Kamaavi Posted April 23, 2010 Editor's Note: The Somali O;gaden region is under Martial law where political analysts in the O'gaden region believe there will not be any fair and free election, there is ongoing clashs between the Ethiopian led Tigrey Regime and O;gaden National Liberation Front(ONLF), many people says that voters are forced to vote only the EPRDF, the Ethiopian Prime Minister Party which hijacked the Democratic mode of The Country. The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) disclosed an additional 2,755,453 registered voters from the Somali Regional State, universities and the military on April 16, 2010, bringing the total to nearly 32 million. Somali Regional State has produced 2,524,184 voters, out of which 1,380,512 are male and 1,143,672 female. The remaining 231,269 voters have come from 111 sites, including high education institutions and military camps. These sites delivered 189,923 male and 41,546 female voters. “The number of registered voters has increased from 29,170,867 to 31, 926,320,” Mohammed Abdurrahman public relation officer of the National Electoral Board told Fortune. The number of total registered female voters has increased from 14,067,022 to 15,252,240. The male registered voters also show increase from 15,103,845 to 16,674,280 voters. There are 31 candidates from the Somali Regional State for the Parliament, according to Mohammed. The number of registered voters at four universities and some Somali remote areas are not yet received by the NEBE because these places are remote from Addis Abeba. When these data are received, the total is expected to exceed 32 million voters. “This exceeded the board’s expectation by two million additional voters,” Mohammed said. FULL INFORMATION SOURCE -FORTUNE NEWSPAPER Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
