Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front - Political Ideology

Political Ideology

The EPRDF professes an ideology of Revolutionary Democracy and federalism, while stressing the right of self-determination for the individual ethnic groups of Ethiopia. This is intended to put a stop to the inappropriate dominance and segregation that had for centuries been imposed on the various minorities of Ethiopia by a single ethnic group in the country(also named the Neftegna/ነፍጠኛ/). The fact that the democracy is revolutionary implies the type that has been modified to meet the country's context. The alliance has been establishing a free market economic system in a controlled manner as the country lacked any kind of financial and economical scheme previously. As being a country having people of a multitude of languages and cultures, the EPRDF has introduced political decentralization in which the regional states have their own parliaments and governments that would result in a development that would also go in accordance with the specific needs of the ethnic groups as well as the whole country. The EPRDF has created a multi-party democracy in Ethiopia for the first time in its history. As having established a federal state, the EPRDF's slogan remains 'our difference signifies the strength of our unity' as it keeps peace and harmony amongst them as they work cooperatively towards the good of the nation.