Minister of Water Irrigation and Energy and
Central Committee member of the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO)
Alemayehu Tegenu is absent from Addis Ababa. Joining Alemayehu are
Shimeles Kemal, Deputy Head of Government Communications Affairs Office,
Abraham Tekeste (PhD), Finance and Economic State Minister, Yacob Yala, Trade
State Minister and Belaynesh Teklay, Deputy Director of the Ethiopian Revenues
and Customs Authority. One minister and four state ministers are going to
contest in Addis Ababa for the May Elections. In that regard, Aster Mamo,
Minister of Civil Service with the rank of Deputy Prime Minister, Tadesse
Haile, State Minister of Industry, Yohannnes Bekele, former Chief Executive
Officer of Bole Sub City and the current Head of the Industry Office of the
Addis Ababa City Administration, Ali Siraj, State Minister of Trade, Firehiwot
Ayalew, Head of the Addis Ababa Communications Office, Bisrat Gashawtena,
former President of the Ethiopian Athletics Federation and the current CEO of
the Amhara Development Association have been fielded by the ruling party. Among
the 23 constituencies in Addis Ababa, Woreda 17 or Bole area is expected, to
entertain a head-to-head encounter between the representative of the ruling
party and those in the opposition block. In this constituency, EPRDF is
represented by Yohannnes Bekele. He will face opposition bigwigs including
President of Ethiopian Raey Party, Teshale Sebro, Head of the Public Relations
of Semayawi (Blue) Party, Yonatan Tesfaye and Wendwesen Tesema, Public
Relations Head of Ethiopian Democratic Party. Another face-off is also expected
at Wereda 8, a constituency located around St. Paul Hospital. Two opposition
figures, Tigistu Awelu, President of Unity for Democracy and Justice Party
(UDJ) and Weretaw Wase, Head of Finance Department of Blue, are expected to
battle it out. By the same token, other opposition party leaders will face each
other in Wereda 10, around Semien Mazegaja area. In this constituency, Asfaw
Getachew, President of Addis Teweled Party and Ayele Chamiso, President of
Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD), will go neck-and-neck .
President of All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP)
Abebaw Mehari, another prominent opposition figure, will also run for parliament
in Wereda 24 around Torhailoch area.
Regarding the lists of candidates fielded by the
EPRDF, 15 are first-timers while seven candidates are rerunning to represent
the party.
The individuals, who will not be rerunning in
Addis Ababa are replaced by Ali Siraj, Dagmawit Moges, Deputy Head of Addis
Ababa City Capacity Building Office, Nigatu Dagnachew, Deputy Head of Children,
Women and Youth Affairs Office of Addis Ababa, Mitiku Mada, Deputy Head of
Addis Ababa Justice Office and Meheret Minaseb
. Source ( Reporter )
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