Nevertheless, following a violently contested parliamentary election in 2005, in which more than 30 parties participated, Meles demonstrated open contempt for democratic pluralism and press freedom, jailing several journalists in recent years. At the same time, he imposed increasingly strict central control on his ethnically and linguistically diverse country.
尽管如此，在2005年经历了有30多个政党参与的竞争惨烈的议会选举之后，泽纳维公开对民主多元论和言论自由表示鄙夷，并在最近几年囚禁了多位记者。与此同时，对于他统治的在种族和语言上多样化程度极高的国家，他采取了越来越严格的中央控制。