WHEREAS, it is provided for in Article 51(1) of the Constitution that the Federal Government has power and responsibility to protect and defend the Constitution;

WHEREAS, it is provided for in Article 51(14) of the Constitution that the Federal Government deploy Defense forces at the request of State administration to arrest a deteriorating security situation within the requesting State when the Region is unable to arrest such situation;

WHEREAS, it is provided for in Article 55(16) of the Constitution that the House of Peoples’ Representatives request, on its own initiative, a joint session of the House of the Federation and of the House of Peoples’ Representatives to take appropriate measures when State authorities are unable to arrest violations of human rights within their jurisdiction, and give directives to the concerned Council of State;

WHEREAS, it is provided for in Article 62(9) of the constitution that the House of the Federation order the Federal intervention if any State, in violation of this Constitution, endangers the constitutional order;

WHEREAS, it has become necessary to prescribe by law the system that enable to implement the aforementioned provisions of the Constitution;

NOW, THEREFORE, in accordance with Article 55(1) of the constitution, of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, it is hereby proclaimed as follows: