its ongoing provocations against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Eritrea, the TPLF regime has unleashed a relatively small scale attack at exactly 03:00 am local time on December 25 in Southern Tsorona area of the Southern region upon dispatched Eritrean militias and security forces assigned to patrol the Security Zone, but was met with utter failure, Colonel Zekarias Okbaghabir Commissioner to the Eritrean Ethiopian Peace Keeping Coordination Commission disclosed in a press statement to ERINA in the evening hours today.

The statement further noted that the TPLF regime had planted land mines during the past three days at Igri-Mekhel area in which a peace keeping vehicle was met with casualty.

The Commissioner further added that yesterday’s attack comes in continuation to the TPLF’s ongoing provocation and aggression in the Gash-Barka and Southern regions whereby it planted mines, carried out incursions, abducted nationals and burned crop fields to the ground.

Although the TPLF regime had tried to deny or disclaim responsibility for yesterday’s attack it was forced to accept accountability for the attack in the final hours upon the tangible evidence acquired by the Eritrea-Ethiopia peacekeeping force after carrying out first hand surveillance in the area, the statement concluded.

The executive committee of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) will attempt to convene the party’s supreme council again this coming Sunday.

Last Sunday’s attempt failed when a splinter group led by the estranged chairman of Kinijit, Ato Hailu Shawel, blocked council members from entering Kinijit’s official headquarters in Addis Ababa.

The executive committee is also in the process of replacing council members who have resigned or exiled with new members as required by Kinijit’s rules. Some council members who are currently in exile abroad have asked to be replaced. Kinijit executives are confident that this Sunday, the council will reach a quorum, allowing it to make decisions on how to move the party forward. Read more by zikkir News Service.

Ethiopian Review will try to have a live interview with members of the Kinijit supreme council after Sunday’s important meeting.