The situation cannot and will not be prevented by a regular law enforcement mechanism, Abini said on Wednesday from the office fee.
The state of emergency will last for six months and will be overseen by a task force headed by the army chief.
The decree gives the federal government broad powers to “protect the country’s peace and sovereignty and maintain public safety, law and order,” including the suspension of political and democratic rights under the Ethiopian constitution.
The statement came hours after the prime minister ordered military action in the area early Wednesday.
The federal government has used all means to thwart the military alliance against the TPLF amid growing tensions between the federal government and the Tigre region’s ruling party, but the previous statement said “the last red line has been crossed.”
Abi vowed that the mission “saves the country and the region from spreading instability.”
The details of the attack on the military base are unclear, but Abi accused the TPLF of trying to “rob” the base of artillery and military equipment.
ABI’s said fee said that TPLF The Eritrean National Defense Forces made military uniforms to involve the Eritrean government in false claims of aggression.
Internet services in the Tigre area were shut down from 1 a.m. Wednesday, according to Internet-monitoring group Netblocks.
Before the TPLF ruled Ethiopia’s ruling coalition for nearly a decade, Abyssinia was ousted in 2011 by anti-group protests. Tensions between the party and the federal government have risen in recent months over regional and national elections and military assets in the Tigris region, according to the International Crisis Group.
Earlier this year, the Ethiopian government postponed indefinitely all elections previously held for Gust due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Tiger region decided to hold its own regional elections in September, which the federal government considers “illegal.”
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