Elections for a Constituent Assembly were held in Ethiopia on 5 June 1994 in order to form a body to draw up a new constitution.
The Ethiopian Civil War ended in 1991 with the overthrow of the Derg,[2] which had governed as the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia from 1987 to 1991.
The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a rebel group during the Derg, was transformed into the Transitional Government of Ethiopia in May 1991.
Under this authoritarian system, rules were based on ethnicity and anyone with opposing ideas were silenced with basic human rights denied by the seemingly unreachable leaders of the TGE.
Some groups were prohibited from becoming political parties if they were created to advance their political objectives by force of arms, and/or to foment conflict and war by preaching hatred and animosity among nations, nationalities and peoples on the basis of differences of race or religion.
The newly elected Constituent Assembly created the new Constitution of Ethiopia which took effect on 21 August 1995.