The Need To Revise Sub National Constitutions Of Ethiopia The Case Of Amhara National Regional State

The very purpose of this study is to explore the need to revise sub-national constitutions ofrnEthiopia in general and ANRS constitution in particular. The study basically assesses andrnanalyzes the need to revise ANRS Constitution and identify the possible measures that havernto be taken. The study mainly applies qualitative research method aiming to investigaternimportant attitudes and experiences of informants. In doing so both primary and secondaryrndata have employed as a process in order to get valuable analysis and finding.Primary sourcesrnare respondents who were participated during drafting and ratification of constitutions andrnother intervieweesas well as relevant state laws including the regional state revisedrnconstitution. Whereas Secondary sources are books, articles, journals, reports, published &rnunpublished documents and the like.The study mainly investigated the regional state legalarnadministrative systeme with regard to constitutional revision and related activitiestoidentifyrnthe following major findings. In the making processes of ANRSC there was no publicrnparticipation and consensus creation among different interest groups and politicians. Therernwas no a formal and institutional awareness creation during designation and practicing ofrnANRS Constitution. The provisions of ANRSC are not part and parcel of the responsiblerncurriculums. Lawyers and researchers were not active participant in developing andrnpracticing the Constitution of ANRS. The people of Amhara didn‟t perceive as that thernConstitution of Amhara is not their own rather it is a party document. Finally, the people ofrnANRS have a great demand for the total/complete revision of FDRE Constitution since it didrnnot address the fundamental interest of them. Moreover, the peoples of Amhara regionrndemand to revise the regional state constitution to make it complete and legitimate.Althoughrnthe regional state council established the Council of Constitutional Inquiry, it is not activernenough to develop and review the Constitution of the region.

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