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National Dialogue Commissioners Depart Without Making Recommendations Public
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AI SUMMARY
The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission's commissioners have concluded their tenure by handing over 394 recommendations to parliament without making the documents public or answering disclosure requests from political parties and their advisory council.
- The Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission's extended tenure officially ends on October 24.
- The commission compiled 394 recommendations from a consultative conference held between July 15 and August 22, identifying 81 of them as urgent.
- Chief Commissioner Mesfin Araya handed over the recommendations to former House Speaker Tagesse Chaffo at the National Palace on October 3.
- Proclamation 1265/2014 requires the commission to make dialogue findings public, but commissioners delegated this responsibility and implementation monitoring to the parliament.
- Political party leaders who participated in the handover ceremony and submitted written inquiries stated that their requests to make the recommendation document public went unanswered.
- The commission's Advisory Council was unable to meet with commissioners following the consultative conference, receiving no responses or discussions regarding the recommendations.
- The commission's eight commissioners will cease operating under its name as of October 25.
- The commission's secretariat will continue documentation work for up to one year, with its head now reporting directly to the House of Peoples' Representatives.
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