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Building of Democracy
This document outlines a pre-2018 policy on democratic governance. While it was active for over a decade, its current application by the post-2018 administration is doubtful. It has highly likely been replaced by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Medemer doctrine, which now drives the current government's national philosophy and reform.
"የኢትዮጵያ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ግንባታ ጉዳዮች" (Issues of the Building of a Democratic System in Ethiopia) is a 2002 EPRDF policy document establishing "Revolutionary Democracy" as a foundational framework for Ethiopia's state structure. It argues that fostering a democratic system through active public participation is essential for national survival, security, and developmental progress.
The document "የኢትዮጵያ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ግንባታ ጉዳዮች" outlines the EPRDF’s "Revolutionary Democracy" as a strategy for national survival, prioritizing collective ethnic rights over individual liberties. It establishes a vanguard party system combined with a developmental state model, focusing on state-led economic control and ethnic federalism to ensure political dominance. Explore a detailed analysis of this ideology at Cambridge Core. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Building of democracy (Amharic)