When convening at the lakeside city of Bahir Dar, last week, the ruling EPRDFites were high-spirited and ready to brainstorm on the major dealings of the state they are entrusted to lead until 2015. They had all their baggage of policy stances with them from the meetings of their individual member parties, which were held a week before the general convention.
All eyes were on them as the outcomes of their conventions often have wide reaching impacts. It seems that they rightly understand the impulse. The guest list of their convention partly shows their understanding of the magnitude and direction of the whim.
Indicating their ideological devotion, they invited all sorts of ‘developmental’ ruling political parties from nations as varying as China and South Africa. Locally, their focus was to be as comprehensive as possible in their invitation.
Beyond procedures, including solidarity speeches by the representatives…
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Dr. Bukar Ali USMAN, mni 