| 词条 | Oromo People's Congress |
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The Oromo People's Congress (OPC) is a major opposition political party in Ethiopia. It was founded in April 1996 as the Oromo National Congress by Dr. Merera Gudina, who is its chairman. However, the party licence and name were allegedly given to a marginal splinter group by the National Election Board of Ethiopia in order to undermine the party and create confusion among the voters after the May 2005 election, so the party was forced to change its name to Oromo People's Congress prior to the 2008 by-elections.[1] 2005 election resultsUntil the 2005 Ethiopian general elections the OPC had not attempted to build a permanent base of support outside its leader’s home region in Ambo woreda.[2] In that election, as the Oromo National Congress the party was part of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, that won 52 out of 527 seats in the Council of People's Representatives; the party won 42 seats in the Federal Parliament and 135 seats in the Oromia regional parliament in its own name.[3] Recent developments
Notes1. ^Lovise Aalen and Kjetil Tronvoll, "The 2008 Ethiopian local elections: The return of electoral authoritarianism", African Affairs, 108/430, p. 114 (accessed 17 March 2009) {{Ethiopia political parties}}2. ^[https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/04/09/ethiopia-repression-sets-stage-non-competitive-elections "Ethiopia: Repression Sets Stage for Non-Competitive Elections"], Human Rights Watch website (accessed 17 March 2009) 3. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070831104812/http://www.electionsethiopia.org/Election%20Results.html National Electoral Board of Ethiopia - Election results], mirrored copy at Archive.org (accessed 17 March 2009) 4. ^"Forum for Democratic Dialogue: New collection or coalition?", Capital Ethiopia website 5. ^{{Cite web | url=http://www.ayyaantuu.com/Oromiyaa/NewsBlog/tabid/36/EntryId/3877/Oromia-OFDM-and-OPC-to-merge.aspx | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330073544/http://ayyaantuu.com/oromiyaa/NewsBlog/tabid/36/EntryId/3877/Oromia-OFDM-and-OPC-to-merge.aspx | archivedate={{Date|2009-03-31}} | title=Oromia: OFDM and OPC to merge | work=Oromo News Blog | date={{Date|2008-12-03}} | accessdate={{Date|2009-03-17}} }}{{Self-published source|date=January 2015}} 6. ^"EPRDF is still shooting to rule" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222101605/http://www.oromopeoplescongress.org/news/eprdf-shooting-to-rule.php |date=2012-02-22 }}, OPC website (accessed 17 March 2009) [5]broken link 3 : Political parties in Ethiopia|Political parties established in 1996|1996 establishments in Ethiopia |
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