00:01In Addis Ababa, the ruling Prosperity Party staged a mass rally just days before national elections on June 1.
00:09Supporters filled the street of the capital as party leaders promised economic growth and social justice.
00:15Addressing the public event, the city's mayor, Adanej Abebe, said the party's manifesto will seek to free Ethiopian people completely
00:23and permanently from the hardships by building a strong multi-sectoral economy.
00:27The Prosperity Party manifesto focuses on building a quality, competitive, multi-sectoral and strong economy, ensuring social justice through equitable
00:38wealth distribution, building a civilized party and establishing technology-backed efficiency, service delivery and good governance at all levels, thereby
00:47enabling our people to be completely and permanently free from hardship.
00:52Meanwhile, the country's opposition party is abreast for an election landslide for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling party, with opposition
00:59repressed in what has effectively become a one-party state since Ahmed came to power.
01:04But Abiy's supporters believe he has made significant progress in the Eastern African country.
01:10Because it is a party that practices what it preaches and proves its words through action, first of all, I
01:16feel immensely proud to be part of this generation.
01:19Similarly, I feel deeply proud not just to be a part of this generation, but also to be a supporting
01:25member of the Prosperity Party.
01:26I was also very glad because we are the generation that will transition Ethiopia from its downward trajectory towards a
01:34path of elevation.
01:35No vote will take place in the northern Tigray region, where tensions are still high with the federal government over
01:41a civil war in 2020-2022, from which some one million people remain displaced.
01:46Just.
01:46Yeah.
01:48It seems.
01:48It seems.
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