A MAJOR BLOW TO THE CUD & ITS LEADER, HAILU SHAWEL: SPLIT & DISSENT WITHN AEUP
What many political pundits of all color, who have been taking stock of the unexpected election victory of the CUD, have in unison predicted as the inevitable major post-election challenge of this hastily patched major opposition grouping, is political rift and subsequent split within the ranks of the leadership as well as within its member parties. Despite the repeated dismissal of all assertions, and the emphatic denial of all reliable information pertaining to such happenings, the CUD, has begun to face the harsh truth in the form of an avalanche: an avalanche that started with the removal of Ato Ledetu Ayalew last week, just followed by the emergence of a significant dissenting voice determined to put an end to the " dictatorial and undemocratic leadership of Ato Hailu & Co , and save the AEUP from its continuing slide to political oblivion", as publicly stated today in a press briefing given at the Ghion Hotel by senior AEUP leaders plus members drawn from different parts.
According to reliable sources close to the CUD office, many AEUP members are shaken: they have swarmed the office with a flood of calls seeking further info. Ato Hailu, and the CUD leadership around him, who have just been feeling happy for convincing Ato Lidetu accept a criticism for " committing an inappropriate act of expressing party differences publicly", were cut short from enjoying resolving the Lidetu dispute, according to the source, by the public display of such major dissent that they have tried to downplay and contain it hidden from the public.
Furthermore, and as a result, Hailu Shawel is poised to change the focus of his planned briefing of tomorrow: the planned focus of the briefing is the press briefing given by the PM last Friday. According to the source, Ato Hailu and the CUD leadership appear to have changed gear: their briefing is said to be focusing on " announcing the initiation of a pre-merger", whatever that means. The step appears to have been prompted by the challenge put to this agenda by the dissenting group in the AEUP, WHICH DESCRIBED it as an illegal maneuver by Hailu &Co at the expense of their party: and hence unacceptable.
Whether Ato Hailu will succeed, and whether Ato Lidetu would honor his an unofficial agreement to accept the criticism put toward him, given these new developments, appears to many very doubtful. The CUD is now faced with a deepening political crisis that has been simmering among the ranks of the leadership and member parties for long: and it is expected to keep on continuing further and wider.
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