The Democratic Alliance of Tigray Party, led by the Prime Minister’s Advisor on East African Affairs, Ato Getachew Reda, has announced that it will not participate in the elections if the decision of the Federation Council on the disputed constituencies is not corrected.

Similarly, the Tigray Interim Administration issued a statement strongly opposing the decision of the Electoral Board, calling it unconstitutional and inciting conflict.

The Alliance Party wrote a letter of protest after the Ethiopian National Election Board announced that the Federation Council had decided to hold direct elections for the House of People’s Representatives in disputed areas between the Amhara and Tigray regions, outside both regions.

In a letter to the Federation Council and the National Election Board, the Alliance Party, led by Ato Getachew, the former president of the Tigray Interim Administration, denounced the decision as “unconstitutional.”

In a letter signed by Ato Getachew and requesting a review of the decision made by the Federation Council on constituencies, the party said that the decision made on the controversial constituencies "undermines the constitutional order, undermines the independence of institutions, and is a clear violation of the constitutional order."

added that this decision of the Federation Council is based on an institutionalized constitutional representation, saying that "the federal system is being trampled underfoot."

He said that "elections should be held by the federal government" without a legal solution to the boundary dispute is an "attempt to forcefully seize" the regional administration, and criticized the Federation Council for "interfering in the work of the board driven by political interests" while the board is accountable to the House of Representatives.

The Sremet Party expressed its concern that this decision of the Federation Council will make the Election Board "a political tool and question the credibility of the election."