Addis Ababa, November 03, 2006 (WIC) - The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) urged the leadership of Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) split into two to urgently hold a general assembly and submit the list of its elected leaders and members of the assembly.
Office Deputy Executive of NEBE,Tesfaye Mengesha, told WIC today that though the provisional coordinating committee of the party was told to call a general assembly and notify the Board its elected leaders before eight months,it has failed to do so as the leadership have been blaming one another.
According to him,chairman of CUD’s provisional coordinating committee,Temesgen Zewde, and his deputy Ayele Chameso have been suspended each other from the party and added that NEBE has not accepted the plea of both as they have no mandate to suspend each another but temporarily coordinate the party.
Tesfaye said though the deputy chairman Ayele Chameso recently called a general assembly which elected permanent leaders, four of the elected members, in a letter they wrote to the Board, have rejected the election claiming that it was conducted in their absence and that the assembly was illegal.
Therefore, NEBE will not accept the separate activities of the two bodies because the mandate of the 22 member of the provisional coordinating committee of the party and the six leaders is to call a general assembly and organize the various bodies of the party,according to the statute of the CUD.
He finally underlined that any decision made in the name of the party would not be acceptable unless agreed upon by the 22 committee members, including the chairperson and his deputy.
Source: Walta Information
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