Eritrea: Ethiopia proves its defiance, registers voters in Badme
22 Jan 2005 EDnews - At worst, the status of Badme
is unclear, at best, Badme is part of Eritrea and never Ethiopian. Regardless,
if there is any one left that believes Ethiopia has accepted the border ruling,
here is the proof to the contrary: In a clear demonstration of its defiance of
the border ruling, Ethiopia today reported that it has started registering
voters in the village of Eritrean Badme for the upcoming “elections.” The
international community cannot remain indifferent to this Ethiopia’s
provocative action?:
Text of report
in English by Ethiopian news agency ENA web site
Shire Inda
Silase, 22 January: Some 90,622 voters have registered so far to vote in the
upcoming national elections in North Western zone of the Tigray State
[Northwest Tigray Zone], including in Badme [the flashpoint of the war between Eritrea
and Ethiopia, which was later awarded to Eritrea by the independent
Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission], the zonal electoral office said.
The registration
was conducted at 352 polling stations in areas inhabited by the Kunama
nationality, including Badme, Office Coordinator Mulugeta Asrat told ENA [Ethiopian
News Agency] on Saturday [22 January].
Source:
BBC
Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jan 22, 2005