Wondwossen Demissie Kassa

Wondwossen (PhD) is a faculty member at the Addis Ababa University Law School. Contact him at wondwossend@yahoo.com

Pre-election Ethiopian federal intervention in Tigray would have been more justified than post-election

By intervening post-election, the federal government would do nothing to slow the spread of COVID-19.

6 years

Interpretation may have failed—but the constitution is what the upper house says it is

Despite the weak legal reasoning, there is no justification for disobeying the House of Federation decision to extend the incumbent governments’…

6 years

The constitutional hearings did not show there was a case for interpretation

With summoned legal experts agreeing that direct application of a constitutional provision is the correct course, where was the case…

6 years

House of Federation should consider rejecting request for constitutional interpretation

The government is arguably setting a problematic precedent by attempting to misuse the constitutional interpretation mechanism.

6 years