Africa-Press – Ethiopia. The state of emergency proclamation is enacted to avert the threat against national existence and sovereignty of Ethiopia.
Details of State of Emergency proclamation
A State of Emergency Proclamation Enacted to Avert the Threat Against National Existence and Sovereignty:
Whereas, it is the government’s legal duty and moral responsibility to safeguard the existence and sovereignty of the nation from internal and external enemies;
Whereas, the terrorist TPLF and its affiliates pose a grave and imminent danger against the existence and sovereignty of the country;
Considering the gravity of the killings, looting, and other cruel and inhuman attacks that are being perpetrated by the terrorist TPLF and its affiliates against civilians in several parts of the country;
Cognizant of the severity of the threat posed by individuals who live among the civilian population and work as operatives of the TPLF and its terrorist affiliates to the security of the state and the nation;
Cognizant of the fact that the terrorist TPLF is working in close cooperation with foreign powers that desire to weaken and destroy Ethiopia;
Whereas, it has become necessary to declare and implement a state of emergency in order to avert the above mentioned imminent threats against the existence of the nation which cannot be averted by regular law enforcement mechanisms;
Now, therefore, 1n accordance with Article 93(1) (a) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows:
PART ONE
GENERAL
This Proclamation may be cited as the “state of emergency proclamation enacted to avert the threat against national existence and sovereignty No 1/2021”.
For the purposes of this proclamation,
Part Two
Emergency Measures and Prohibited Actions
When the State of Emergency Operation Command believes that it is necessary to protect the existence and sovereignty of the nation and to maintain the wellbeing of innocent civilians, it may:
Part Three
State of Emergency Operation Command
Part Four
Miscellaneous Provisions
Done at Addis Ababa, this 2nd day of November, 2021
ABITY AHMED (Dr)
PRIME MINISTER OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA
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