According to the constitution, there is only one federal institution that has the authority to hold federal and local elections including conduct referendums and that is the election board. The election board, just like the Air force, Central bank, Foreign ministry etc. is a federal institution. When a region tries to grab federal power then that is a clear violation of the constitution. Tigray kilil just did that. It illegally established a local election board. That is like establishing a local central bank and issuing your own currency. If you want to do that then either you have to amend the constitution or you have to become independet and do whatever you want. You can't have it both ways, undermining federal power and at the same time getting federal benefits like budget support.
And finally, we have seen what an election board and an election looks like under TPLF for the past 27 years and the last Tigray election confirmed that. It is a tool so that TPLF declares winning over 99% of the votes. That too is unacceptable. But the main reason is the clear violation of the constitution and garbing of federal power. TPLF has been acting like an independent state but at the same time wanting to get all the benefit of a regional state. They want to eat their cake and have it too.
Look at this hypocrite
Axmed Shire and Cagjar are all yours, what has that to do with me? If you don't like them that is none of my business. You can remove them or whatever. And if civilians are attacked under their watch then they should be held responsible!
And concerning democracy, I was an enthusiastic supporter of democracy in Ethiopia but now after seeing the barbaric and primitive nature of some parts of our society, I've changed my mind. I want to be frank with you: we have too much primitive barbaric activists and politicians who refuse to divorce their politics from violence against civilians and encourage ethnic cleansing. This makes it impossible for the near future to implement real democracy. That is why PM Abiy's government will stay in power "faking" elections. That is the only sane thing to do when you have primitive barbaric baboons in your midst. Democracy is only for a civilized society and not primitive baboons whose politics is nothing but committing genocide. Baboons need to first finish their evolution and become full humans before exercising full democracy. Until then a strong hand is inevitable. This is the case not only for Ethiopia but also for all primitive societies around the world. Anything else is highly irresponsible and a recipe for disaster!