Oromo Opposition Calls Current Assab Status “Most Unjust”
Jimma Times, Ethiopia - Dec 2, 2007
The Chairman of the Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) opposition party said the present condition of Assab port is unreasonable.
Bulcha Demeksa of the OFDM stated these comments about Assab to Jimma Times after indicating that he doesn’t expect the upcoming elections in Ethiopia to be any fairer than the previous ones. Last week, Dr. Yacob Hailemariam of the CUD opposition party made similar statements about Assab port’s importance to Ethiopia, as the deadline for the EEBC then approached, today leaving the Ethio-Eritrean border without being physically demarcated ...