OPDO decides to fully rescind Addis Ababa–Oromia master plan

Addis Ababa, January 13, 2016 (FBC) – The Oromo People Democratic Organization (OPDO) has decided to fully rescind the Addis Ababa–Oromia special zone integrated master plan.
OPDO’s Central Committee, in its three-day emergency meeting held in Adama town, passed various decisions after holding wide and in-depth discussion on the regional state’s current issues.

A decision has been made to fully annul the disputed master plan, the Central Committee said in a press conference it gave yesterday night after the meeting.

OPDO is an organization which registered several human rights, democratic and development gains by ousting the past repressive regimes, it said.

The Organization appreciates and honors the public’s questions for development and clarity in any development activity as it is the result of the system which OPDO is building in collaboration with other democratic forces, it said.

Based on this, the Organization is ready to honor and meet the interest of the people, the Central Committee said.

Works are underway to obtain answer within a short period of time for the question of special benefit that the Oromia Regional State should get from Addis Ababa Administration as stated in the Constitution, it said.

The Central Committee also ordered the Oromia Council (Chefe Oromia) to look into again the urban development proclamation which it recently approved, because the people are expressing their doubt on some articles.

Regarding to good governance, the Committee said it is ready to work in partnership with the people and based on the decisions taken at the OPDO’s 8th Organizational Conference.

The Central Committee also called on the public to scale up the participation they began to expose and bring to justice destructive forces striving to attain their goal by hijacking the public’s questions for development and clarity.

The Central Committee finally said members of OPDO, member organizations and allies of EPRDF as well as nations and nationalities in the regional state will do their level best to realize their renaissance by struggling obstacles.