The supreme council of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (Kinijit) chose a new name today: “Unity for Justice and Democracy” (አንድነት ለለፍትህና ዴሞክራሲ).
Kinijit was forced to take this action today after the Woyanne-controlled Electoral Board of Ethiopia arbitrarily gave the name to an individual named Ayele Chamiso in order to derail Kinijit’s movement in Ethiopia.
The executive committee will resubmit its registration application with the new name to the election board tomorrow, Monday.
Starting Tuesday, the party’s high-level delegation with travel to Gonder and several other cities to consult the change of name other matters with supporters.
Kinijit North America has released the following statement regarding the change of name. Click here.