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Addis Ababa(ANN)- The Ethiopian parliament has approved the nomination of the new president who will replace the country’s first female president, Sahle-Work Zewde, after a disagreement with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
The new president of Ethiopia is the Minister of Foreign Affairs Taye Astike Selassie, who is very close to Prime Minister Abiy.
In February, he assumed a largely ceremonial role, but Ethiopia’s constitutional system places political power in the hands of the prime minister.
Lately it has been emerging that Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Sahle-Work who was the President of Ethiopia have been replaced have disagreed on many issues with Prime Minister Abiy in recent years. which caused her not to be re-appointed again at the end of her term.
Sahle-Work was announced by the prime minister for the first time in 2018, and she is the first woman to hold this position. The previous her term was described as a breakthrough in gender equality in politics in Ethiopia.
However, on Saturday, Sahle-Work wrote a brief message that she posted anonymously on her X site, indicating that she was not happy with the results of last year’s silence.
During her presidency, she called for peace several times throughout the country, although she was criticized for not speaking more about gender-based violence during the two-year civil war in Tigray. but it is believed that we are not happy with the ongoing conflicts in the Oromia and Amhara regions which have dragged the country towards destruction, which have affected the economy and general security of the country.
In the Amhara region, the federal forces are at war with local militias, which has caused the death of hundreds of people and the security forces have been accused of committing crimes against humanity.
At the moment, the newly appointed president, Mr. Taye, who is 68 years old, is an experienced diplomat who has worked in the United Nations and Egypt, and is considered to be very close to Abiy.
The new president was sworn in on Monday in front of members of the parliament, but there are some things that are predicted as many are hoping that he will not change the current situation in Ethiopia, which is surrounded by waves of internal conflicts, economic onesand policies surrounding Abiy’s government in the region and its neighbors.
Ethiopia is a landlocked country with more than 100 million people, and the poorest in the world, and in recent years, it has been overshadowed by racial and ethnic conflicts that have had a negative impact on the country’s economy, which was improving ten years ago.
Written by Arraale M. Jama, a freelance journalist and human rights activist.
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