United Ethiopian Democratic Forces

The United Ethiopian Democratic Forces ( Amharic የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ኃይሎቸ ሕብረት transcribed ya - Ītyōṗṗyā Demokrasiyawi Hayločä Hibrät, short Hibrät, English as " United Ethiopian Democratic Forces ", abbreviated UEDF ) are a coalition of parties in Ethiopia, located in the run-up to the 2005 parliamentary elections formed.

The UEDF advocates a further federalization of the country and is particularly close to the the Oromo ethnic group.

Parties

The founding members and most important parties in this alliance are the Oromo People's Congress ( OPC), the Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party ( ESDFP ), the Democratic Alliance of the peoples of southern Ethiopia ( SEPDC ), the All- Amhara People's Organization ( AAPO ) and the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party ( EDUP ).

In addition, the Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front of the Afar ( ARDUF / Uguugumo ), the Ethiopian Democratic Union - Tehadiso (EDU Tehadiso ), the Gesamtäthiopische Socialist Movement ( Meison ), the Ethiopian National United Front ( enuf ), the Ethiopian People Federal Democratic Unity Party ( HIBREHIZB ), the Ethiopian people's Revolutionary Party ( IHAPA ), the Gambela people's United Democratic Front ( GPUDF ), the Oromo people's Liberation Organization ( OPLO - IBSO ) and the Tigrean Alliance for Democracy ( TATE ) joined the coalition.

In the parliamentary elections on 15 May 2005, the UEDF won 52 seats in the People's House of Representatives. Of this total, 40 seats on the Oromia region and 12 in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region.

In October 2005, the UEDF temporarily supported the other major opposition party alliance, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy ( CUD or Qinijit ), in the refusal to join the People's House of Representatives, would be pursued until all demands. At the last moment, the then party chairman Dr. Merera Gudina and his deputy Beyene Petros announced that the UEDF would join the council but after they were sold by the Central Committee of the Party. Currently ( June 2006) is the alliance of parties led by the deputy chairman Girma Schumie and the Secretary General of the party Dereje Kebede. Spokesman of the party is the representative of West Shewa Zone in Oromia, Geberu Mariam Uturu.