1.Thread: Summary of Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed’s Response to the ETH. Parliament on 30 Nov 2020 on what has transpired from the day he assumed office leading up to the attack on the Ethiopian National Defense Forces #ENDF by the now defunct Tigray People’s Liberation Front #TPLF.

2. How did he come to office? The #EPRDF elected Abiy Ahmed as PM of Ethiopia in April 2018 upon the heels of massive internal resistance and unrest in the country. The #TPLF did its very best to elect its own figurehead but failed.

3.The first few months: The PM was a virtual prisoner at the palace and his every move was monitored. His and his own family safety was at stake, and in his own words, “I was not in a position to protect my family, let alone protect the country and discharge my official duties."

4. Breaking the Shell: The PM held public meetings in the Somali/Afar etc. regions. The turning point, however, came when the PM made his trip to the Tigray region which the TPLF considered its main social base. The popular reception of the PM scared #TPLF

5. From de jure to de facto PM: The real test of who is in charge of the decision-making process came when PM Abiy made a decision to release Mr. Andargachew Tsige – A prominent opposition leader and naturalized British citizen that the TPLF security forces had kidnapped in Sana.