DECREE – GRANTING CONSTITUTION
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We consider that it is Our duty to decree and enforce all the measures necessary
for the maintenance of Our Government, for increasing the well-being of Our
people and aiding their progress on the road to happiness and the civilization
attained by independent and cultured nations. We consider that the way to achieve
this aim lies in the elaboration of the present Constitution, which will
facilitate Government action, whilst assuring the happiness of the people who
will, in addition, derive from it an honour which will not fail to be reflected
on future generations and will permit the Empire to enjoy the inestimable
benefits of peace and security.
We, Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, having
been called to the Empire by the Grace of God and by the unanimous voice of the
people; and having the Crown and the Throne legitimately by annointment
according to the law, are convinced that there is no better way of manifesting
the gratitude which We owe to Our Creator, who has chosen Us and granted Us his
confidence, than to render Ourselves worthy of it by making every effort so
that he who comes after Us may be invested with this confidence and may work in
conformity with the laws according to the principles established.
Having in view the prosperity of the
country, We have decided to draw up a Constitution which safeguards such
prosperity based on the Law and We have hope that this Constitution will be a
source of well-being for Ethiopia, that it will contribute to the maintenance
of Our Government and to the happiness and prosperity of Our well beloved
people, and that it will give satisfaction to all. Having expressed and made
clear Our will, We have accordingly decided to grant this Constitution.
The Constitution which is to serve as the
basis, in the future, for the maintenance of the Ethiopian Government and of
the laws which are based on it, and the means of applying such laws once
resolved, will itself set forth the necessity of the measures suitable for
ensuring its maintenance in order that this Constitution of Our State may
remain perpetual and immutable.
Since Our accession to the Imperial Throne
of Ethiopia, having received from the hands of God a high mission for the
accomplishment of His destinies, We consider that it is Our duty to decree and
enforce all the measures necessary for the maintenance of Our Government, for
increasing the well-being of Our people and aiding their progress on the road
to happiness and the civilization attained by independent and cultured nations.
We consider that the way to achieve this
aim lies in the elaboration of the present Constitution, which will facilitate
Government action, whilst assuring the happiness of the people who will, in
addition, derive from it an honour which will not fail to be reflected on
future generations and will permit the Empire to enjoy the inestimable benefits
of peace and security.
Animated by this noble desire, and in
order to enable Our State and Our people to obtain a high place in history, We
have, after Our elevation to the Imperial Throne, and in the second year of Our
reign in the Year of Grace 1923 (A.D. 1931) unasked and of Our free will,
decreed the present State Constitution.
July 16, 1931.
Selected Speeches
of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie – page 386 –
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| HIM QHS July, 2nd, 1940 |
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