Baye Tadesse Teferi, Ethiopian PM Hailemariam’s Protocol Head Defects to the US

By DeBirhan

The Head of Protocol of Ethiopian Prime Minister’s Hailemariam Desalegn, Baye Tadesse Teferi, has sought asylum in the US after attending the 72nd UN General Assembly with PM last month, the Voice of America (VoA) Amharic service reported tonight.

He was the Ethiopian PM Office’s Head of Protocol for more than two decades.

Baye said the personal threats and harassment he received from the national intelligence and securities forced him to flee. He said he was harassed and threatened for preventing unnamed government security officials from entering offices of the PM they were not allowed to in the palace. He said he was also ethnically abused because he was an Amhara.

Asked by the journalist why he had not reported these threats, Baye said “If I had reported it to the PM, the security officials would have no mercy both for myself and Hailemariam.”

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