Ethiopia’s speaker of parliament has resigned with barely two days to the reopening of the new session on Monday, October 9. The news of Abadula Gemeda’s resignation was broken by the Addis Standard news portal who said the move was in protest for the Federal government’s handling of recent security escalation in Oromia and Somali regional states. The government deployed Federal security forces to bring the deadly situation under control, a decision that is said to have led to Gemeda’s decision. He was a former president of the Oromia State and also a Defense Minister before taking the role of Speaker in 2010. A new speaker is expected to be chosen when lawmakers return.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2017 10:52 UTC