Ethiopian Parliament on Thursday approves a new civil society law and members of national Reconciliation Commission as well as Administrative Boundary and Identity Issues Commission. The 41 members of Reconciliation Commission includes religious figures from different sects as well as politicians like former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn. In a related development, the parliament approved members of the newly established Administrative Boundary and Identity Issues Commission. The members of the Administrative Boundaries and Identity Issues Commission were appointed with majority vote while 22 voted against and 4 abstained. The members of Administrative Boundary and Identity Issues Commission includes religeous leaders, artists and opposition figures.

Source: Ethiopian News February 06, 2019 06:00 UTC