Picture: Social MediaBy Biruk Alemu @Birukalemu21Addis Abeba: Residents in Welkite town, Gurage Zone have told Addis Standard that a two-day stay-at-home boycott is in progress opposing the command post and cluster arrangement. Temesegn (name also changed to maintain secrecy), explains that the stay-at-home movement aims to afford court procedures for what he called were ‘unjustifiably imprisoned officials who refuted political gambling’. Southern Nation, Nationalities, People’s Regional state command post had conducted an emergency meeting on 18 August, subsequently prohibiting all forms of meetings, governmental and non-governmental alike. The regional command post stipulated that any rallies or similar activities, closing shop without valid reasons, it imposed a curfew on three-wheeled bajaj vehicular movement after 8 PM and on motorbikes after 7 PM. The command post warned that measures would be taken against anyone found to be contradicting the rule to be present in governmental offices during office hours.

Source: Ethiopian News August 26, 2022 18:34 UTC