Lawmakers From Oromia Region Request Tigray Peace Deal Redo Between Govt, Ola Armed Group addisstandard: Ethiopia
About 80 MPs convened and discussed security situations in Oromia region on 05 December last week, before drafting the letter which urges the government among other things, to make peace deal with Oromo Liberation Army , a rebel group operating in the region, in a same manner it did with Tigrayan forces, an MP"The Oromos have suffered in lack of peace. Killings and displacements have continued.
"Tigray was without peace yesterday, and there is now peace somehow. This needs to happen here [in Oromia]. Be it with those armed, or non-armed, negotiations need to take place with all who have stakes in this," he added. He said the security situation of the Wollo Oromos living in the Amhara Region, border demarcation issues, the issue of teaching Afaan Oromoo in Addis Abeba among other things have been included in the letter signed by the MPs.
According to Buzayehu, a presser subsequent to their discussion and issuance of the letter was cancelled after consultative meetings were held with senior leaders of the parliament including speaker Tagesse Chafo, who assured them that,"there are promising directives going forward, and that peace will prevail".that she is unaware of any sort of official discussion held by MPs on security situations in Oromia and the letter they submitted to the speaker.
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