Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
Takele Bulto (2011)
Judicial Referral of Constitutional Disputes in Ethiopia: From Practice to TheoryAfrican Journal of International and Comparative Law
(1995)
Proclamation No. 1/1995
A. Alen (2002)
304, 23
Y. Fessha (2008)
Whose power isit anyway: the courts and constitutional interpretation in Ethiopia, 22
H. Schwartz (1992)
The New East European Constitutional CourtsMichigan journal of international law, 13
(2002)
The Relations between the Constitutional Court and other National Courts, Including the Interference in this Area of the Action of European Courts
Ministry Health (2008)
FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
A. Fiseha (2010)
Constitutional adjudication in Ethiopia: Exploring the experience of the House of Federation (HoF)Mizan Law Review, 1
(2001)
Consolidation of the Power of the House of Federation and Its Powers and Responsibility
(2017)
Role of the Constitutional Courts in Upholding and Applying the Constitutional Principles
AbstractThe covid-19 pandemic has become a global health, economic, social and political problem since January 2020. Like other countries, Ethiopia has been seriously threatened by the effects of the pandemic. Among the impacts, the Ethiopian government was forced to declare a state of emergency and thereby postpone the 2020 national election. The ruling party (the Prosperity Party) came up with four options for postponing the election, namely: dissolving the parliament, a constitutional amendment, a declaration of state of emergency and constitutional interpretation. The parliament eventually approved the fourth option, constitutional interpretation. Consequently, the objective of this article is to assess the constitutionality of the four mechanisms considered by the ruling government to postpone the national election, putting emphasis on constitutional interpretation. The article hence evaluates the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the action taken by the Ethiopian government in postponing the 2020 election by assessing all of the alternatives, with a particular emphasis on the constitutional interpretation option which the government eventually pursued.
Afrika Focus – Brill
Published: Dec 20, 2022
Read and print from thousands of top scholarly journals.
Already have an account? Log in
Bookmark this article. You can see your Bookmarks on your DeepDyve Library.
To save an article, log in first, or sign up for a DeepDyve account if you don’t already have one.
Copy and paste the desired citation format or use the link below to download a file formatted for EndNote
Access the full text.
Sign up today, get DeepDyve free for 14 days.
All DeepDyve websites use cookies to improve your online experience. They were placed on your computer when you launched this website. You can change your cookie settings through your browser.