A new five-year term for
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as per results Saturday of a landslide victory in a landmark and twice delayed parliamentary vote where the country’s ruling
Prosperity Party won 410 seats out of 436.
The figures showed opposition parties and independent candidates won a small number of seats.
The results were relayed by the
National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) which said there would be a rerun in 10 constituencies.
President of Ethiopia Sahle-Work Zewde addresses the crowd during an event in Addis Ababa following the announcement. Given the turmoil of peace in some areas, the complexity in the politics, the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic, and also the situation in the northern part, Tigray region.
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