All segments of the society are content with the government's law enforcement work.

This was stated during the oral response by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD), to members of the House of Peoples' Representatives question on national issues.

Member of the House, Honorable Asemahegn Asres said good results are being achieved with the law enforcement agencies that are undergoing reorganization of informal groups. He urged to Society's inquire 'Respect the Law!' to be respected.

He added that the community is raising concerns that law enforcement arrests in some areas have not been properly enforced and abduction have been made. Therefore: He stressed that if people are to be arrested, it must be in accordance with the constitution.

Another member of the House, Honorable Christian Tadele, said 35 people, including children, had been killed in recent weeks in the name of law enforcement, which violate the constitution and international human rights treaties ratified by Ethiopia.

Moreover 40 his party leaders and 20 journalists during the law enforcement detained, He added that thousands of people had been abducted by security forces without a court order and their whereabouts were unknown.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) recalled that during a conference with the public before the government started enforcing the law, the public was complaining that the peace was being disrupted due to government's failure to enforce the law. He told the House members that the community in general and the people of Amhara region in particular are content.

He said some of the 3,500 people arrested during the government's law enforcement had defected from government army, and about 200 had defected from the Amhara Special Forces and were harassing the people of the region. He also explained that if anyone is wrongly arrested, he will be investigated for wrongdoing.

He said Fano's contribution during the war in Ethiopia was appreciated and was encouraged as it saved the Amhara region and Ethiopia. In the name of Fano, however, it is a crime to rob farmers. He noted that the law enforcement campaign would be intensified to secure peace.

Similarly, in the name of freedom of press, those who degrade the national defense of the country and the people, disturb the country’s peace, and spread fake rumors to divide the nation, in religion and Ethnic will be detained for being illegal. Journalists who respect the ethics of journalism, however, say they can work freely.

Translated by Yared Eshetu