The meeting that was organized by the Shalleqa-EPRP alliance (KIC) at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington DC has been canceled, according to the hotel’s events manager, Ms Heather Jasper.
ER tried to contact the Shaleqa group for explanation on why the meeting is canceled, but one source said that they are in an emergency meeting.
The Sunday, Oct. 14, meeting was reserved by KIC under “All Ethiopian Party Conference,” according to the hotel managers.
Ato Hailu Shawel was scheduled to arrived in Washington DC today to attend the Oct. 14 public meeting, but according to ER sources, he is still in Minnesota.
UPDATE
The hotel’s event manager has gone home for today, but another person who works at the sales office told Ethiopian Review a few minutes ago (6:15 PM) that the organizers of the meeting and the hotel management may have resolved their differences and that the meeting may go on as planned. The sales office said that only the events department can give out definitive information when they open tomorrow morning. According to sources in the hotel, the disagreement is said to be over security arrangements.
… more update later.