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Show 37 the emperor himself, to the that point government that had neither the intention the nor capacity conditions of the country and the demands of the of the reforms that he economic life of the decisions had to be never materialized. The to the ever- respond population. Eventually, reforms and "progressive" transparency and flexibility became the Emergence to As a result, many government a of the source the contradictions that empire's arose structure that lacked downfall. of Absolutism period after 1941 witnessed the apogee of absolutism in Ethiopia. beginnings in this direction of the pre-1935 years matured tentative untrammeled a initiated, which could potentially have improved the political and people, between the various 2.2.1 The governmental his attention. This concentration of power in the hands of the emperor led to brought to changing trivial even The into The power of the state reached a limit history. This was clearly manifested in such autocracy. in unprecedented Ethiopian spheres as provisional administration, military organization and fiscal control. A ruling class based on landed property, but with interests in trade and industry as well, exercised this power. The architect and physical embodiment of the absolutist order was Emperor Hayla-Sellase. (Zewde 2001, p. 201) The first sign of absolutism 1931-one year after Haile Selassie was came was the first of its kind in the country. of the people were a new provisions era crowned emperor of Indeed, in a a constitution was a of constitutional rule in authority of the that the authority emperor of the Crown The constitution (Haile-Selassie 1997, Ethiopia. However, was apparently by creating the illusion was constitution in significant achievement because of the constitution showed that it absolute Ethiopia. a country where "the rights and duties determined by the whims of an emperor" the introduction of usher with the introduction of absolute. Indeed, a a careful meant to p. 37), it seemed to reading of the legitimize the of democracy. It left little doubt good portion of the constitution |
