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Direct Democracy Provisions (National Level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy Procedures at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Mandatory referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Mandatory Referendums at the national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: The right of any Nation, Nationality or People to form its own state is exercisable when the Council that received the demand has organized a referendum within one year to be held in the Nation, Nationality or People that made the demand. The right to self-determination, including secession, of every Nation, Nationality and People shall come into effect when the Federal Government has organized a referendum which must take place within three years from the time it received the concerned council’s decision for secession.
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Optional referendums (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Optional Referendums at the national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Citizens' Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Citizen’s Initiatives at national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Agenda Initiatives (national level)
Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Agenda Initiatives at national level?
Answer: b. No
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Recalls at national level?
Answer: a. Yes
Comments: In case of loss of confidence, the people may recall an elected representative.
Source: Constitution, art. 12 (3)
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Question:Are the results of referenda always binding, never binding or sometimes binding?
Answer: a. Always binding
Comments:
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - c), 47 (3 - c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Question:Are the types of issues to vote upon in a referendum constitutional changes only, other issues only or both constitutional and other issues?
Answer: a. Constitutional changes only
Comments: Referenda can be held in relation to the right to self-determination, including secession, of every Nation, Nationality and People and the right of any Nation, Nationality or People to form its own state.
Source: Constitution, art. 39 (4 - b,c), 47 (3 - b,c,e); Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007, art. 32: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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Question:Are there any Legal Provisions for Direct Democracy at sub-national levels (regional or local)?
Answer: c. No information available
Comments:
Source: Constitution; Electoral Law as amended by Proclamation No. 532/2007: http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/africa/ET/ethiopia-proclamatio-no.-532-2007-amending-the/view
Verified: 2015/05/18
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