Opposition Parties go Ahead Despite Complaint Over Observers’ Election
ፎቶ ኣዲስፎርቹን As polling stations around the country have opened for registration of the electorate on January 9, 2015, opposition political parties are expressing their discomfort on the pre-election process. Teferi Mekuria is among 33 million voters projected by the electorate board for the upcoming election. Fortune met with him while he was registering to vote at his nearby polling station. He was the 29th voter registered at Woreda 7 of Arada District at three o’clock on the very first day. The station is among three polling stations located at the former Kebele 13/14 office. According to the statement from Tsege Alemu, a registrar at the station, they are responsible for registering electorate at the specific Kebele and residents from house number 001 to 299 and operates seven days a week from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm. Each polling station around the country is structured in a way that each station is only allowed to register a maximum number of 1,000 electorates and the arrang