{"id":13480,"date":"2023-03-23T05:56:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T04:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/?p=13480"},"modified":"2023-03-23T05:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T04:56:50","slug":"ethiopia-removes-tigrays-tplf-party-from-terrorism-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyleaks.com\/ethiopia-removes-tigrays-tplf-party-from-terrorism-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia removes Tigray’s TPLF party from terrorism list"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the Tigray region’s main political movement from a list of terrorist organizations, a major step towards establishing an interim local government after a two-year civil war.<\/p>\n
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which led the northern region into war with the federal government in late 2020, was designated a terrorist group in May 2021.<\/p>\n
The conflict ended with a truce signed in Pretoria last November after tens of thousands of people were killed and millions forced from their homes.<\/p>\n
Ethiopia’s parliament said in a statement that a majority of lawmakers had approved the delisting.<\/p>\n
The delisting is a prerequisite to the TPLF’s participation in an interim government, which the party\u00a0nominated<\/a>\u00a0its spokesman, Getachew Reda, last week to lead.<\/p>\n Getachew did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.<\/p>\n ALSO READ:\u00a0Warring forces in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray war agree to stop fighting<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Dessalegn Chanie, a lawmaker from the opposition National Movement of Amhara (NAMA), voted against delisting, accusing the TPLF of not fulfilling its commitments in the peace deal, Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n “When it comes to disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, none of them are fulfilled,” he told Reuters.<\/p>\n “The federal government should guarantee to the public that TPLF won’t wage another round of war.<\/p>\n Ashebir Woldegiorgis, a lawmaker from Ethiopia’s ruling party, said he backed the motion in the best interests of the country.<\/p>\n “Despite all that happened, as a political institution we need to make a ruling and move forward,” he said.<\/p>\n “Today when we voted yes we never forgot our heroes and never betrayed them, we rather laid a foundation to keep their legacy alive.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ethiopia’s parliament on Wednesday removed the Tigray region’s main political movement from a list of terrorist organizations, a major step towards establishing an interim local government after a two-year civil war. The Tigray People’s Liberation […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13481,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2,7],"tags":[1392,1383,2578],"coauthors":[25],"class_list":{"0":"post-13480","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-top-news","9":"category-world","10":"tag-ethiopia","11":"tag-tigray","12":"tag-tplf"},"yoast_head":"\n