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ISSN: 2360-784X |
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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 8(8), pp. 382-390, October, 2020. ISSN: 2360-784X
Full Length Research
Ethiopian opposition political parties in the post-2005: challenges and impacts on Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) and all Ethiopia Unity Party (AEUP)
Zemene Tegegne Mekonen
Lecturer, Department of Political Science and international relations ,College of Social Science ,Mekdela Amba University ,Mekane Selam, Ethiopia. E-mail: zemenetegegne19@gmail.com
Accepted 22 October 2020
In a representative democracy political parties promote vital competition on different policy issues and play essential roles by offering ideological alternatives. They also give channels for citizens’ participation in government decision-making processes and they are significant conduits and interpreters of information about government. This study attempts to examine the challenges and impacts of opposition political parties particularly in Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) and All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP) in post-2005 Ethiopian election. The study employed qualitative methodological approach. The study tried to describe on what are challenges that faced against Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) and All Ethiopia unity party (AEUP) political parties, this research found from the semi-structured interviewees revealed that EDP and AEUP do have internal challenges and external challenges. These internal and external challenges of parties according to the research findings have an impact on democratic process of the country. Some of these impacts are political violence's in the different part of the country, opposition parties do not able to get legislative representation, People becomes hopeless on peaceful transition of political power and legal opposition parties. However, as the trends shows that the challenges and impacts in political parties are unavoidable in the world especially in Africa
Key words: challenges, impacts, political party, opposition. .
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