[1] The new constitution would make the country a one-party socialist state with the Communist Workers' Party of Ethiopia as the sole legal party.
It was promulgated on 22 February, inaugurating the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
The ruling Workers' Party of Ethiopia established a Constitutional Commission in February 1986.
The document, modelled on the constitution of the Soviet Union, created a one-party state under the leadership of the WPE.
General elections were held on 14 June, and the country was officially renamed the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on 12 September.