የማንነት ጥያቄ ምንድን ነው? የድንበር አከላለል ለውጥ (የድንበር ውዝግብ) ጥያቄስ ምንድን ነው? የኢትዮጵያ ሕግስ እንዴት ነው የሚጠብቃቸው? የዚህ ማስታወሻ ዓላማ እነዚህን ጉዳዩች ስለሚመለከቱት የሕግ ክፍሎች በማጥናትና ስለአተረጓጎማቸው አስተያየት በማቅረብ እነዚህን ጥያቄዎች መመለስ ነው፡፡ ከእነዚህ ባሻገር ይህ ማስታወሻ ስለ ትግራይ ሕዝብ መልክዓ ምድራዊ አሰፋፈር ታሪካዊ ዳሰሳ ባጭሩ አድርጓል፡፡
The phraseology of special interest is technical employment. The geographical location, historical, socio economic underpinnings and legal grounds attract the attention of ONRS and Oromo people. These grounds inspire them to know about the City and special interest. The Constitutional Special Interest is not only ethical, political or legal issue but it also involves the identity of the People, indigenous people are the foundation. It is, therefore, a particularistic interest recognized and guaranteed, almost the same, when the Constitution comes into scene. It is particularistic because it is of a single state interest that it shares with no other constituent regional states.
የፌዴራል የሕዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት በኢ.ፌ.ዲ.ሪ ሕገ-መንግሥት አንቀጽ 53 መሠረት በተቋቋመ ወዲህ ላለፉት 24 ዓመታት በተለያዩ ጉዳዮች ላይ ከ1100 በላይ አዋጆችን ያወጣ ሲሆን ከእነዚህም አዋጆች ውስጥ በምክር ቤቱ በሚገኙ የገዢው ፓርቲ አባላት መካከል ሞቅ ያሉ ክርክሮችና የልዩነት ሃሳቦች ያስተናገዱ በጣት የሚቆጠሩ አዋጆች መሆናቸው የሚታወቅ ነው፡፡ ሞቅ ያሉ ንትርክ አዘልና የልዩነት ሃሳቦች ከተንፀባረቁባቸው ሕጎች መካከል ለአብነት ያህል በሚንስትሮች ምክር ቤት ከየካቲት 06 ቀን 2010 ዓ.ም ጀምሮ ተፈፃሚነት የነበረውንና ለሁለተኛ ጊዜ በሚኒስትሮች ምክር ቤት አዋጅ ቁጥር 2/2010 የታወጀውን የአስቸኳይ ጊዜ አዋጅ በህዝብ ተወካዮች ምክር ቤት ተቀባይነት እንዲያገኝ በቀረበ ወቅት የተደረገው እልህ አስጨራሽ ክርክር የቅርብ ጊዜ ትውስታ ነው፡፡
In the previous post, I argued that legal form cannot and should not be used to allocate governmental powers and responsibilities between the federal government on the one hand and constituent units of the federation, i.e., regional states, on the other. On such basis I argued that criminal law as a form of law cannot be said to belong to the federal or regional level of government. Hence, I have cautioned against the literal and independent reading of article 55(5) of the constitution which says that the House of Peoples’ Representatives shall enact a criminal code and regional states shall enact criminal law on matters not covered by the federal criminal legislation.
The following is an extract from a monograph that I am developing on Ethiopian criminal law. I posted it here with a view to soliciting views from readers. Ethiopia is a federal state. Hence, the first question that should be raised is as to how trial jurisdiction is allocated between federal courts on the one hand and courts of regional states on the other.