Medrek

Medrek ( officially the Forum for Democratic Dialogue in Ethiopia, Ethiopian Federal Democratic entirely in English Unity Forum, sometimes abbreviated as FDD ) is an opposition political coalition in Ethiopia, which was founded in 2008.

In the parliamentary elections in Ethiopia in 2010 Medrek won in an electoral district in the capital Addis Ababa a single seat in the People's House of Representatives.

Foundation

The Coalition was founded in 2008 by an alliance of parties, three parties and two politicians:

  • Party alliance of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces led by Beyene Petros and Merera Gudina
  • Federalist Democratic Oromo movement, led by Bulcha Demeksa
  • Somali Democratic Alliance Forces, and the
  • Union for Democracy and Sovereignty of Tigrians (also known as ARENA )
  • Dr. Negasso Gidada, Member of Parliament, former President
  • Siye Abraha, a former defense minister.

Medrek supports a liberal and democratic governed Ethiopia and a federal system of government. One of their main goals is to raise the language Oromo, which is the most commonly spoken language of Ethiopia the second official language in addition to Amharic.

Development

In February 2009, the largest opposition party in the country, led by Birtukan Mideksa unit for Democracy and Justice, the Medrek joined.

At the 2010 elections Medrek included a total of eight political parties, including three political parties, which were previously members of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces:

  • Oromo People's Congress led by Merera Gudina
  • Ethiopian Social Democratic Party
  • Democratic Alliance of the peoples of southern Ethiopia

The coalition is led by Birtukan Medeksa, is chaired Merera Gudina.

The poor performance of the alliance with only one seat came from my own point of view due to the lack of transparency of the elections and the Sitzvertelungssystems. Medrek won 30% of votes, but received only 0.2 % of the seats in parliament, because the seats are allocated in the individual constituencies by majority vote.

In March 2011, Medrek reported that hundreds of their supporters were arrested.

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