Speaking at the 36th regular session of the House of People’s Representatives, lower house of the Ethiopian parliament on Thursday, Ahmed said a friendly country (he did not specify the name) is financing the alleged coup d’etat.
“Recently, in some areas, our fathers are discussing a coup d’ etat. it will not succeed in Ethiopia. We are soldiers and we built the institutions in a way to ensure that the coup will not succeed,” he said.
The fear of coup d’état has been repeatedly making headlines in the state-owned media outlets in the country.
There was a time when the Addis Ababa City Administration and the Federal government justified the blockade of travelers from the Amhara region to the capital at different times by alleging they were coming to the capital to undertake a coup d’état.
“There was a coup in Ethiopia 50 years ago… now it will never succeed. Never. My advice for my elders and fathers is not to waste time. Do not crowd the guest house. Do not waste money from our friendly country,” Ahmed said.
Abiy equated the alleged attempt to take over power by force to ”intoxication of lust for money.”
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