Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party ( Amharic : የኢትዮጵያ ሕዝባዊ አብዮታዊ ፓርቲ transcribed: ya Ityop'ya Həzbawi Abyotawi Parti - abbreviation IHAPA ; English Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party , abbreviation EPRP) is a former Marxist-Leninist , now liberally oriented party in Ethiopia .
However, it was mainly based on Ethiopians abroad, who still make up the majority of their supporters today.
history
The IHAPA was founded in April 1972 - even before the overthrow of the monarchy by the military in 1974 - in the German capital Berlin , mainly by students and in the presence of the Democratic Front for the liberation of Palestine . Unlike the Marxist-Leninist MEISON , the IHAPA described the ruling communist Derg wing around Mengistu as fascist and began in 1976 with attacks on leading Derg representatives and called for the establishment of a civil transitional government. The government responded to this with a campaign known as the Red Terror , which in 1977-78 led to an extensive breakdown of the party and thousands of victims.
Parts of the organization and its armed wing, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Army ( Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Army , EPRA) were located in the underground and in exile say in Tigray the local EPRA units of the were Tigrayan People's Liberation Front ( TPLF ) military off. A wing , mainly represented in the province of Gonder , split off in 1980 under the name of the Democratic Movement of the Ethiopian People ( Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement , EPDM) and allied with the TPLF , which went on to become liberal in the late 1980s Positions over.
Current situation
The IHAPA is part of the government under the Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian People ( EPRDF intensive) repression exposed and heard various opposition alliances such since 2003 the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces ( United Ethiopian Democratic Forces , UEDF) on. The independence of Eritrea achieved by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front was and is still rejected by the IHAPA.
The party publishes the Demokrasiya newspaper.
See also
- liberalism
- List of political parties in Ethiopia
- Political system of Ethiopia
- People's House of Representatives
Web links
- The IHAPA Homepage (English)