and he is apparently among those wanting some reform measures within the ruling aprdf.ense, if he follows through, then there is hope for the country. and let me if i may... if i may... keep in mind that aprdf is still the dominant authoritarian party and he's the leader of that party. so, his challenge will be to transform and reform the country towards a genuine political order. yes, indeed. so here's something he said around the time of swearing in as new pm. he said, "i apologise wholeheartedly to the families of human rights defenders, politicians, the change seeking youth whose lives were snapped at a young age, and all of those who were subjected to psychological and physical crises". that apology is something which does change the atmosphere, does it not? it does, to a degree. but the regime, you know, has been known in the past to make public apologies after committing crimes, atrocities and violations in various parts of ethiopia. so this is not in particular, you know, new for the leaders of the current authoritarian regime to apologise. it's notjust words...

and is apparently among those wanting some reform of measures within the ruling aprdf. follows through, there is hope for the country. ifi may... keep in mind that aprdf are still the dominant authoritarian party and he is the leader of the party. here is something he said around the time of swearing in of new pm. he said, "i apologise wholeheartedly to the families of human rights defenders, politicians, the change is seeking youth whose lives were snapped at a young age and all of those who were subjected to psychological and physical crises". that apology changes the atmosphere somewhat, does it not? it does, to a degree. the regime has been known in the past to make public apologies after committing crimes, at a ‘s and violations in various parts of ethiopia. this is not particularly new for the leaders of the current very scary and regime to apologise. —— authoritarian. very scary and regime to apologise. -- authoritarian. it's notjust words, though. it's also actions. under the outgoing pm, we saw hundreds of political prisoners released and in the first days of t