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ah, ah, ah, ah, it's the 1st multi party election in ethiopia in more than 16 years. the prime minister is facing the electorate for the 1st time since taking office. but will democracy work, even as some regions are left out of the vote? this is inside story. ah, ah, ah. hello and welcome to the program i'm hammered. jim, jim, prime minister, aba had rose to power in 2018, promising a break with if you will be as authoritarian passed and the nation's 1st multi

party election in 16 years, was held on monday after being delayed twice because of the pandemic. the vote is based 1st test at the ballot since his appointment is governing prosperity party has fielded the most candidates raising his chances of remaining on the job. but some opposition groups have boycotted, the vote in protest against the jailing of their leaders and some regions are not taking part for logistical or security reasons. those who missed mondays vote will get another chance in september of a i met has been under pressure for the conflict in the northern region of too great weather you and has warned thousands are facing famine like conditions. so i'm a survive his 1st test at the ballot box. we'll put that to our guess. first, this report from having to go in, addis ababa. the long queue outside, almost every pulling session is the couple of the sub people have this rooming performing. so some hours before 40 begun that costing 3 bullets, one full a member of the local assembly, another for the house of representatives which is the main parliament on the sad

one full members of the house or for the rest. and which is the upper house of, if you like, come little parliament. now, these elections have been a dog with the logistical issues in the past. it is the military that does help the electoral commission to a full falling materials to different parts of the can fit with the military now fully engaged in the integration. the electoral commission did not have the form available, which is one of the reasons why if the late saying that they needed more time to prepare for the electric was the 2nd time the electrical performed last year was football because of the corporate 900 pandemic. now they're also legitimacy issue surrounding this election, will you have the desired effect of a democratic, if it was a duty to still out on bus because there are

a number of issues. one of them being position part is not filled in candidates and some parts of the country where they said not only what they're supposed to intimidate that imprison, but also some of them killed. they've also the issue of the region on the mac discussing a very long shadow when he came for paula prime minister himself was a democrat and a leader who was going to show in a new era of democracy in ethiopia. now, with the 1st lesson organized, having all these issues, including of the mission, like both from the european union concerning the last minutes. many people feel that the legitimacy issue will linger even in the post election period. $45.00 to $40.00. this is 100. i do also, is it a double base? yup. yeah. so let's have a look at what's at stake in this election. the northern region of

t guy remains in a state of conflict. 8 months after prime minister had ordered a military offensive there. the un and humanitarian agencies say at least 350000 people face famine in the region. thousands have been killed and displaced and the african union is investigating allegations of rights abuses. the u. s. has imposed some sanctions on if you will be and leaders in response to the re crisis. ethnic divisions have been growing particularly between if you'll be as 2 largest ethnic groups the horror and aroma. and if you'll be in a dispute with sudan and egypt for its hydro electric dam on the blue nile. ah, all right, let's bring our guests in addis ababa. samuel get at you is a journalist and writer in fort myers william davidson is senior. if you'll be analyst at the international crisis group in the hague of a is program officer at international institute for democracy and electoral assistance, a warm welcome to you all, samuel, let me start with you today. how have people and if you'll be viewed this election,

i mean, do they actually see this as the beginning of a real transition to democracy? you know, i woke up just to be got the calls and the line up i have seen, you know, it was supposed to take my polling station where i reside. and i can post because i don't need to ship. but the line up was long. people are excited, it's not going to be the most part of next, but the feel care has never known an election that's perfect. but the people wanted to express that idea. they wanted to highlight the issues that they care about. but i saw some kind of excitement among the money and the people that i met today and throughout the day. and i'm let me get your viewpoint. you wrote a piece recently in which you said that many saw elections as harbingers of the success of the much touted transition. what about now? do you feel the same?

