
“Ethiopia has officially appointed Ambassador Taye Atske-Selassie as the country’s new President. The announcement came during the 4th-year opening ceremony of the 6th House of People’s Representatives and the 4th House of Federation joint session today” (Ethiopian Press Agency, 07.10.2024).
The demotion from being the Minister of Foreign Affairs to become the Ceremonial President has begun. Taye Atske-Selassie will be the silent partner and confidant of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
The ones that think Atske-Selassie will be a defiant or a man of honour is wrong. He will be there to serve his Prime Minister and his party. That’s why he was appointed and elected to the role of President.
He has gone from serving as an ambassador to become the Foreign Minister and now he has gotten a token office. That is what his getting and that because the PM knows what his getting.
Atske-Selassie wouldn’t be in the mix, if Abiy wasn’t sure that he had a loyal cadre on his side. The new President has praised most of the achievements and the government programs of Abiy. That will he continue to do, and he won’t budge.
As President he will accept the fate of war in the Amhara region. He won’t stop or be in the way of conflicts elsewhere on the Horn of Africa. As we have seen him openly defend and be a voice of the Federal Republic in regards to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Somaliland. Therefore, Abiy has an ally and a man that will carry his water in this man.
This is man that serves one purpose and one purpose only. That’s to be there and be the man that supports the Prime Minister. It don’t matter what he does or how he operates. This President will be the spokesperson and the figurehead of that government. He will be there for the glory and the prestige, but he won’t have a say.
Abiy has now his puppet and he will dance when the Prime Minister says so. Peace.















