Ethiopia : Palace Caters to 65 Political Palates (AllAfrica.com)

The National Palace Was Alight On Friday Evening, November 27, 2009 With the Anticipation of a Hereto Unexpected Event. a Celebration Was in Order, Deemed President Girma Wolde Giorgis, for the Historical Signing of the Electoral Code of Conduct By the Ruling And the Opposing Parties.

Can Ethiopia’s Electoral Code Guarantee Fair Elections?

By Peter Heinlein ( VOA News , Addis Ababa) Ethiopia’s parliament is set to adopt an electoral code agreed on by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling party and three of the opposition groups challenging his rule in elections next May. A coalition of eight other parties boycotted negotiations on the code, saying it fails to address their concerns that the system is rigged in the ruling party’s favor. VOA’s Peter Heinlein in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa examines the possibilities for a democratic opening in a country seen by many as a de facto one-party state.