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1. The House has the power to interpret the Constitution.
2. It shall organize the Council of Constitutional Inquiry.
3. It shall, in accordance with the Constitution, decide on issues relating to the
rights of Nations, Nationalities and Peoples to self-determination, including the
right to secession.
4. It shall promote the equality of the Peoples of Ethiopia enshrined in the
Constitution and promote and consolidate their unity based on their mutual
consent.
5. It shall exercise the powers concurrently entrusted to it and to the House of
Peoples’ Representatives.
6. It shall strive to find solutions to disputes or misunderstandings that may arise
between States.
7. It shall determine the division of revenues derived from joint Federal and State
tax sources and the subsidies that the Federal Government may provide to the
States.
8. It shall determine civil matters which require the enactment of laws by the
House of Peoples’ Representatives.
9. It shall order Federal intervention if any State, in violation of this Constitution,
endangers the constitutional order.
10. It shall establish permanent and ad hoc committees.
11. It shall elect the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House, and it shall
adopt rules of procedure and internal administration.
