Challenges and Opportunities of the National Election Board of Ethiopia Reform

Abstract

This work is about Challenges and Opportunities of the National election Board of Ethiopian reform with critically pointing out the needs of the reform. Institutionalization, as part of the democratizing country with federal arrangement; as well as taking challenges and opportunities with the way critically point out the needs of the Reform as the central theme of this paper.  In doing so, the article has addressed issues of challenges and opportunities of the reform. The writer has come to the conclusion that the reorganization of the board is lawfully referred to as an independent institution; in that it makes use of election process impartially, free, fair, periodic and universally accepted norms to implement in the full manner. Accordingly, to reach such a conclusion, the author has discussed some issues to reach the conclusion institutional reform is expected as time change. Among these; challenges, opportunities and the needs of the reform on the National Election Board of Ethiopia were well assessed. In order to achieve the objectives of this work desk review research approach was used for its appropriateness of managing and narrating facts, as well as investigating phenomena to reach to sound and constructive conclusion.

Keywords: Challenges, Opportunities, Needs of Reform, Election Board of Ethiopia

DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/95-01

Publication date:June 30^th 2022