The solution put forward by the committee is to have articles of the constitution interpreted by the House of Federation within one month’s time. Despite HPR’s decision to postpone the election, the Tigrean People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has announced its decision to hold regional elections as per the original schedule. As a response to TPLF’s announcement, Birtukan Mideksa, the Chairman of NEBE has told the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) that it is NEBE’s mandate to hold regional or federal elections and that the board has not been notified of TPLF’s plans to hold elections. She has also said that regional elections cannot be separated from federal elections. The council has also denounced TPLF’s decision to hold an election while NEBE is the only body with a mandate to hold elections which will further complicate the country’s political crisis.

Source: Ethiopian News May 06, 2020 18:11 UTC