{"id":572,"date":"2021-03-13T17:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T17:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/?p=572"},"modified":"2021-03-14T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T16:37:43","slug":"olf-press-release-regarding-the-illegal-general-assembly-currently-taking-place-in-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oromoliberationfront.org\/english\/olf-press-release-regarding-the-illegal-general-assembly-currently-taking-place-in-the\/","title":{"rendered":"OLF Press Release Regarding the Illegal General Assembly currently taking place in the"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"OLF\"Date: 3\/12\/@021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0N0:A6112\/2019<\/p>\n

OLF Headquarter, Finfinnee
\n(March 12, 2021)
\nDue to the confusion created by a particular splinter group, organized and financed by external body,
\nfrom the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), our organization was required by National Election Board of
\nEthiopia (NEBE) to conduct an extraordinary General Assembly meeting to clear this confusion,
\nparticularly in the leadership. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) has also supported the
\nintention of OLF to call a general assembly to resolve the confusion around the OLF leadership before
\nthe forthcoming National election. To this end, OLF Preparatory Committee priorly elected by Central
\nCommittee, and since then started working toward its implementation according to our constitution and
\ninternal procedures of conducting a General Assembly. NEBE is informed by formal letter of this
\ncommittee to this effect. In the meantime, the committee has continued closely working and making
\nappropriate communication. For instance, we have been formally updating NEBE with our progress and
\nmilestones of organizing the Assembly. At the same time, OLF has been appealing to the NEBE to
\nfacilitate the Assembly by, for example, opening our headquarter office in Finfinnee, which was closed
\nforcefully by Addis Ababa police force. Even, OLF has written an official letter on 25\/02\/2021 to the NEBE
\ndemanding to facilitate the opening of our headquarters and create a conducive environment for the
\nAssembly to be held.
\nAs can be recalled that on 01\/08\/2020 the Addis Ababa police commission forcefully closed our
\nheadquarters without due court process. Since this day, our headquarter was under the Addis Ababa
\npolice commission’s surveillance who oversees all the activities that take place in the office and around
\nthe compound. However, according to the information we are receiving, an illegal conference is currently
\ntaking place in the office by a splinter group with heavy government police presence. Based on the
\ninformation we had, on 12\/03\/2021 OLF has written an official letter to the Addis Ababa police commission
\nto stop this illegal meeting before it is being held, and failing this, the police commission would bear the
\nresponsibilities they took when they evacuated us.
\nWe believe that this conference currently running in our headquarter is entirely illegal and should not be
\nallowed to a splinter group. Also, this is a lack of accountability to the body that knowingly concedes this
\nunlawful conference. The splinter group has no legal ground or constitutional mandate to undertake this
\nGeneral Assembly, which also violates the organization’s constitution and internal procedures and the
\nNEBE registration rules of A6112\/2019. It is important here to note that the Addis Ababa police
\ncommission has no legal mandate to allow this splinter group to carry out a conference in our office
\nwithout the chairman of the organization’s knowledge and endorsement, particularly after forcefully
\nvacating us, the OLF leadership, including the chairman, staff, and members since August 01, 2020.
\nTherefore, the OLF would like to inform the Oromo people, the Ethiopian peoples, and the international
\ncommunity that illegal, unfair, and political sabotage is taking place against OLF and push out the country
\ninto more chaos. The whole responsibility lies on the government and its institutions on the impact of this
\nillegal act. We would also like to demand independence and impartiality of key institutions again in the country,
\nincluding the NEBE, the judiciary, and the government’s law enforcement branch, particularly the Addis
\nAbaba Police Commission to correct this gross mistake.
\nWe thank our members and supporters for their vigilance and total boycott from this bogus meeting and
\ncall for continued perseverance to protect their organization.
\nVictory to the Masses!
\nOromo Liberation Front
\nMarch 12, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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