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Zenawi's election board blocks campaign funds for Medrek
Published 04/05/2010
- 12:47 a.m. GMT
(VOICE OF AMERICA) Opposition Candidate Accuses Ethiopian Election Board of Withholding Campaign Funds
Parlimentary elections in Ethiopia, scheduled for 23 May, are less than 52 days away.
[Birhanu Berhe] accuses the National Elections Board of holding up payment of campaign funds to opposition candidates, despite promises from the government that all candidates in the parlimentary race would receive campaign funds.
"With one month left for the election, the government is still refusing to release the campaign funds," says Birhanu, who is vice chairman of Arena-Medrek, a major opposition party in Tigray region and part of the nationwide opposition coalition, Medrek.
Parlimentary elections in Ethiopia, scheduled for 23 May, are less than 52 days away.
[Birhanu Berhe] accuses the National Elections Board of holding up payment of campaign funds to opposition candidates, despite promises from the government that all candidates in the parlimentary race would receive campaign funds.
"With one month left for the election, the government is still refusing to release the campaign funds," says Birhanu, who is vice chairman of Arena-Medrek, a major opposition party in Tigray region and part of the nationwide opposition coalition, Medrek.
- VOA
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