ADDIS ABABA – Incorporating home-grown knowledge and culture in the ongoing National Dialogue would be of a great significance towards attaining impactful and inclusive dialogue, the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission (ENDC) said.
Speaking to local media, ENDC Commissioner Yonas Adaye (PhD) said the commission is aggressively working through streamlined home-grown knowledge, culture and inclusive dialogue frameworks including militants’ issues to address any odds and realize lasting peace.
The commissioner has also mentioned that it is facilitating and employing all the way out to table any of the militants’ issues based on their own consent either in the form of face-to-face or via their representatives.
According to him, the commission is making all the necessary preparations to hold agenda selection in other areas of the country in full-swing. It is also looking for a thorough agenda selection process at all levels across the country in accordance with its execution directive.
“The commission is currently undertaking participants’ identification processes in Amhara State along with the communities comprising religious institutions, woreda administrators, lawyers, Idir, political parties among many other segments of the society,” he said.
In the same vein, it has deliberated chains of discussions with the Tigray State Interim Administrators, scholars, and civic associations and reached agreement to get involved in the National Dialogue process, the commissioner mentioned.
It was also indicated that the recently held agenda gathering process in the capital was concluded over the upper hand of participant’s involvement.
BY ASHENAFI ANIMUT
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE 2024
