Above: The European Union will send observers to monitor
Ethiopia’s May 23 national elections, amid complaints by
opposition parties that the vote won’t be free and fair, a
European lawmaker said.
Bloomberg
By Jason McLure
March 30
Ana Maria Gomes, a Portuguese member of the European Parliament who led the EU’s monitoring mission to Ethiopia during elections in 2005, said Andris Piebalgs, the European Commissioner for Development, announced the decision to African and European parliamentarians meeting in Tenerife yesterday. Read More.
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Forget about democracy (The Economist)
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Let’s hope that the new election commisssion to be led by the EU parlament will have the same approach with the EU commission -and not as in 2005-and check what the ET gvt say to have a free ,transparent and reliable election.. I have a big doubt if things will be as promised by the ET gvt..if yes that will be a miracle and miracle exist only in the holy books.
MT