[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Months after the PM's rise to power and in December 2018, the Wolaita zonal council voted unanimously for the formation of a regional state and presented their request to the SNNPR regional council. According to the constitution of the FDRE, a regional council is expected to send demands for statehood to the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) and a referendum is to be held within a year. None of this happened and the All Wolaita Youth Movement alias Yelega (Yelega meaning powerful youth in Wolaita
