A coalition of opposition parties and some individuals were established in 2009 to oust the government of the EPRDF in legislative elections of 2010. Meles' party, which has been in power since 1991, published its 65-page manifesto in Addis Ababa on 10 October 2009. The opposition won most votes in Addis Ababa, but the EPRDF halted the counting of votes for several days. After it ensued, it claimed the election, amidst charges of fraud and intimidation.[192]
In the meantime an apparently minor,unrelated event occurred that convinced the Eritrean government that theTigrayans were up to no good. Early in 1997 the German government aid agency,the GTZ, was asked to help fund the printing of a new map of Tigray fordistribution to primary schools. The map turned out to be deeply controversial,for it incorporated into Tigray several areas that had been the subjectof the heated discussions between the two countries. For the Eritreansthis was proof positive of the hostile intentions of the Tigrayans. Someinterpreted it as the realization of the long-held TPLF dream of a 'GreaterTigray', that would take in all Tigrayan speakers, as outlined in theTPLF manifesto of 1976.
Tplf Manifesto 1976 Pdf 24
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