TPLF says that Ethiopia threatens the Tigray peace agreement

The Ethiopian opposition party called for the African Union to mediate in the federal government after the electoral council canceled its legal status as a party.

The TPLF Liberation Front said that moving to its ban from any political activity was “dangerous” and posed a “serious threat” to the 2022 deal that ended in two years of conflict in the northern Tigray region.

The party, which rules Tigray and an identity for the entire country for many years, was banned on Wednesday for not in the General Assembly.

The decision comes after months of political tensions in Tigray and comes before the elections at the country level, which is scheduled to take place by June next year at the latest.

The party led an alliance that was coup in 1991 and ruled Ethiopia until 2018 when Prime Minister Abi Ahmed took power.

It fought a two -year brutal civil war against the federal government, which ended with a truce in November 2022, after tens of thousands of people were killed and millions of their homes were forced in northern Ethiopia.

The party runs the temporary administration of Tigray, which was founded in 2023 as part of the peace agreement, known as the Pretoria Peaace Agreement.

But the party was unable to hold internal elections due to the division, as it demands two factions to control the party.

The National Council of Ethiopia, which oversees the behavior of political parties, on Wednesday, “determined to officially eliminate TPLF” on the basis that it failed to hold a general assembly.

But the party protested this step and called on the African Union to put “pressure” to the federal government to suspend the ban on the ban.

In a message to the African Union, the party said that the ban “deprives TPLF of the right it has recovered through the Pretoria Agreement and pose a serious threat to the basis of the peace process.”

He added that the peace agreement states that both parties are aware of the legitimacy of each other and that any political issue must be resolved through dialogue.

The Vice Chairman of the TPLF Emmanuel Asseva BBC told the electoral council’s decision to “harm the Pretoria Agreement”, which “will be dangerous.”

“This is not only related to TPLF, but also about undermining what people have sacrificed,” Emmanuel added.

The delay in implementing the terms of the agreement, including the return of about a million people displaced by the war, has fueled fears of new violence in Tigray.

Many countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union, warned of escalating tension, saying that there should be a “return to violence.”