Medrek

Medrek (Amharic: መድረክ), officially the Ethiopia Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya fēdēralawī dēmokirasīyawī ānidineti medireki), is an Ethiopian political coalition founded in 2008 by former defense minister Siye Abraha and former president Negasso Gidada.

[5] In December 2009, Medrek was joined by the largest opposition party, the Unity for Democracy and Justice, led by Birtukan Mideksa.

Due to ideological differences and disagreement on ethnic federalism, the Unity for Democracy and Justice left the coalition after one year of participation.

[7] Medrek supports a social democratic economic model and the current ethnic federalism arrangement that has been implemented in Ethiopia since 1995.

Medrek also supports making Afan Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali official languages of Ethiopia alongside Amharic.