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"Boycotting elections is handing the field to the ruling party for free."

Jan 17 , 2026

"Boycotting elections is handing the field to the ruling party for free."

Jan 17 , 2026.

Desta Dinka, a former executive committee member of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), has broken away from the party to launch a new political organisation, telling the Addis Standard that deepening disagreements within the OFC over electoral boycott pushed him to form the Federal Democratic Party (FDP), which is now seeking registration with the National Election Board.

PUBLISHED ON Jan 17,2026 [ VOL 26 , NO 1342]

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