00:00Political parties and analysts in Ethiopia are now deeming it illegal the election of the leader of the Tigray People's
00:07Liberation Front, TPLF, to head the local parliament.
00:11On Tuesday, TPLF leader Debrezio Gabriel-Michael was elected to head the restored parliament.
00:17Some now say the move by the dominant party in Ethiopia's Tigray to restore its control of the region could
00:24lead to disastrous renewed conflict with the federal government.
00:31Debrezio being in charge of the presidency of Tigray, it can worsen the political and security situation of Tigray.
00:40Generally, the TPLF, it shows Debrezio being elected, I mean, the election of Debrezio to the presidency, it shows the
00:51structural failure of the TPLF.
00:53What we are witnessing right now in Tigray is that the TPLF has decided to reinstate the pre-war council,
01:01as well as to reinstate the wartime president, Mr. Debrezio Gabriel-Michael.
01:09So, to me, this shows that symbolically and actually that we are drifting away from the peace agreement.
01:20The Tigray parliament had been dissolved under the peace agreement.
01:25The federal government has yet to respond to the consequences of the appointment.
01:29While regionally still powerful, the TPLF, which effectively ruled Ethiopia for three decades, was banned as a political party last
01:37year.
01:39The TPLF, which is a political party last year.
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