yes, i think a lot for a lot of people, there's still a lot of hope that the elections will show a better dispensation political dispensation at the same time, they are not, as they will hope to be primarily for 2 reasons. one is the unfolding conflict and tragedy in take rights and take away, richard will not be participating in the elections. and secondly, is the fact that in romeo, the key opposition parties are not participating. and what that means is that the electron outcomes romeo would not be a genuine reflection of the political device in the region. about the same time, i think, overall in the country, there is a sense that as a sub were described as just a sense of euphoria. that these are important elections and that they will show in a new dispense and better political disposition in the country. william just how big of a test is this for a man? i mean, he's never really faced the electorate before. so just, you know,

how much pressure is on him right now because these elections and for the reason stated by, by adam, there is not that much pressure on the prime minister hit. the region is most popular region is or mia. it has the most federal constituencies, something like $178.00 out of $547.00. i believe that was where the prime minutes was expected to face is major electro test and indeed it is home region. now the major opposition parties, as adam said, have boy caught the election. therefore, it seemed almost that the prime minister's prosperity party will win by default in order. mia? so there are standing questions, it will be interesting to see what share of the boats and the seats, the prosperity party winds, in order to try and gauge its popularity. it will be very interesting to see the outcome of the election results in just about whether a number of opposition parties were still challenging the ruling party. but

overrule this election as an actual real test of the prime minister and his agenda and his new ruling party. that is not as it should be because of that lack of competition in those key areas where he faces the most opposition and the biggest and ethical challenge. sammy, i want to pick up on a point that adam was making. he mentioned the conflict that's going on in t great. how much of a shadow is that war that's going on in t grey casting on the election? she be honest, i'm not trying to discount what's happening. that's a great region. what's happening is really when you start, but the talk to just in the great region, it's all across the country. there are many parts of the country that i can't even access. we can't even access only because of security issues. what is a go are meant that they cannot even provide basic security for fuel pins or citizens. so i mean to graze overshadowing many,

many people that are being impacted. what we have seen from our far we can't even call them allegations anymore. busy they have been fox, they have been some that has been endorsed by even the government the if you're in human rights commission, the u. n. so what's happening in the gray region is something that needs our attention, not just the government. i think it needs every once i finish up, what lux, among your friends is a real conversation about citizenship. there is this idea of embracing ethnic log our ethnic backgrounds. i think the selection, if it does any legacy, it needs to move forward. i know the lecture, there are some questions about how the selection will be that we need to move forward because we don't want to see if you can break up and become like we've seen in other countries including our neighboring somalia and south sedan. adam

elections are not being held in around one 5th of the countries. $547.00 constituencies that includes all $38.00 seats and t gray and $64.00 others across the country. what are the reasons that elections either won't be held there or will be delayed? it's a combination of what is security, especially integrated, but also in parts of west and roby. and it's more parts of the region. but in other places, it's principally logistics and allegations of electron mishaps, particularly. so molly region, which is the, the 3rd which is the 4th largest region in, in europe. yeah. so it's a combination of insecurity of logistical challenge and of an off elect electron mishaps. but it's important to note that accept 4th grade elections in other parts in the, in the remaining parts are planned for september. and if everything goes well,

that would be before the next parliament is supposed to start so that the ladies unfortunate into the areas. but it does not necessarily undermine the legitimacy of the elections, but what you said earlier, and what someone tried to cover is the fact that take her, i would be out of the elections and we don't know for how long and, and has to be a way to ensure that their interest of the client would be represented at the national level. so there has to be in the communism for that to happen until elections are, are able to be william. why was the decision made to go ahead with elections when there are so many areas of the country where you know poles have been delayed for various reasons is this, is this more about the fact that it would look like a failure after the elections having been delayed prior to to this, to this day, or is it more about the fact that it's an attempt for the prime minister in his party to consolidate power or is it a combination of both?

