Review Article
Strengthening Ethiopian parliament: Challenges and prospects
Author(s): S Tefera*
In Ethiopia, the parliament is the highest political body. As a result, the FDRE constitution recognizes parliament as supreme organ of the federal government of Ethiopia. Evidence, however, suggests that the Ethiopian parliament did not sufficiently utilize its own powers within the confines of the FDRE constitution. Ethiopia's parliament still has not adequately exercised its powers. The aim of this paper was to explore the factors that pose challenges to the Ethiopian parliament's strengthening. The study integrated a descriptive research design with qualitative research methodology to achieve its desired goals. The needed data was obtained from various pertinent documents and extensively examined. The study's findings showed that Ethiopia's parliament is not doing a good enough job of exercising the legislative powers given to it under the FDRE constitution. The st.. Read More»