Chapter representatives and central committee members of Ethiopian People’s Patriotic Front (EPPF) held a worldwide conference on August 1, 2010, and have passed a 14-point resolution on problems facing the organization and measures that need to be taken to fix them.
The conference was attended by EPPF chapters from Europe, USA and Canada, as well as several central committee members.
EPPF is an armed resistance movement that has a great deal of potential in helping bring about change in Ethiopia. Unfortunately, the organization has been plagued with deep corruption and the leadership is infiltrated by some individuals who have ulterior motives.
A serious effort is now being made by a highly committed group of individuals to rid EPPF of corruption, nepotism, parochialism and incompetence. Those who are resisting change for their own personal interests — some are profiting from the organization — have recently started to mount a counter offensive by trying, through backdoor dealings, to reverse decisions made at EPPF’s General Assembly last February. These corrupt individuals have also started to appear on some internet discussion forums and publicly attack central committee members who are pushing for change. This has prompted all EPPF chapters in the Diaspora and central committee members to convene a conference on Sunday, August 1, and state their positions clear by passing a resolution.
Click here to read the full text of the resolution.