Abstract
The role of political institutions could be dichotomized into two. Some of them are on the representational side of the political system (parties and parliaments). Some of them are on the implementation side of the system (the government, the police, the courts, the government media, and the civil service). The expected role of political institutions to structure politics and policy-making. In response to this concern, this paper explored the status of existed political institutions in Ethiopia. In contrast to the main roles vested in political institutions, this paper argued that these governing institutions manifested inherent institutional weakness in Ethiopia. The paper contends that there has been institutional decline and the nominal nature of the country’s governing institutions. This could be demonstrated by the omnipotent executive, rubber-stamp legislature, subservient judiciary, repressive policy, and ineffective civil service of the country. Keywords: Ethiopia, political institutions, the executive, legislative, judiciary, civil service, political parties. DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/93-02 Publication date: January 31 st 2022
Highlights
Political institutions structure the politics and policy making of a given political system[1]
One-way political institution structure politics is constraining ‘political actors by sanctioning deviation from the institutionally prescribed behavior’[2]. By taking this important function of political institutions as a point of inquiry, this article is attempted to give an overview of the political governance institutions of central importance in Ethiopia today
In most African political systems institutional context, the nature of the current government in Ethiopia could be designated as a hybrid regime having the features of both parliamentary and presidential systems of government
Summary
Political institutions structure the politics and policy making of a given political system[1]. As an output of the existing political system of the country, the political institutions of the EPRDF regime have three types of machinery of government structure with federal executive, legislature, and judicial branches.
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