Argobba Nationality Democratic Organization

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The Argoba Nationality Democratic Organization (abbreviation ANDO ; Amharic የአርጎባ ሕዝብ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ድርጅት Yä-Argobba Həzb Demokrasiyawi Dərəǧǧət , German  Democratic Organization of the Argobba people ) is a regional party in Ethiopia .

The ANDO was founded by the party coalition of the Revolutionary Democratic Front of the Ethiopian Peoples (EPRDF), which has ruled Ethiopia since the fall of the Derg regime in 1991. The stated aim of ANDO is to “secure the rights of the Argobba, who were stripped of their identity and language under previous regimes”. The party was officially registered on November 16, 2007, the party leader is Abdulkadir Mohamed .

history

In the parliamentary elections in Ethiopia in 2005 , Amine Endiris Ebrahim was elected as the representative of a constituency in the Semien Shewa zone of the Amhara region .

In 2000 the party won two seats in the regional assembly of the Afar region in the regional elections . The party was able to hold these seats and votes in the general elections to the regional parliaments in 2005. In the 2008 by-elections , the ANDO won all 65 seats of the special Argobba woreda and thus control of the woreda . In addition, she received 260 seats in and control of 13 Kebeles in this woreda.

Meanwhile, with the Argoba People's Democratic Movement (APDM), an Argobba party independent of the EPRDF has emerged.

See also

Remarks

  1. ↑ ANDO says working to ensure rights of Argoba nationality ( English ), in: Walta Information Center, February 7, 2009. Accessed April 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ electionethiopia.org .
  3. ^ English-language website of the Ethiopian Parliament ( memento of September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), English, accessed on May 13, 2010.
  4. ↑ African Elections Database: May 14 & August 31, 2000 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia ( English ).
  5. ↑ African Elections Database: May 15 & August 21, 2005 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia (English).
  6. ^ The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia Official Result of the Local and By-Elections Held on April 13 and April 20, 2008 ( Memento from May 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), English, Walta Information Center , May 2008 (last accessed on May 17 , 2011 ) March 2009).
  7. ^ Philippa Bevan, Alula Pankhurst: Power Structures and Agency in Rural Ethiopia. Development Lessons from Four Community Case Studies (PDF; 1.6 MB), Paper Prepared for the Empowerment Team in the World Bank Poverty Reduction Group, July 31, 2007 (p. 150).