Ethiopia: Prime Minister's Parliamentary Tit for Tat With Sole Opposition MP

Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn appeared to the House of Peoples Representatives on October 16, 2014, to listen to the amendment and support motion of Parliament on the speech of Mulatu Teshome (PhD), President of the FDRE, to the joint house on Monday October 6, 2014. It would be a day dominated by the lone opposition MP, Girma Seifu, and a counterattack by the Prime Minister, who dedicated most of his time reacting to what Girma said.

Only 15 of the 352 parliamentarians raised questions to the Prime Minister. Hailemariam would begin by building on a comment from Girma, which seemed to have a positive tone as he appreciated the President for unusually apologising for the frequent power failure in the country.

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