Should Ethiopia limit how long its PM can serve? Why this won’t fix a deeper democracy problem
This week Ethiopia has held its general elections. Last month, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who is expected to continue as the nation’s leader following the election, said executive power should be ‘limited by law’. Constitutional law scholar Alemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam explores why the real issue isn’t term limits, but the failure of parliamentary mechanisms meant to constrain executive power.
