“Medrek”: 5 public meetings kick off Saturday

Medrek to rally five public meetings in the coming four months. The meeting will take place in Addis Ababa, Awassa, Mekelle, Bahir Dar and Adama.

The series will kick off tomorrow, September 18, in Addis Ababa at the meeting to be held at EEPCO’s hall near Mexico square. This public gathering will be the first conveyed by an opposition since the May 2010 controversial election.

Sources in Addis reported that the party is encouraging the public to attend this meeting using flyers, banners and audio messages roving around the city. According to the chairman of the Coalition Engineer Gizachew Shiferaw, the meeting will assess the last general election, the government’s five years transformation plan, Medrek’s move from Coalition to Front, and the current economic situation of the country.

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