(July 19, 2012, VOA)--A founding member of Ethiopia’s ruling Tigrai People’s Liberation Front
(TPLF) party said ailing Prime Minister Meles Zenawi is receiving
medical treatment in an unnamed European country and that he’ll return
to his official duties in a few days.
Sebhat Negga said the prime minister’s health is not a major issue among the public. Meles has not been seen in public for at least two weeks. Ethiopian dissident websites have published unconfirmed reports that the prime minister suffers from brain cancer. But, Negga said the Ethiopian opposition is trying to exploit the situation.
“I can tell you for sure that there is no undesirable eventuality regarding his health. I am 100 percent sure that he’s recovering health wise and he will be back to his official duty in a number of days,” he said. Negga described as “completely untrue” European media reports that Meles is hospitalized in critical condition at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels. The hospital Wednesday declined to say if the Ethiopian leader is there. Negga said the prime minister’s health is not a major issue for majority of Ethiopians. He accused the opposition of trying to exploit the issue.
“It’s not a very important issue [among] the people. It is the opposition parties that are trying to exploit this because they are wishful thinkers. Otherwise, in the normal situation, it’s not a major issue,” Negga said. He accused the opposition of wishing that Meles were dead.
“They want Ethiopia to go back to the situation whereby there is no direction and there is no system,” Negga said. He said there is no vacuum in leadership even in Mr. Meles’ absence because, he said, Ethiopia has in place a good system of governing. Read more from Voice of America »
Sebhat Negga said the prime minister’s health is not a major issue among the public. Meles has not been seen in public for at least two weeks. Ethiopian dissident websites have published unconfirmed reports that the prime minister suffers from brain cancer. But, Negga said the Ethiopian opposition is trying to exploit the situation.
“I can tell you for sure that there is no undesirable eventuality regarding his health. I am 100 percent sure that he’s recovering health wise and he will be back to his official duty in a number of days,” he said. Negga described as “completely untrue” European media reports that Meles is hospitalized in critical condition at Saint Luc Hospital in Brussels. The hospital Wednesday declined to say if the Ethiopian leader is there. Negga said the prime minister’s health is not a major issue for majority of Ethiopians. He accused the opposition of trying to exploit the issue.
“It’s not a very important issue [among] the people. It is the opposition parties that are trying to exploit this because they are wishful thinkers. Otherwise, in the normal situation, it’s not a major issue,” Negga said. He accused the opposition of wishing that Meles were dead.
“They want Ethiopia to go back to the situation whereby there is no direction and there is no system,” Negga said. He said there is no vacuum in leadership even in Mr. Meles’ absence because, he said, Ethiopia has in place a good system of governing. Read more from Voice of America »
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