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EPP and EDP Agree to Work  
Towards Forming One Party  
By 
EPP Dept for Information and Culture 
25.08.2008 
 
The newly formed Eritrean People’s Pa rty (EPP) and the Eritrean Democratic 
Party (EDP) have agreed in a leadership meeting that ended on 24 August 2008 in 
Frankfurt, Germany, to work towards fo rming one party within a short time 
possible.  
 
All transition arrangements are to be worked  out within the next 16 months, with 
the possible merger of the two parties by the end of 2009 or thereafter.  
 
 
 
A few details about the meeting are provid ed in a joint final statement. The 
transition phase that will lead to the unificati on of the two parties is  to be led by a 
six-person Joint Coordination Body the will include the two chairmen, Mesfin 
Hagos of the EDP and Woldeyesus Ammar of the newly formed EPP.  

 
The meeting was attended by five leadership members from each side. 
 
 
From the EPP side were Woldeyesus Amma r, Tesfai Woldemichael (Degiga), 
Amanuel Habte, Dr Aklilu Ghirma i and Neguse Tseggai. The EDP was 
represented by Mesfin Hagos, Berhane (Brash) Ghebre-Egziabeher, Desbele 
Mehari, Abdul-Aziz Hassen and Amanuel Hagos.