ethnic divisions have been political 40 lies for decades in a few apia and one of a prime minister ahmed dawes in in the coming days would make significant impact on the outlook of the nation what do you think he can do to bridge the ethnic divide in a few of your. well i mean that yes ethiopia has many. political problems some of them go back decades even centuries so there's nothing that can be done in the short term to resolve those problems what we're seeing with regards to degree region and its dispute with the federal government is an argument over the constitution it's a dispute about the decision to delay the election and both sides accusing the other of now lacking legal legitimacy so this is clear indications of a federation that is facing the most extreme strains and as you refer to there are always there are also a number of other very serious political problems notably in our media where it's believed that the federal government has lost a considerable amount of support among its most populous regional states what this all amounts to is a need for serious concerted comprehensive p