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In what has become common in the past four years, a new round of nominations was put before Parliament last week. These nominations by the Prime Minister did not receive unanimous votes as most political pundits expected. Members of Parliament, including from the ruling Prosperity Party, voiced their doubts about the "mismatched" nominations between Alemu Sime (PhD) and Habtamu Tegegne, while the slight yet notable objections were partly a result of the absence of a vetting modality on the nomination of Girma Amente (PhD), minister of Agriculture.


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PUBLISHED ON Jan 28,2023 [ VOL 23 , NO 1187]

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