Gambela People's Democratic Movement
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| Founded | 2003 |
| Dissolved | 1 December 2019 |
| Preceded by | GPLM GPDF |
| Merged into | Prosperity Party |
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The Gambela Peoples’ Democratic Movement (GPDM,
EPRDF
coalition.
The GPDM was founded as the new regional EPRDF ally in 2003. Its predecessors were the Gambela People's Liberation Movement (GPLM), which was in existence 1991–1998, and the Gambela People’s Democratic Front (GPDF), in existence 1998–2003.
History
Predecessors
The GPLM was founded in 1979 and was based in the
Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). The latter had a major base in Gambela and had committed numerous atrocities against the local inhabitants; however the GPLM was unable to mobilize more than a negligible portion of the population and never held any liberated area before the fall of the Derg in 1991. With the end of the Ethiopian Civil War, Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) forces, accompanied by a small contingent of the GPLM, occupied Gambela and expelled the SPLA. Now in power, the GPLM removed the predominantly Nuer leadership that had dominated the province under the Derg, as well as settling old scores with its ethnic rival. In response, the Nuer organized the Gambela People's Democratic Unity Party (GPDUP), which was immediately recognised by the EPRDF.[5]
Despite the GPLM's hold on power it was weakened by internal disputes, predominantly between Anuak from villages along the Upeno (or
1995 General Election. In response to this situation, the EPRDF ordered the remaining members of the GPLM and the GPDUP to merge into the GPDF in 1998.[6]
Formation of the GPDM
This led dissatisfied Anuak to found the Gambella People’s Democratic Congress. Prior to the
Majangir.[7]
Election results
At the last
elections, 23 May 2010, the party won all the 3 seats from Gambela.[8] In the 2010 Regional assembly elections held on the same day, the party won all 156 seats in the Gambela legislature.[9] As of 2010, Omod Ubong, president of the regional government of Gambela, is the GPDM's chairman.[2]
At the previous legislative
elections, 15 May 2005, the party won all the 3 seats from Gambela. The Deputy Chairman of the legislature's Social Affairs Committee is a member of the GPDM.[10] In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 81 out of 82 seats in Gambela.[11]
In December 2019, the party joined with the
Hareri National League (HNL), the Oromo Democratic Party (ODP) and the Southern Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (SEPDM) to form the Prosperity Party.[12]
Notes
- ^ National Electoral Board of Ethiopia: A Summary of Political Parties/Independent Candidates Running for the Year 2005 Regional Parliamentary Election Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b GPUDM vows to ensure public benefit from fruits of dev't, Walta Information Center, 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Parties Symbol & Logo". National Election Board of Ethiopia. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Human Rights Watch: Targeting the Anuak: Human Rights Violations and Crimes against Humanity in Ethiopia’s Gambella Region
- ^ Medhane Tadesse, "Gambella: The impact of local conflict on regional security" Archived 2007-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, pp. 9-17
- ^ Medhane Tadesse, "Gambella", pp. 17f
- ISBN 978-3-8258-9795-6(p. 164)
- ^ "Elections in Ethiopia African Elections Database (accessed 2 March 2011)
- ^ 23 May 2010 Regional State Council Elections in Ethiopia African Elections Database (accessed 2 March 2011)
- ^ Ethiopian House of Peoples' Representatives Website Archived March 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ African Elections Database
- ^ Gedamu, Yohannes (13 December 2019). "The new political party of Ethiopia's Abiy holds much promise but faces significant hurdles". Quartz Africa. Quartz. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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