Tigray Regional State

THE COUNCIL OF THE FEDERAL STATE OF TIGRAY

Article 48

Members of the State Council

• Members of the state council shall be elected for term of five years on the basis of Universal suffrage and by direct, Free and fair
• Members shall be elected from candidates in each electoral district by a plurality of the rotes Provisions shall be determined by law.
• Members of the council are representatives of the federal state people as a whole . They are governed by:
  • The constitution
  • The will of the people : and
  • Their
• A member of the council shall not be charged with an offense on account of the vote he casts or opinion he expresses in the council, not shall any administrative actions be taken against a member on such
• A member of the council shall not be arrested or charged with a crime without the permission of the council unless he is appended in flagrant
• A council member may lose his mandate of representation upon loss of confidence by the

Atricle 49

Powers and Functions of the council of the Federal State

• The council of the Federal state shall have the power of legislation in all matters assigned by the constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of
• Consistent with the provision of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia’s constitution, the Council of the Federal State is the Supreme body of political

power.

• Consistent with the provision of sub-Article (1) and (2) of this Article, the Federal council shall have the following
  • Shall enact provisions and specific laws without contradicting constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of
  • Cognizant population pressure, territory of the Federal State and Socio-economic activities, it shall establish additional administrative structures or self-

administrative.

• Consistent with the power of the Federal State Republic, it shall reinforce and approve agreement with neighboring regional
• With the consent of council it shall elect, president, vice president and secretary of the
• It shall establish regional, Zonal and Woreda
• It shall establish the office of audit and Inspection
• It shall formulate laws and provisions to maintain and protect the security and peace of the
• It shall approve economic and social programs of the
• It shall formulate laws on revenue sources granted to the Federal It shall also approve its own budget.
• It shall establish necessary Bureaus, commissions and other institutions necessary for the day-to day bureaucratic
• The National Democratic State of Tigray
  1. Shall have President, Vice President and Supreme court and
  2. General auditor
• It shall formulate and execute source of income, and incomes under the regional state

• It shall formulate provisions on labor and conditions of
• consistent with sub-Article 17 of article 47, It shall approve state of emergence.
• The council shall enact provisions to implement the constitution and other

Articles 50

Meetings of the Council and the Duration of Sessions

1. The presence of more than half of the members of the council consistitutes a
2. The council annual meeting shall be atleast
3. Council members shall be elected for a term of five One month prior to the expiry of the council’s term, elections shall be concluded for a new council.
4. The president of the council is also obliged to call a meeting of the council at the request of one-half or more of the
5. Meetings of the council shall be open to the However, the council can hold a closed meeting if executive or members of the council request a closed meeting and if such a request is approved by one-half or more of the members of the council.

Article 51

Decisions of the Council and Rules of Procedure.

1. Unless otherwise provided for in the constitution, all decisions of the council shall be by a majority vote of the members present and
2. The council shall adopt and procedures regarding the organization of its work and of its legislative