Two major parties in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), have agreed to work together to better cooperate in the best interest of the country’s biggest regional state.
At a meeting on Wednesday 14 November 2018, the ODP, represented by Oromia president Lemma Megerssa, agreed to work closely and solve differences with the formerly exiled Oromo Liberation Front, OLF, represented by its chairman, Dawud Ibsa.
Lemma Megersa said: “we will work together for peace, development, and the growth of the country.” He urged the public to support the government’s efforts to ensure rule of law and bring to justice those individuals who have caused harm to the country and the people.
Lemma further called the kerro, a political youth group in the region, and activists to safeguard the gains made from the ongoing reform initiatives and to listen to and work with elders.
Dawud for his part said his party has agreed to work jointly with both the federal government and the Oromia regional state.
OLF and its army will jointly work with the government by engaging in peaceful activities, he stated.
ODP formerly the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization, OPDP, is part of a four-member bloc forming the ruling Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Front, EPRDF.
