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Ethiopia election board annuls licenses of 26 political parties
Published on 23.12.2020 at 15h21 by APA News
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The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has annulled 26 political parties, which failed to fulfill the necessary requirements to renew their licenses.NEBE Chairperson Birtukan Midekissa said on Tuesday that the decision was taken in accordance with NEBE’s Proclamation Number 1162/2011 and political parties’ regulation Number 3, which obliges political parties to meet the necessary requirements.
According to the chairperson, the 26 political parties had failed to meet the conditions and present satisfactory documents to the electoral board.
Birtukan stated that last March the board wrote an official letter to 106 existing political parties to renew their registration by fulfilling the requirements set by the new electoral law of the country.
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To effectively undertake the upcoming general election of Ethiopia protecting citizens from the global pandemic, COVID-19, National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) says it is planning to deploy additional 50,000 election facilitators.
Birtukan Mideksa, head of NEBE told the state broadcaster – ETV that deployment and training of additional 50,000 election facilitators as well as purchasing additional equipment requires the Board to invest additional 1.1 billion Birr. This will increase the total number of election facilitators to 254,000.
The Board has submitted its request for additional budget to the federal government, according to Birtukan Mideksa. The number of polling stations for the upcoming general election of Ethiopia will also be increased to 50,900 from 45,800 in 2015.