By RFIPosted on 08-01-2020Modified on 08-01-2020 at 00:16
The TPLF, a party of Tigrayan ethnicity, dominated the ruling coalition since the fall of the dictatorship in 1991. Now the Prime Minister has just created a new coalition: the Prosperity Party. On Monday, the TPLF officially announced that it would not be part of it. The cards are being reshuffled in Ethiopia, 4 months from high-risk general elections.
Since the coming to power of Abiy Ahmed , relations between the Prime Minister and the TPLF have not been good. The head of government overturned the political spectrum, notably a ruling coalition torn by tensions.
“ The parties were divided, especially on the right to vote. The TPLF had as many votes as the other three movements when it represented a minority. There were also profound ideological differences , "said William Davison, researcher at ICG.
Over time, the head of government made reforms, while printing his mark. All this only undermined the influence of the TPLF and degraded the relationship between the two camps ...
The rupture occurred when the Prime Minister and Nobel Prize winner ended the EPRDF coalition to replace it with the Prosperity Party . " This new entity could practice a more proportional voting right, relegating the TPLF to a minority role ," said William Davison.
Friday, the party therefore held its first emergency meeting in 45 years of existence, and decided to leave by slamming the door. " Those who want to end the EPRDF are trying to restore oppression and slavery, " said his leadership, but did not name Abiy Ahmed. Passed in fact to the opposition, the TPLF should first fight to keep power in its region of origin of the Tigray.
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