Recruitment Committee for the National Election Board membership, which was named by the prime minister as per the latest legislation to reorganize election board, is poised to recruit five board members, and has announced on Tuesday criteria for it. Meshesha Shewarega (Ph.D.) election board recruitment committee chairperson. Erstwhile the number of board members used to be nine and is now reduced to five, as per amended National Election Board legislation formulated to restructure it. The government of prime minister Abiy Ahmed introduced reform measures to restructure the election board. Bertukan Mideksa, former opposition politician and prisoner of conscience is in charge ofNational Election Board of Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News May 22, 2019 02:37 UTC