Last week’s meeting between ruling and opposition parties was a First. In the real world, opposition parties assume their role and responsibilities. A sensible opposition would have asked the PM to invite and encourage citizens to personally engage by investing both their time and resources – and by mobilizing those around them. To make a long story short, here in Ethiopia we need institutions that minimize not exaggerate our differences and lock our representatives into rigid ideological camps. We need political institutions that drive in the pragmatic and the practical, and elevate our political discourseWe need institutions that protect the right of voters to select candidates based on their qualifications and ideas rather than their political party labels.

Source: Ethiopian News December 02, 2018 17:37 UTC