Detention by government militia in East Wollega (16 May 2026)
- Ref
- OHRM-2026-0402
- Date of incident
- Zone
- East Wollega
Professor Merera Gudina, head of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC) party, would not be drawn on the matter of deals with the government in his Standard Signal interview with Tsedale Lemma 16 May, 40 but it is rumoured that the OFC and OLF would be allocated some seats in the House of People’s Representatives, if they preserved the registration of their parties by standing in a token number of constituencies. The OFC and OLF would have been de-registered if they had boycotted this election, as they did last time around. Two boycotts and you are out, according to rules of the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia.
Source: Oromia Support Group, OSG Report 73 (2026-06-12), p.15. https://oromiasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/simple-file-list/OSG-Report-73-12-June-2026.pdf