Regional Tigray elections upset Ethiopian governmentFederal election officials said in June the elections had "no legal basis", and on Saturday the upper house of parliament ruled they were "null and void." Girmay Berhe, Tigray Independence Party leader, shared some words, "So many people have started to question Ethiopia itself, and many in the intelligentsia, the youth, have started to agree with our analysis. Mixed reactions to Tigray elections across EthiopiaThe office represents an effort by Tigrayans "to explain ourselves to the world," Wondimu said, and to distance themselves from a fraught democratic transition under Abiy that has been undermined by persistent ethnic violence. Tesfaye Gebreyohannes, a local circus from the Tigray ethnic group, expressed his feelings on the cultural matter, director, "Whenever something bad happens they shift blame for everything to the people of Tigray. We made a lot of sacrifices for the unity of Ethiopia."

Source: Ethiopian News September 08, 2020 16:07 UTC