በግንቦት ወር 2006 መንግሥት ቢያንስ በዘጠኝ ሰዎች ሞት እና በመቶዎች የሚቆጠሩ የኦሮሞ ተወላጆች ከታሰሩ በኋላ ፕላኑን ለጊዜው አቋርጦታል፡፡
In May 2014, the government did momentarily halt the plan in order to abate the protests after at least nine were killed and hundreds of ethnic Oromo students were imprisoned.