(The Reporter)The All-Ethiopia Unity Party (AEUP), chaired by Engineer Hailu Shawel, came into the picture this week by calling upon the government to call off the recently enacted charities and societies proclamation or lift the limitation on resources that local NGOs receive from external sources, and also remove the four articles restricting the role assigned to foreign NGOs directly and local NGOs indirectly.
In its lengthy declaration on the charities and societies proclamation, the opposition party further called upon all governments, bilateral and multilateral organizations, rights groups, NGOs, community organizations, professional associations, workers unions, farmers unions, youth and women associations and the Ethiopian people at large to firmly continue opposing the law until the government repealed it or cancelled it.
AEUP said the proclamation by the government distinguished between foreign and local NGOs and redefined their mandates, presumably in the interest of the people’s social and economic development. The objective of the bill relating to registration and regulation of charities and societies as defined in the proclamation confirm this and AEUP had no objection that these be functions of government.
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