In 1995, Ethiopia's politics became a multi-party system allowing opposition political groups.
Criticisms Many opposition parties were skeptical of government transition programs. Those parties were often accused of benefiting the ruling party. According to commentators, the basic shortcoming among majority parties is lack of institutional capacity and clear ideological foundations as well as poor organization. Another criticism is that those parties failed to cooperate with each other, and underrepresented their representative societies.
List of opposition political parties
EPRDF regime The EPRDF coalition was dominated predominately by TPLF, establishing ethno-nationalist political parties under it. Majority parties include the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP), Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) and Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM). Opposition groups during that era often faced marginalization and negligence by the ruling party TPLF. In addition, human rights abuses were alleged, including arbitrary arrests, torture, and suppression of dissent as well as lack of free and fair elections. +NameFormedTypeOromo Liberation Front1973RegionalOgaden National Liberation Front1984RegionalAll Ethiopian Unity Party2002NationalUnity for Democracy and Justice2008NationalEthiopian Federal Democratic Unity Forum2008NationalSemayawi Party2002NationalEthiopian Democratic Party1999NationalArena Tigray for Democracy and Sovereignty2000RegionalEthiopian Social Democratic Party1998National
Prosperity Party regime +NameFormedTypeBalderas Party2019NationalEthiopian Citizens for Social Justice2019NationalNational Movement of Amhara2018RegionalFreedom and Equality Party2019NationalEnat Party2019NationalGedeo People's Democratic Party1992Regional
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