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Reuters

Election Expert Describes Opposition Boycotting Parliament As Self-Defeat

Befekadu Retta, a U.S. resident who has been here as election expert, has described the oppositions' boycotting to join parliament as self-defeat and "leaving those who gave you a mandate to represent them on their daily life issues".

Befekadu, who said he was in Ethiopia as an election expert/volunteer for the NEBE, said in an e-mail to ENA that it was regrettable and undemocratic on the part of the oppositions "not to take a challenge to be part of the solution that our country (Ethiopia) is facing".

"First of all, as a party you should not take a part if you are not prepared to accept a defeat. I am not saying that you should agree with the winning party's all issues and agendas that they present to the table," he said. "As a people's representative, you should join and work together in common issues, like on the issues of national interest such as national security, defence, social wellbeing, education, natural resources ...."

"...I strongly urge all parties to join and work together hand by hand by putting aside their differences for the betterment of the country and their citizens at large," he said.

He said he followed the May 2005 elections with its entireties from the campaign, debates and promises between the candidates as well as the contesting parties.

He said people in the U.S. had the problems of accepting the 2000 presidential election result where the system was challenged in American election history to be decided by the Supreme Court.

He said the same thing happened in Ethiopia and the establishment of the investigation panels by itself showed transparency of the election process.

Source:The Ethiopian Herald (Addis Ababa)