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Mediation Committee Proposals on Addis Ababa to Be Treated as Recommendations

The Reporter (Amharic) · 2 weeks ago · Read the Full Story on The Reporter (Amharic)

AI SUMMARY

The National Dialogue Commission announced that proposals from the mediation committee concerning Addis Ababa will be treated as recommendations and submitted to the House of People's Representatives by September 20.

The National Dialogue Commission announced on September 10, that the decision reached by the Mediation and Reconciliation Committee regarding Addis Ababa will be treated as a recommendation.
The committee's final proposal suggests replacing the assertion that Addis Ababa is an integral part of the federal government with accountability to it, and adding a constitutional provision making Addis Ababa the capital city of Oromia.
The consolidated agenda recommendations, along with 400 total recommendations from the national dialogue, will be presented to the House of People's Representatives before September 20.
Opposition parties including EZEMA and NAMA have complained to the commission, arguing that the establishment of the new mediation committee and its processes lacked legitimacy and involved unlawful interventions.
Agendas concerning the Tigray region will be temporarily handed over to the federal government until conditions allow for them to be presented to a local administration.
The commissioners' terms are set to end on October 25, though the office will remain functional to handle documentation, audits, and transitions.
Fifty percent of the commission's financial cost was covered by external support, including 15 million USD from the United Nations Development Programme.

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