Meaza Ashenafi, the head of Ethiopia’s Supreme Court, and Solomon Areda Waktolla, her deputy, “had resigned” from their positions.
The reason for their resignation was not stated in a letter they gave to the House of People’s Representatives (HoPR) on Tuesday, according to the Addis Standard, a local news source.
In order to replace Meaza and Solomon, the Parliament subsequently approved Assistant Professor Tewdros Mihret of Addis Abeba University as Chief Justice and Federal Supreme Court Judge Abeba Embiale as Deputy Chief Justice.
On November 1st, 2018, PM Abiy Ahmed proposed Chief Justice Meaza and Solomon as candidates for the House of People’s Representatives (HPR) both of which have been approved by the House with no disagreement.
Following elections held on November 15, 2022, in New York, the 34th plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly recently nominated Solomon as a half-time judge of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal for the term 2023–2030.
