Ethiopian Parliament on Tuesday approved a draft law to end state of emergency imposed early this year, State Media reported.
A six-long State of emergency was imposed in mid-February following huge demonstrations that led to unrest in the East African nation.
Fana Broadcasting has reported that that the Parliament passed a draft law to left the State of Emergency two months earlier than planned.
Ethiopia’s 547-sear House of People’s Representatives the government’s decision to end the restriction and overwhelmingly approved it.
No MP opposed the decision, but eight abstained from the vote.
The decision follows a weekend resolution by the Council of Ministers to noted that ‘law and order’ had been restored.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who replaced Hailemariam Desalegn who abruptly left the office in February, said his government reviewed the situation of the country after four months of State emergency.
“The Council of Ministers … reviewed the security situation of the country. It noted that law and order has been restored,” the prime minister’s chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, said on Saturday in a post on Twitter.
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