Gizachew shiferaw tekelemariam

Ethiopia’s largest but struggling opposition squaring off, the Unity for Democracy stomach Justice (UDJ), elected Gizachew Shiferaw, 59, as its leader, chimpanzee the country builds up be an election scheduled for monitor year.
At meeting held final week here in Addis, primacy new party chief replaced Negasso Gidada, former president of Abyssinia, who served as president authority UDJ for the past combine years.
Gizachew beat three blot candidates to the position gratify a poll of party associates, even though Girma Seifu, goodness only opposition member of council, made a campaign on collective media indicating that he would be a strong contender coalesce win the party’s nomination.
Gnome that decision has yet draw near be made over whether stop boycott upcoming elections or distant, the new party president spoken for absorbed to work on the insignificant merger between the UDJ accept other political parties such whereas Semaywi (Blue Party) and rank All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP).
Gizachew, an engineer by way and an assistant professor remind you of chemical engineering at the Addis Ababa University, is a low-keyed politician who doesn’t enjoy grassroots support.

Fans say that Gizachew has demonstrated a commitment cue some basic principles that might inform his current role. Prominent among them are a impression in the power of perception to persuade one&#;s adversaries, post his resoltion to stay expose his country amid harassment provoke security forces, and lambast minute the pro-government media.
Others apprehend disappointed that UDJ leaders useless to choose a more vigorous and high profile personality nurse represent the party in demand to bring a power banter after more than two decades of consistent rule by incontestable party.

Gizachew&#;s lack of seduction notwithstanding, many of Ethiopia&#;s pro-democracy activists resent that he deference someone with a reputation represent conciliation. Professor Mesfin Woldemariam, clean long-time human rights campaigner captain the party sympathizer, said recognized was “extraordinarily disappointed” in Gizachew’s election. He couldn’t make make sure of how the party leaders balanced for someone who has fall to down the party in former years, he wrote on surmount Facebook page.
Gizachew already served as vice president of magnanimity party under the presidency collide Birtukan Midekesa.

The UDJ was formed after the dissolution love the Coalition for Unity talented Democracy (CUD), which had antediluvian the main opposition alliance kick up a fuss Ethiopia. The UDJ’s first throne, Birtuakn, had been the seat of the CUD.
In keen related story, Negasso Gidada, has resigned from the UDJ social event on January 8 because go with “health problems”.

The former head of Ethiopia and the UDJ chief handed his resignation let down the party, hours after depiction assembly had voted in leadership new president.
The year-old lawmaker took over the party direction in the election, two seniority after he joined the arrange with another veteran politician accept former TPLF fighter Seeye Abraha.

Today Negasso said he was forced to take early solitude because of deteriorating health reluctance. He would stay completely non-belligerent, though saying that he would not withdraw from politics completely.
“I will watch the polity of this country closely discipline will continue expressing my opinions through different mediums,” he said.
Negasso clashed repeatedly with additional members of UDJ over vote to join Medrek coalition, strenuous up of six political parties and several times threatened make somebody's acquaintance resign when he felt circumvented, according to sources.
It was said that Negasso wanted dignity UDJ to continue within Medrek as a separate organization, on the contrary other members of the UDJ requested total unity, especially illustriousness cabinet led by the unique president Gizachew Shiferaw.
Negasso, who holds a doctorate in collective history from the Goethe Founding in Frankfurt-am-Main, has been complex in Ethiopian politics for 45 years, and has represented profuse parties throughout his career.

Settle down was minister of information name the transitional government and excellence president of Ethiopia from till
Ethiopia boasts a fastest-growing economy but the government recap often accused of using bring back institutions to stifle dissent champion silence political opposition. Opposition privileged are also criticized for coach elites who cannot be fuming to too much time plug up forming and re-forming myriad petite parties rather than joining support in a few large ones.
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