Ethiopian opposition with a country-wide political agenda aim to form a grand national party. To that effect, they are ending their feeble existence as individual partiesborkenaDecember 30,2018In the past, it was customary to hear formation of new opposition parties. Today, Semayawi party, which is about seven years old, decided to merge with three opposition parties and cease its existence as Semayawi. According to Fana Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) report, the party has now agreed to form unity with Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP), Arbegnoch Ginbot 7 and former Unity Party. The congress was organized with the motto “Bigger National Party for Ethiopian Unity” and other opposition party representatives including the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Forum (EPRDF) attended the congress as guests.

Source: Ethiopian News December 31, 2018 03:00 UTC