ONLF criticizes law banning double nationals from ‘elected offices’

The spokesman of the ONLY party in the Somali region of Ethiopia criticized a law banning double nationals from holding elected offices in Ethiopia.

Speaking to CBATV reporter in Jigjgiga, Abdiqadir Hasan said the law is a remnant of the oppressive legacy of the TPLF regime and should be scrapped.

The spokesperson of the armed front turned political party said the objective of the law was to exclude educated people who had the experience of good governance from the power corridors of the country. 

Abdiqadir Hassan, however, said ONLF candidates are willing to relinquish their second nationalities in order to run for offices in the Somali region. He said foreign passports will not stop them.

The ONLF spokesperson, on the other hand, called on the people of the Somali region of Ethiopia for unity. He promised that the people of the region united will acquire bigger representation in the federal government, and gain a bigger slice of the national pie, and more rights of home self-rule. 

First elections after 2018 reforms led by the prime minister Abiy Ahmed is expected in Ethiopia next year in April. ONLF will contest in the elections in the Somali region of Ethiopia and attempt to wrest power from the Prosperity Party Premier Abiy Ahmed.