Chairman of the Blue Party delivers a speech in Addis Ababa

Eng. Yilkal Getnet, Chairman of the Blue Party delivers a speech at the annual “Partners group” meeting in Addis Ababa American embassy compound, the meeting was organized by the U.S Embassy in Addis Ababa. Diplomats from more than 35 countries attended this year “Partners group” meeting.

Thank

you Ambassador Booth for inviting me to speak

here

today. I am honored to

be here at the U.S. Embassy.

I also want to thank all of the distinguished diplomats who are here for this

meeting. I appreciate the opportunity to be here with you.

Let me say

that it is a distinct honor and a special privilege for me to come before

you on behalf o

f the Blue Party of Ethiopia to introduce our

Party and share our

values goals and objectives.

You might say we are the “new kids on the block” and many people in

Eth

iopia

and abroad do

not know much about our Party. That is partly because we have

been in existence as a party for a very short time.

The Blue Party is very

young party,

by

that I

mean

, it is a party of young

Ethiopians, by

young

Ethiopians

and for

young

E

thiopians.

But I want to make it

clear that it is also a party for all Ethiopian.

As you know, the majority of Ethiopia’s population, some say up to 70 percent. Is

under 35 years of age, so when we talk about the suffering. Hardship and despair

of Ethiopia

ns, we are mostly talking about the situation of the youth. Ethiopian

youth today face enormous problems in their daily lives. They also experience

deep anxiety everyday about their future.

Far too many of our young people carry with them not only a deep s

ense of

hopelessness but also powerlessness. They feel they cannot change anything that

affects their lives.

Many of Ethiopian’s youth are denied educational opportunity which could lead to

employment opportunity which in turn could lead to self

-

sufficienc

y and

contribution to Ethiopia’s

growth and development. Youth unemployment in ....
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