| Coalition For Unity And Democracy |
Article Index for Coalition For |
Website Links For Coalition |
Information AboutCoalition For Unity And Democracy |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT COALITION FOR UNITY AND DEMOCRACY | |
| political parties in ethiopia | |
|
The Coalition for Unity and Democracy (commonly referred to as CUD, or occasionally as CDU) is a coalition of four existing Political Parties of Ethiopia which combined to compete for seats in the Ethiopian General Elections held on May 15 , 2005 . Its leader is Hailu Shawul . The four parties that combined to form the CUD are: It is formed by the . At the Legislative Elections , 15 May 2005, the party won 89 out of 527 seats in the Council Of People's Representatives , representing the regions of Amhara , Oromia , and of the SNNP , as well as in the chartered cities of Dire Dawa and Addis Ababa . Shawul was placed under house arrest in early June 2005 after the government accused the CUD of sponsoring street protests in which over twenty were killed. Claiming that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) committed eleciton fraud, on 6 November the CUD leadership called for a week of strikes and a boycott of businesses owned by members of the EPRDF, as well as boycotting the new parliament. In response the government stripped CUD legislators of their parlimentary immunity, and arrested a large number of CUD members. {Link without Title} EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|