Medrek (Amharic: መድረክ), officially the Ethiopia Federal Democratic Unity Forum (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዴሞክራሲያዊ አንድነት መድረክ, romanized: ye’ītiyop’iya fēdēralawī dēmokirasīyawī ānidineti medireki), is an Ethiopian political coalition founded in 2008 by former defense minister Siye Abraha and former president Negasso Gidada. The election symbol of the party is five fingers.[2] On 2008 election, Medrek won a single seat in the House of Peoples' Representatives, representing an electoral district in Addis Ababa.[3] This was allegedly due to lack of election transparency. Medrek won 30% of the individual vote nationwide but received only one seat in parliament since Ethiopia's elections are conducted under a single-member plurality voting system.[4]
Medrek supports a social democratic economic model and the current ethnic federalism arrangement that has been implemented in Ethiopia since 1995. Medrek strongly supports preserving Ethiopian unity and sovereignty under the ethnic federal system. Medrek also supports making Afan Oromo, Tigrinya and Somali official languages of Ethiopia alongside Amharic.[8]
