The civil administration responsible for governing Tigray after the Pretoria peace accords has a new leader: Getachew Reda, hitherto political adviser and spokesperson for the president of the region, has been appointed by his party.
Getachew Reda is a well-known face on the Tigrayan political scene. He had been a minister, notably minister of communication and spokesperson for the government of Addis Ababa, when his party, the TPLF, dominated the country. He is still a very close collaborator of the austere president of the movement, Debretsion Gebremichael. And it was he who negotiated, with General Tsedkan Gebretensae, the Pretoria and Nairobi agreements with the federal government.
From now on, he is at the head of the regional interim civil administration, Tigray TV announced on Saturday March 19. The central committee of his party chose him rather than its leader, whom Addis Ababa, it is said, did not want.
Much remains to be done in Tigray: form a government, pay the salaries of civil servants and be the sole interlocutor for humanitarian agencies, which complain about the vagueness in the administration of the province.
This appointment must now be officially accepted by Addis Ababa, which has not yet made any comment at this stage. ” The Tiger, simply tweeted Abraham Belay, a Tigrayan defense minister in the federal government of Abiy Ahmed, on Saturday, is ready to move on leaving behind the days of agony. »