Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) leadership recently held an extraordinary meeting following which they released the statement which stressed that the state of emergency ratification vote had failed. OFC’s move is in strict defiance of orders under the February 16 state of emergency. The Command Post administering the emergency rule has openly stated that necessary measures will be taken against people who breached its directives. Under the State of Emergency it is prohibited to prepare, print and distribute writings, display signs or publicize messages that could incite violence via other means of communication. The Premier post became vacant after the resignation of Hailemariam Desalegn who resigned his post a day before the state of emergency was imposed.

Source: Ethiopian News March 06, 2018 09:22 UTC