Questions raised in Oromia could be answered by maintaining good governance: GCAO

Addis Ababa, December 16, 2015 (FBC) – Those questions raised by the residents in Oromia and Amhara Regional State could be answered by maintaining good governance, Government Communication Affairs Office (GCAO) Minister, Getachew Reda, said.
In a press conference he gave here today in connection with the situations occurred in some parts of both state, Getachew said the queries raised by the residents and students are appropriate questions that should be asked by free citizens.
As they are information-seeking public questions, they should be asked legally and democratically, he said.
However, as the questions were turned into uproar and disturbance, it gave an opportunity for anti-peace forces to create violence, disseminate terror and kill people under the pretext of the Addis Ababa–Oromia master plan which could have been answered by the government, he said.

The situation goes to the extent of committing an organized attack on model farmers and leaderships, other nationalities as well as on public and government institutions, he said.

Those students and their parents who raised the questions are holding discussions with the government. However, these anti-peace forces are striving to take actions to divert the information-seeking question, he said.

These anti-peace forces sought the disturbance for their own purpose as the government has no intention to implement the master plan without the consent of the public, he said.

The government is undertaking broad activities to tackle and wipeout good governance problems, corruption, extremism and rent seeking attitude across the country, including Oromia Regional State, he said.

According to Getachew, these armed terror groups couldn’t bring development to the public using anti-development paths and destroying public service delivery institutions and infrastructures, he said.

Good governance questions will be answered only by a developmental state that earned trust of its people, he concluded.