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September 4, 2020 (Ezega.com) – The Tigray regional government said that any decision made by the House of Federation (HoF) regarding the Tigray region elections amounts to declaring war.
The warning comes a day before the Federation House holds a special meeting on undisclosed discussion agendas.
HoF officials confirmed on Thursday the identity and geographic restoration of the Raya and Wolkait-Tegede committees and the Raya Rayuma political party that the house would live the Tigray election and related issues in e
The Tigray council in a letter sent to HoF said that MPs representing the Tigray region in HoF would not attend the extraordinary meeting unless the talking points are revealed.
Discussion agendas were supposed to reach parliamentarians at least two days in advance, but the HoF did not send them out despite repeated requests, the council said.
The Tigray region reportedly finalized preparations for holding elections in the region amid complaints from the Raya and Wolkait-Tegede Geographical Restoration and Identity committees and the Raya Rayuma political party that non-Tigrayans were mobilized to participate. in elections by force.
The committees affirmed that the federal government is responsible for ensuring that the decisions passed by the House of Federation (HoF) and for stopping the elections in the Tigray region.
The government remains indifferent as TPLF runs for elections, contravening the HoF’s decision to postpone the general elections that were supposed to take place last August.
Opposition political parties, including the Tigray Democratic Party, said the TPLF is using the planned elections to escape responsibility for the wrong actions its leaders had committed during their 27-year dictatorial rule in the country.
Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s confirmed coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours dropped to triple digits after several weeks.
The country reported 1,105, 1,173, 1,009, 1,468, 1,514 new cases of coronavirus every day from Saturday to Wednesday out of a total of more than almost 100,000 laboratory tests.
The Ministry of Health reported 804 new infections from 20,778 laboratory tests carried out during the last twenty-four hours on Thursday.
The new infections have increased the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 55,213.
In addition, 10 people have died from the virus, bringing the death toll in the country to 856, according to the ministry.
On the other hand, 380 patients have recently recovered from the coronavirus disease, the ministry said.
There are currently 34,072 active cases in Ethiopia, of which 306 are in serious condition.
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