{"id":2816,"date":"2026-06-01T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2026-06-01T10:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T10:52:14","slug":"president-commends-growing-democratic-competition-in-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/president-commends-growing-democratic-competition-in-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"President Commends Growing Democratic Competition in Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"628\" src=\"http:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/PRSIDENT.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2819\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/PRSIDENT.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/PRSIDENT-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/PRSIDENT-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN PLUS-June 1, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on the Ethiopian 7th General Election, President Taye Atske Selassie said that this year\u2019s election is unique compared to the previous ones for several reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He cited the registration of more than 54 million voters, describing it as a historic milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registration also demonstrates Ethiopians\u2019 willingness and eagerness to elect their leaders using their voter cards, which is one of the factors that make the vote special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president reiterated that the participation of several political parties and independent individuals in the competition signifies the smooth advancement of Ethiopia\u2019s democratic system and showcases the process of building dependability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-June 1, 2026 Reflecting on the Ethiopian 7th General Election, President Taye Atske Selassie said that this year\u2019s election is unique compared to the previous ones for several reasons. He cited the registration of more than 54 million voters, describing it as a historic milestone. The registration also demonstrates Ethiopians\u2019 willingness and eagerness to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethiopia","category-politics","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2820,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2816\/revisions\/2820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}