Posts In Category
Constituional debate
Commentary: The Constitution should be interpreted, if at all, to re-constitute, co-govern & co-conduct a post-COVID-19 national election: IOLA
Dr. Henok Gabisa @henokgabisa Dr. Kebene Wodajo @kebenewodajo & Israel Gobana @Israelgobena Addis Abeba, May 18/2020 – Decades of quests for effective self-determination, democracy and equality in Ethiopia run into a new dynamic in the last two years. Pre-existing political forces from home and exile returned to the landscape after …
Commentary: Making sense of Ethiopia’s constitutional moment
Yonatan T. Fessha, @YonatanFessha Zemelak Ayele @zemelak_a Solomon A. Dersso @SolomonADersso & Adem Abebe @AdamAbebe Addis Abeba, May 14/2020 – As students of Ethiopian constitutional law, we cannot remember a time as interesting as the last few weeks. The debate around the constitution has attracted even those that are skeptical …
Commentary: Ethiopia’s crisis induced opportunity to seize a historical constitutional moment
Solomon A. Dersso (PhD) @SolomonADersso Addis Abeba, May 12/2020 – Depending on whether we seize the opportunity arising from it, this constitutional crisis could be a necessary trouble, a blessing in disguise, for Ethiopia. What determines whether a crisis leads to success or failure is not by how one escapes …
