
Tomorrow marks the 123rd commemoration of the Victory of Adwa. And today marks an important historic unfolding in that after long tactic of waiting, General Baratari decided to launch an offensive against Ethiopians.
That is not all. The commemoration of the victory of Adwa has a unique feature today. This year, thousands of Ethiopians, who were put behind bars due to political reasons, were freed. Thousands of websites were unbanned and now contribute to the freedom of expression. Political forces declared terrorists and were in exile entered the country, most forces laying down arms.
Ethiopia is now in a different path. Appreciating the challenges ahead of us, but we can surely speak that this is the dawn of democracy and development. In short time since taking office, Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed has brought tangible changes.
The tangible changes can be explained in terms of institution rebuilding. Key institutions such as defense forces and Supreme Court have now ensured impartiality. Transparency and aligning with modern dictate are among the focuses of the reform in the defense. The Supreme Court as well is doing its best to practice fair and speedy public trials while putting in place specialized benches that treat commercial cases, just to cite.
As election is the only legitimate way to come to public office, the administration has also proposed capable women to preside over it, that eventually ratified by the house of people’s representatives. Now it is fair to once again applaud the administration’s commitment in slicing the largest share presidency to women—Presidents of FDRE, Supreme Court and Electoral Board of Ethiopia. The diplomatic sector as well has seen the light of day. This ranges from
Herald March 1/2019