I will point out a moral dilemma for Andreas’s life as a public intellectual. Andreas has written extensively explaining and defending Ethiopian ethnic federalism and there is no need to rehearse his views here. Remember that ethnic identity politics draws upon ethnic federalism as its source to justify ethnic othering[14], ethnic cleansing. In this sense, for Andreas, ethnic federalism is a means to constitutional democracy, which is the good that is desired. [8] To call federalism in Ethiopia simply “federalism” rather than “ethnic federalism” is misleading to say the least.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2020 05:37 UTC