By Ebi Kesiena
Meaza Ashenafi, Head of Ethiopia’s Supreme court and her deputy, Solomon Areda Waktolla have resigned from their position at their own free will after five years in their respective positions.
In a letter to the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) on Tuesday, Ashenafi and her deputy did not state the reason for their resignation.
Chief Justice Ashenafi and her deputy Solomon were nominated by PM Abiy Ahmed to the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) On 01 Nov. 2018. during which both have received a unanimous vote from the House.
On her part, Ashenafi in 2018 became the first woman to be appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court and worked as an advisor on women’s rights issues at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based in Addis Ababa.
While deputy Solomon has recently been appointed as a half-time judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal for the term 2023-2030 by the United Nations General Assembly’s 34th plenary meeting at the elections held on the 15th of November 2022 in New York.
However shortly thereafter, the Ethiopian House of Representatives approved with a majority vote their replacements, Professor Tewodros Mihret Kebede as president and Judge Abeba Embiale as vice-president.
The candidates were also sworn in by the members of the Ethiopian Assembly.
