Horn Political Analyst Terrence Lyons says Ethiopia’s ruling EPRDF is “effective mass mobilizing party,” talking about one of the major factors that gave the incumbent 100% of provisional votes. “This is a party, a state, a regime that, when the top says do something it filters down very, very quickly and very, very authoritatively down to the Kebeles and down to the small units of governance and control”.
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