Federal Parliamentary Assembly

Federal Parliamentary Assembly

The Parliament of Ethiopia consists of two chambers:

*The House of Federation (Upper Chamber)
*The House of People's Representatives (Lower Chamber)

Created with the adoption of the Ethiopian Constitution of 1995, the Parliament replaced the Shengo as the legislative branch of the Ethiopian government.

Many opposition parties are represented in the Ethiopia Parliament where representatives from the Oromia Region hold the most positions and representatives from the Amhara Region hold the second most positions, in correlation with the population order of the corresponding states. [ [http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html#1 Opposition parties and EPRDF in the Ethiopian Parliament] ] Various opposition parties including the UEDF, United Ethiopian Democratic Party-Medhin Party, Somali People's Democratic Party (SPDP), Ethiopian Democratic League (EDL), Gambela People's Democratic Movement (GPDM), All Ethiopian Unity Organization (AEUO), Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) and the Benishangul-Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Front (BGPDUF) hold many positions in the parliament. [ [http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html#1 Opposition parties and EPRDF in the Ethiopian Parliament] ]

External links

* [http://www.ethiopar.net/English/hopre/hormemb.html#1 Parliament of Ethiopia web site]

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