The vision of Andinet North America Association of Support Organization is to see a country in which, its people are united on the basis of equality and mutual respect; in which the people work together to extricate themselves from poverty and backwardness; to see Ethiopia as a country in which the human and democratic rights of its citizens are fully respected; to see Ethiopia having a leadership that works in a spirit of responsibility accountability and on the basis of fulfilling the demands of the people, and to see a country endowed with good governance that operates at all levels in a system of openness and democracy.
About Unity for Democracy and Justice
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The Unity for Democracy and Justice is an  Ethiopian political party established on 20 June 2008 to contest the 2010 elections. It is mostly based on the parties which constituted the Coalition for Unity and Democracy.[1] The party's leader is Birtukan Midekssa.

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The Unity for Democracy and Justice Party (UDJP), commonly known as Andinet, ( Amharic for Unity) is an Ethiopian national opposition political party established by former leaders and members of CUD (Coalition for Unity and Democracy) Party. Andenet is a short form of UDJP's Amharic name (Andenet ledemocracy ena lefitih)[2]. Having being formed by a significant number of former CUD leaders and members as well as adopting CUD's manifesto and bylaws, UDJP is arguably considered as a direct descendant of CUD. With its broad official presence[3] in Ethiopia and abroad, UDJP is arguably considered to be the strongest political opposition party that can challenge the incumbent EPRDF party if there is to be free and fair Ethiopian election in the upcoming 2010. UDJP is chaired by Birtukan Midekssa. Dr. Yakob Hailemariam is its vice chairman who were both the prominent CUD leaders who have been detained and sentenced life in prison and later controversially "pardoned" by the Ethiopian government. Birtukan Midekssa is now imprisoned for the reason that she publicly challenged the conditions and terms of their release from prison, which "she trespassed the law (as per Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi)"[4]. These move by Ethiopian government was considered by many and Ethiopian political opposition parties as a way forward to block fair and free election and democratic process by Ethiopian government....Read more