yes, combination of a number of things. i think that the ruling was that the tories would run elections 912 months after the time, then it was considered to be under control. so there is a window to hold elections, the opposition on the elements who being excluded from this election, including an or the my liberation army which has grown and popularity. incapability, as it seems, since the, the formal opposition party is boycott at the election. now they are essentially trying to disrupt this process, which they say is illegitimate and conduct conducted by illegitimate authorities. so it's a canceled the election in the face of that sort of threat would be a submission to that sort of opposition activity. so it really does make sense to go ahead from the election from the, from the federal authorities perspective. of course, the prime minister is ruling party. they see a chance to win a mandate form of formal democratic mandates. even if it lacks some popular

legitimacy and push ahead with that agenda. so i think those are the, the core reasons for pushing heads of the boat. i just want to return to something that samuel said, he's talking about the need for sort of healing ethnic device. and when we talk about these excluded opposition entities. and when we talk about the opposition act is either the or the liberation army or the armed resistance and great, they are promoting an s no nationalist agenda. and this election without apportioning blame that this election is excluding those elements. so rather than this election bringing any sort of healing any sort of answers to these divisions, anything in society instead, it could quite possibly exacerbate them. because the part is that all participating in the election generally are the opponents of the, those more nationalist forces. as that is the overarching concern that crisis group and many others have about the political situation. any samuel,

let me ask you about what william was just mentioning. i mean, are you concerned that there is a reason to worry that these elections will further de stabilize ethiopia? her there might as well be, but the reality is the selection was delayed, so many times twice a lease. this is going to be a partial election. unless, if you've got moves beyond the selection, i mean, we have to move on and, and because there are so many needs across the country, again, many, many countries, even though we've become a. 2 citizen forced to reside in among our ethnic groups. i highlight what williams said, i know there are issues with the selection. it's not the most perfect selection. though position has to be saying last year, they should, the prime minister should have conducted on election time position groups. now

they're asking it for it to be delayed. once again, there are money that have not participating for many, many reasons. but the reality is, i think if you really want security, they need their basic needs to be met. and if this election would somehow put results, i guess when people are saying this is adam, you know, there are many analysts who said that if tensions and conflicts around the country, you know if it's already, if that's already caused a roll back of the meds reforms that those rollbacks would continue. what would you say to that? there's always that chance. my sense is that once the elections are over and as we expect the ruling party secure victory, they might feel more secure. more so suppose the electron calculations may change.

that means that they might be ready to make concessions, integrate, and also with the auto position, and perhaps even with the international challenge force as in the good and others that the countries facing with elections over in your round. it's very difficult for the government to make concessions, particularly on some of the popular measures, including the conflict integration and the, the, the conflict also in parts of oral this. i think there is a chance that the electoral outcomes may provide the government with some security with some confidence and also relieve it of the electoral calculations to engage in less popular but, but significant processes including the issues that, that william rest. as you say, you know, the parties are out of this process are unfortunately it's not national forces. and unfortunately also the elections are not supposed, and they're not meant to sold a, some of the conversations between, you know,

on these issues. so there is hope that after the elections and it's certainly my hope after the elections, the government will feel more secure to engage with these forces, which would require dialogue because elation and overall, mutual legitimacy between the parties and the opposition. william, you know, we've seen outside actors continue to try to push our might into some type of conciliatory position to try to start a dialogue to try to deescalate tensions in the country. and we've seen continue to digging his heels and really sort of rebuff those overtures. let me ask you to expand on what adam was saying. do you think that there is reason to be optimistic right now that if the election goes the way that many people think it will. and if i be i'm, it continues to be prime minister if they locks his hold on power there. will there be a level of comfort to be able to be more conciliatory? i mean,

are there any chances that there could be efforts made after the selection to stop the conflict, anti grey, and also deal with other crises throughout the country? sadly, i don't think there's ground to be optimistic, but i would know that does not mean i am dismissing the views or the suggestion along the lines of either that it's, it's sensible. it's worthwhile to wait and see what the god reaction is. what the prime minister reaction is in the event of secure and comfortable majority here is the going to be some recognition that the war integrate is essentially on winnable . and it is just going to need to continue human suffering with no prospect of a sustainable political settlement. that is going to be a recognition without some form of political amnesty, some effort to reach out to opponents some efforts of political reconciliation that ethiopia political problems are going to get worse and that means more violent. i

