A senior delegation of the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) led by veteran Oromo leader, Lencho Lata, had been told to leave Ethiopia days after returning home to pursue peaceful struggle, the group said in a statement on Sunday.
“Regrettably, despite verbal overtures, no face-to-face
talks could be held. Hence, our delegates had to return prematurely to
Europe on the 22nd of March 2015,” the statement said. “This incident
does not mark the end of the road but rather only the start of our
efforts to ground our organization among our people in our country.”
Lencho letta returned to Ethiopia on March 19, after more than two
decades of exile to fight for Oromo rights within the existing political
structure. Lencho is one of the founders of OLF. He was dismissed from
the party in 2013 over differences on the direction of the Oromo
struggle. Lencho then formed the Oromo Democratic Front (ODF) to try and
return the struggle to the country.
Read the full statement from ODF http://oromodemocraticfront.org/statement-of-the-oromo-democratic-front-on-the-recent-visit-of-its-delegation-to-addis-ababa/
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