The “Crises” in Tigray – Hager Wodad Los Angeles

The Ethiopian National Election Board (NEB) announced results of the June 21,2021 elections and Prosperity Party has won 410 out of the 436 contested seats in the House of People’s Representatives.

Security issues deterred voting in some woredas (constituencies) and they are scheduled for voting in a few weeks. A total of 547 seats constitute the Federal parliament.

The elections were peaceful and some irregularities in some regions were reported by the NEB which included intimidation of observers and the forgery of documents.

NEB board chair Birtukan Mideksa stated that lots of lessons learned from the process and reassured the nation that transfer power will be through elections from here on. 

The honorable NEB board chair took the time to detail the efforts of the young election workers determination to make the election a success. She thanked the leading staff for taking up the challenges of laying the foundation of a reformed, nacent, strong institution. 

At the same time, the Washington Post decried PM Abiy’s governance with negative propaganda with a headline on “how Ethiopia claims to have laid down its arms” as it continues to weaponize starvation in Tigray…with choice words such asfamine, difference between life and death, government blockade, no commercial flights can get in or out, land routes blocked etc,…… in and out of Tigray.