hope so, but i'm not particularly optimistic about that. and those concerns are based around a number of things. recently we have seen the t p l f, the ruling party into gray, classified as a terrorist organization. but the armed resistance integrate is fighting for the return of the t p left document. that is a very hard political problem to resolve and instead of reconciliation, it looks like we will see more complex that more generally, this is a process of the authorities and those that a loosely allied with them describing who are legitimate actors in ethiopia and illegitimate political actors, now when you have an election, it will enhance those division. those who participated in election will be considered legitimate. those who are engaging any, any formed armed opposition activity of course, will be classed as illegitimate post election. there is the possibility for reconciliation and a change in direction, but unfortunately i am not optimistic about that occurring. samuel, i'll be standing outside of the field has been greatly diminished since the war in

t great began. what about inside ethiopia? i think, you know, he's been prime minister for 3 years. he has a record, you know, when you have a record of your honeymoon political honeymoon, you become a witch issue. there are those that do support them blindly. sometimes that do support the ongoing conflicts as a punishment to the t p and the euro. and there are those that really despise what's happening across the country. conflict has taken over the country all across the country. there are issues of unemployment, you know, high there used to be a high interest for an investment. some of them are going back, they're just packing up and going back. so there are many, many issues and he has become the wage issue. but if i, if i may, and then we talk about, you know, today when i woke up by them went to the looking at long lines of people that

remind me of the hope, hopefully from africa, 9394. you know, i just called if you will have a democracy where people can have confidence in the system. that's why people liking it returned. i'm a das problem outside. so we can see the kind of hope in ethiopia. i'm going to be hopeful. i like william and i hope this and that she will produce results for something for you'll get to forward when we can pump basic security in the country . that really diminishes our submission adam beyond these elections. how much of a challenge to issues like the border dispute with sudan and the escalating tensions over the grand? if you're up in renaissance dam po's for abby ahmed, and for the government, while these, i think the contestation over the dumb was it preceded him at the border district

was to don is quite new. i was always there lurking in the background, but it has escalated significantly. a particular use to war started. my sense is that at the moment any negotiation was always connected with electro calculations of the party. so even if they believe that concessions may be important, they would be hesitant because they do not want to disappoint their support based. so that the good in particular, it's an extremely emotional issue in europe. yeah. the same with, with the border dispute in the country. and other said, also the dispute in romeo and also in integration, you not extremely sensitive issues for any, any party. so my says and, and certainly my hope is that the fact that the electrical calculations would be over the elections would be over soon, could give them some breathing space to make, to make gestures importance concessions and just gestures. so very, very sensitive,

very, very popular issues. and i hope that the, the relaxation of the taishan could, could be, could be, could, could harold a better future for the country. william, we only have about a minute 30 seconds left. and let me just ask you if prime minister robbie is increasingly alienated from the international community, how much is that going to impact what goes on domestically? and if you, the big question is the international financing that the ethiopian government is going to receive in the months and years to come to carry out its agenda. whether that's economical or political reforms, or just general government activity. the tide is turning so fast against the government because of the horrors of the war and see gray and the civilian suffering that there is considerable momentum building up in both the u. s. and also in europe, europe for continued action, unless the government changes cor centigrade and as i've described, unfortunately at the moment, although i am hopeful,

i cannot be sort of rationally optimistic about a change in approach that because at the moment there are just no signs of it all right, we have run out of time, so we're going to have to leave the conversation. and thanks so much to all of our guests and we'll get you william davidson and adam about it. and thank you to for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website of 0 dot com. and for further discussion, go to our facebook page at facebook dot com forward slash ha inside story. you can also, during the conversation on twitter handle is at a inside story for me, how much i'm drilling a whole team here. bye for now. the news news. news.

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