WHEREAS, it has become necessary to approve and disburse on time the budgetary appropriation for undertakings by the Federal Government during the 1997 (E.C.) Fiscal Year;
WHEREAS, the subsidy budget that may be appropriated to the Regions has to be decided on the basis of the formula developed by the House of Federation;
NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55 (1) and (10) of the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows:
