In a blatant and anti-democratic power and resources grab, and an attempt to sow discord among the Oromo people to pit them against each other, the one-party controlled Oromia regional state government has redrawn the administrative boundaries and reporting relationships of Oromia cities, towns, and districts.
The regime implemented these far-reaching changes without any public hearings to gauge people’s interest nor conducting prior studies to determine their impacts. We now know that these changes are being resisted by the people, as evidenced by the ongoing popular protests in several districts of the Guji Zone in which at least three demonstrators were murdered by government security forces, many were injured, and several others were arrested.
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