Amhara Democratic Party
political party in Ethiopia
The Amhara Democratic Party (ADP) (Amharic: አማራ ዴሞክራሲያዊ ፓርቲ, romanized: āmara dēmokirasīyawī paritī), formerly known as the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), was a political party in Ethiopia. The party was one of four members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that ruled Ethiopia at the time. In 2012, the party chairman was Demeke Mekonnen, who replaced Addisu Legesse in 2010. In November 2019, prime minister Abiy Ahmed, holding the role of EPRDF chair, unified the constituent parties of the coalition into a new party called Prosperity Party.
History
The Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement (EPDM), the precursor of ANDM, was founded by former members of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party (EPRP) and supported by the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF).
A series of debates within the EPRP on the characteristic of revolution and on the organisation had started in as late as 1977. Following the EPRP's defeat by the TPLF in March-April 1978, these debates became even more acute, which resulted with the EPRP gunning down some questioning members of itself at Syngede in April 1978. Opposition to the CC was handled in all parts but the Eastern Gonder Regional Party and Army structures (Belessa region). In the Belessa region, amongst the ranks of the party, clandestine cores formed, which was called Belessa Democratic Movement. Among the criticism made to party centre there were questions related with the organisation, strategy, and tactics.
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