Ethopia: TPLF rejects interim administration’s recent claim over Tigray Forces, calls it a ‘deceptive maneuver’

Addis Abeba – The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), led by Debretsion Gebremichael (PhD), has issued a statement rejecting the Tigray interim administration’s authority to command the Tigray Forces.

Released on 24 September, 2024, the statement asserts that the interim administration’s mandate is limited to administrative tasks and “does not extend to commanding the Tigray armed forces.”

The statement indicated any attempt to co-opt the Tigray forces as “a deceptive maneuver…