2021-05-07 15:56:06 GMT2021-05-07 23:56:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ADDIS ABABA, May 7 (Xinhua) The deadline for voter registration for the upcoming sixth Ethiopia general elections has been extended by one week until May 14, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced Friday.
Voter registration was initially slated to end on Friday.
The NEBE had previously extended the voter registration deadline by two weeks citing logistical and security challenges. Voter registration activities will be done for the next seven straight days to register any remaining voters, the NEBE said in a statement.
The NEBE also disclosed so far more than 28.7 million voters out of a potential list of 50 million voters have registered to participate in Ethiopia s sixth general elections that will elect federal parliament and regional council candidates.
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Statements by the HR/VP
Despite all efforts by the European Union, it was not possible to reach an agreement with Ethiopian authorities on key parameters for the deployment of an EU Electoral Observation Mission in view of the parliamentary elections on 5 June 2021. As conditions are not fulfilled, the deployment of the mission has to be cancelled.
The integrity of an electoral observation mission is a cornerstone of the EUs support for democracy. The EU regrets the refusal of the fulfilment of standard requirements for the deployment of any Electoral Observation Mission, namely the independence of the Mission and the import of mission communication systems, something that is key for the security of EU observers, in particular in the context of a challenging security environment. This situation also impacts election preparations, including voter registration.
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia said the Government of Ethiopia has rejected European Union’s (EU) preconditions to deploy election observers describing the preconditions as violation of sovereignty of the country.
EU, which requested the government of Ethiopia to send its team of election observers has demanded the Government of Ethiopia to bring its own VSAT telecommunications for the elections observers it is planning to deploy to observe Ethiopia’s 6th general election scheduled to take place in June this year.
The EU has also demanded to announce election result ahead of Ethiopian of National Electoral Board of Ethiopia, which the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Ambassador Dina Mufti, denounced in strong terms as violation of Ethiopia’s sovereignty.