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Do not be deceived by the unitary/አሃዳዊ bogeyman argument some folks have come up with to label their political adversaries. As a matter of fact, unitary form of government is not undemocratic in and of itself. Finland is unitary state. Ireland is unitary state.
South Korea is unitary state. Portugal is unitary state. The list goes on. If any political group in #Ethiopia were to advocates for unitary form of government through a democratic process, they are within their right to do so.
But no serious political party advocates for unitary system in Ethiopia right now. None. In fact, for the most part, there is a consensus among the major political players - that federalism is the best solution for a diverse country like Ethiopia.
The debate has never been whether federalism is right for us or not - it's what kind of federalism we want to have. There are those who argue for the current ethnic based federal arrangement; and there are those who want a different kind of federalism which transcends ethnicity.
That's a fair debate to have. But extreme groups, who support the current system, and are unwilling to have a debate on the subject,
continue to falsely accuse those who happen to advocate for a different form of federalism as being pro "unitary/አሃዳዊ" system. That's wrong. It's intellectually dishonest.
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