Spokesperson for the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, Michael Asgedom said Tigray Chief Administrator Lt. Gen. Tadesse Werede would be making a "mistake" if he remained in power and said his interim regional administration was "collapsing," BBC Amharic reported on April 29. Meanwhile, Tadesse said Tigray's regional council would meet on April 30 and May 1 to elect a new regional president, adding that he would "not enter into an artificial game called 'handover.'"