The EU mission released a 41-page report today in which it stated that the May 2010 elections in Ethiopia did not meet international standards. The report is an impeachment of the Meles regime as illegitimate that has no mandate to govern. Members of the mission were denied visa by Meles to enter Ethiopia this week where they had planned to present report. Read the report below:
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) was present in Ethiopia from 14 April to 21 June 2010, following invitations from the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE). The EU EOM was led by Mr. Thijs Berman, Member of the European Parliament. The Mission deployed 170 observers from 25 European Union Member States, as well as Norway, Switzerland and Canada to all the country’s regions to assess the electoral process against international and regional commitments for elections as well as the laws of Ethiopia. The EU EOM is independent in its findings and conclusions and adheres to the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation commemorated at the United Nations in October 2005. On Election Day, EU EOM observers visited 815 polling stations in every region of Ethiopia to observe voting and counting… [read the full text here]
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Elias….. You are always first to a news relevant to the people. You are a true informer. I’ll read the report but I guess there will be damage limitation exercise to save their friends face. I bet it won’t be as strong as their criticm or report on Zimbabwe’s or Myanmar’s elections, despite the fact that weyane’s farcical theft of the election, intimidation & violence on the electorates wS worse than the other two countries put together. I can’t wait to read the whole report.
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November 9th, 2010 at 5:02 AM
It will remain just a wish for me to know the type of international standard.
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November 9th, 2010 at 11:38 AM
EU observer team has been denied entry to ethiopia to present the final report. Please read on http://www.ethioforum.org
The team’s leader said they must engage in dialog with mr. meles zenawi.
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November 9th, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Shame on the group who spend time and resource to produce this report. It’s all none sense. It may be financed by EPRDF-who knows. Melese is spending the last penny of poor Ethiopians to stay in power.
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November 12th, 2010 at 9:59 PM