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Show 200 based one ethnicity, on states regional additional seat for every million with ethnic groups large ethnic groups of form of where are fairly large voting block well size people are population, control the policy making, control the distribution of fiscal resources. ethnic group in the House of Federation, resources have can objective a seats coalition of policy coherence lock the system can for economic can as a coalition are allocated regional some ethnic coalitions determination of the transfer process. Conflicts should be distributed states Moreover, since there is shifting states states with many significantly. Regional people's representative, where states affect the regional and determine the distribution formula in their favor. Just to majority seat for each ethnic group and in that ethnic group. Hence, also represented according can one represented. In addition, regional states in the house of regional allocated are can over no single adversely how fiscal indefinitely, undermining the need to growth. At present, the federal system does not exhibit these inherent contradictions precisely ethnic because the political system is highly centralized. The EPRDF-a coalition of parties-controls both the federal government and all of the biggest regions. The apparent coherence between the federal government and the regional of the fact that the been argued that political system the inherent instability strategically position serve their ethnic of the more open and in political power themselves to take political opening more of the system will unfold. constituency. to a reflection is centralized in the hands of one party. Indeed, it has the current system is federal political system becomes states is The name is than in principle. As the fragmented along ethnic lines, Regional states will begin advantage of the political opening in order bigger monopolize and richer regional power and states thereby can take to to advantage advance their regional |