United Ethiopian Democratic Forces
- United Ethiopian Democratic Forces
The United Ethiopian Democratic Forces ( _am. የኢትዮጵያ ዴሞክራሲዊ ኃይሎቸ ሕብረት) is a coalition of several existing political parties of Ethiopia which combined to compete for seats in the Ethiopian General Elections held on May 15, 2005.
The main constituent parties are the Oromo National Congress, Ethiopian Social Democratic Federal Party, Southern Ethiopia People's Democratic Coalition, All-Amhara People's Organization and the Ethiopian Democratic Unity Party. Other parties that joined to create the UEDF include: Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), All-Ethiopia Socialist Movement (MEISON), Ethiopian Democratic Union - Tehadiso (EDU Tehadiso), Ethiopian National United Front (ENUF), Ethiopian People Federal Democratic Unity Party (HIBREHIZB), Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP), Gambella People's United Democratic Front, (GPUDF), Oromo People's Liberation Organization (OPLO - IBSO), (SEPDC), and Tigrean Alliance for Democracy (TAND).
2005 Election results
At the last legislative elections on 15 May 2005, the UEDF gained 52 seats in the Council of People's Representatives, consisting of 40 from the Oromia Region and 12 from the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Region (SNNPR).
In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 105 out of 537 seats in the assembly of the Oromia Region, 1 of the 36 seats in the Harari Region, and 37 of the 348 seats in the assembly of the SNNPR. [ [http://africanelections.tripod.com/et_2005state.html African Elections Database] ]
In October the UEDF briefly supported the other major opposition party, the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, in a refusal to participate in the CPR until several demands were met. However, at the last moment, party chairman Dr. Merera Gudina and vice-chair Beyene Petros both announced the UEDF would participate, after which a vote of the party's central committee on 24 October 2005 expelled both of them. [ [http://hebret.com/UEDF-pressreleaseonDrsBeyene&Merera.pdf UEDF press release] (pdf)] The current acting party leaders are vice chairman Girma Shumie and Secretary-General Dereje Kebede, and the party Whip is Geberu Mariam Uturu, who represents a district in the Mirab (West) Shewa Zone of Oromia. [ [http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives Website] ]
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External links
* [http://www.hebret.com/ UEDF homepage]
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