Poll positionsThe window for solving the election dispute between Ethiopia’s federal government and the Tigray region is getting narrow, as the latter approaches its regional poll slated for September. until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, which Tigrayan leadership claim is an unconstitutional ploy to postpone the elections indefinitely. The decision to continue with the elections does not sit well with Addis Ababa, where federal officials have threatened to halt the polls. The Tigray leadership began laying groundwork for its elections in June, after the national elections board declined to conduct the polls. Likely scenariosTigray’s opposition to the decision to postpone national polls have undoubtedly put it on a collision course with Addis Ababa, but the biggest risk lies in what follows the region’s polls.

Source: Ethiopian News August 27, 2020 11:03 UTC