An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Ethiopian 2020 National Election: Challenges and Opportunities

Asefa, Amare

dc.contributor.author	Asefa, Amare
dc.date.accessioned	2021-09-30T07:03:40Z
dc.date.available	2021-09-30T07:03:40Z
dc.date.issued	2021-09-30
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12675
dc.description.abstract	In Ethiopia, like some world countries, the national election has been postponed. However, the prolongation of the 2020 national election of Ethiopia more than two times had socio-political impacts on the country. Therefore, the investigator has assessed the impact of COVID-19 on the Ethiopian 2020 National Election: Challenges and Opportunities. The qualitative approach has been used in this study. The design that has been applied in this research is exploratory design. And lastly, the collected data based on semi-structured in-depth interviews and document analysis were analyzed by the thematic data analysis method. Accordingly, the finding reveals that the extension of the election has political gains like, the extension of the election has created an opportunity for the NEBE to be more prepared for the next election and also, it was important for political parties to get time for a political campaign and announce their ideologies to the people. On other hand, the prolongation of elections has political costs. An extension of the election used as a triggering factor to starting the war and conflict in some parts of the country that results to tarnished the image of the country internationally, it has put diplomatic pressure on the country and, the conflict has caused neighboring countries to intimidate the country. In terms of social security, as an assumption, the extension of the election has saved the people somewhat from the expansion of the Coronavirus epidemic to some extent. On other hand, the prolongation of the election was used as a reason for a good opportunity to start war and conflicts in some parts of the country. As a result of the war and conflicts, a severe social crisis has occurred. For instance, the death of innocent citizens, human rights abuses, the rape of women and children, and mass displacement of people. Keywords: Impacts, Election, Postponement, Prolongation, National Election, Ethiopia	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Political Science	en_US
dc.title	An Assessment of the Impact of COVID-19 on the Ethiopian 2020 National Election: Challenges and Opportunities	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US