Ethiopian Defense Force members demobilized in 1991 to be eligible for pension if they meet the requirementborkenaSeptember 2,2018Ethiopian government media, Addis Zemen, reported this week, and it was cited by Fana Broadcasting Corporation, that eligible members of the Ethiopian Defense Force who were demobilized after 1991 could get pension right which they were denied for various reasons. The Ethiopian defense force under colonel Mengistu Hailemariam was demobilized soon after Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) rebel forces took over power in Addis Ababa in 1991. General Berhanu Jula, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Defense Force, says the ministry of Defense will collect the documents of those members who were demobilized without pension right due to different pretexts, verify their information and their pension rights will be respected. The ministry has already reinstated military ranks of few generals and respected their pension rights as per the decision from prime minister Abiy Ahmed. Ethiopians have been criticizing the TPLF government for a long time for demobilizing, among many other reasons, members of the Ethiopian Defense Force, treating them like an enemy force and condemning them impoverished and humiliating life.

Source: Ethiopian News September 02, 2018 16:41 UTC