Abiy Ahmed still facing criticism from across Ethiopia.
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Toronto – The Second Congress of the Prosperity Party has reelected Abiy Ahmed as President of the Party. Although it was expected that Abiy would be elected again an electronic vote was administered outside of where the congress was going on.
The party has announced that Abiy Ahmed got a “very high number of votes.” He took an oath in front of the Party Congress.
Temesgen Tiruneh and Adem Farah are elected as deputy presidents of the party.
The Party has been undertaking its congress for the past two days in the capital Addis Ababa. The party is now claiming to have 15.7 million members across the country.
The ruling party has been claiming that it is taking Ethiopia on a path to prosperity and considers itself as a “party with ideas to transform Ethiopia.”
In his speech during the first day of the congress, Abiy Ahmed denigrated opposition parties indirectly that his party is open for ideas if there are any with ideas.
On the other hand, the country saw an unprecedented war under his leadership. The war in Tigray is said to have claimed over one million people.
The level of poverty in the country has been worsening following the further devaluation of the Ethiopian birr in July 2024 which was introduced as part of macro-economic reform within the framework of “homegrown economic growth.” However, It appears that the IMF presented the depreciation of the Ethiopian currency as one of the conditions to release $10.7 billion credit over several years.
The ruling Prosperity party has lost support and legitimacy. There is ongoing armed struggle in the country’s two largest regions – Oromia and Amhara regions. Fears are also high that war could break out anytime in the Tigray region of Ethiopia as well.
In terms of foreign policy, Abiy’s leadership is widely regarded as a disaster. A near war like situation was avoided with Somalia. The relation with Eritrea is now hostile and there are fears that it could lead to war.
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