{"id":5442,"date":"2021-06-14T16:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2021-06-14T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:24:48","slug":"6th-national-elections-will-be-nations-first-attempt-at-free-fair-elections-pm-abiy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/6th-national-elections-will-be-nations-first-attempt-at-free-fair-elections-pm-abiy","title":{"rendered":"6th National Elections will Be Nation\u2019s first attempt at Free, Fair Elections: PM Abiy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a>. <\/strong>June 14\/2021 ( ENA ) A week from today, Ethiopians will cast their vote in the 6th National Elections, which will be the nation\u2019s first attempt at free and fair elections, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Said.<\/p>\n<p>Premier wrote in his twitter \u201cAs we go to the polls to exercise democratic rights, let us to use the day to exercise civic duty and leave a generational print.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added \u201cGo out and Vote next Monday. Go out and plant your Green Legacy too. Let\u2019s make it a positively historic day together!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia will conduct 6th general national elections on June 21, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>More than 36 million Ethiopian are expected to cast their ballot during the day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. June 14\/2021 ( ENA ) A week from today, Ethiopians will cast their vote in the 6th National Elections, which will be the nation\u2019s first attempt at free and fair elections, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Said. 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