EPRDF’s senior, middle leaders in evaluation, training

The top and middle level leaders of the member parties of the ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), OPDO, ANDM, TPLF and SEPDF, have been sitting for an evaluation and training since Sunday September 15, 2013.

In the training which continues for 10 consecutive days, top leaders will evaluate each other and also discuss the organisation of development armies, the implementation of the one-to-five structure, extremism and rent seeking and the general election next year.

Similar trainings and evaluations are being provided to members of the EPRDF in other cities and rural areas. Participants of the training said, although EPRDF is confident that it will win next year’s election, it plans to offer successive trainings fearing that incidents of the 2005 election could be repeated.

After training on the one-to-five structure was provided to university presidents and leaders last month, now, principals of secondary schools are being given various types of trainings on the education system and politics.

It has been learnt from the participants that the Front is concerned by the fact that Ethiopian youth have been disgruntled by the leadership of EPRDF. The government has budgeted a large sum of money with the aim of getting hold of the youth.

EPRDF has also planned to conduct evaluation and training with organisations that it considers are correlated with the youth and workforce of various organisations.