Meles - We will invite international monitors for 2010

June 25th, 2009 | EthioPolitics.com |

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

Ethiopia will invite international election monitoring bodies for the 2010 election, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told the journalists on Wednesday.

He said the government is preparing to make the election free, fair and democratic.

“We are eager to have adequate international and local monitoring for the 2010 election. The 2010 election will be free and fair,” he said.

Close to 100 regional and national parties are expected to take part in the election where over 20 million Ethiopians are expected to cast their vote.

Ethiopia experienced violence in the 2005 national elections in which over 200 people died when police heavily cracked down on protesters disputing the election results.

APA