Tigray Independence Party | |
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| Abbreviation | TIP |
| Founded | June 2020 |
| Ideology | Separatism Tigrayan nationalism Anti-imperialism |
| National affiliation | SAWET Baytona |
The Tigray Independence Party (TIP) is a Tigrayan nationalist political party in Ethiopia. Founded in 2020, the party seeks the independence of the Tigray Region. [1] [2]
In September 2020, BBC News described Tigray Independence Party as "a new opposition party". [2] The party had been founded a few months earlier in Mekelle, on 17 June 2020.[ citation needed ]
In September 2020, prior to the 2020 Tigray regional election held that month, TIP's main aim was for Tigray to secede from Ethiopia, becoming independent. It described Ethiopia as an "empire". [2] [3]
TIP won 18,479 votes out of the 2,633,848 votes cast, winning no seats in the September 2020 election. [4] The Tigray Regional Council resulting from the election established a mechanism for minority parties to propose agendas and bills, present motions, propose policy and nominate appointees. TIP was allotted five seats. [1]
On 2 February 2021, TIP, together with National Congress of Great Tigray and Salsay Weyane Tigray, estimated there to have been 52,000 civilian casualties of the Tigray War. [5]
