[1] The most problematic issues during judges nomination in this Supreme Court has been identified with the judge interrelation with legislative and executive organs that has been political affiliated, while the judiciary completely must remain independent to government subjects.
[1] The Oromia Regional State Revisited Constitution Proclamation No 46/2001, Article 65(1–2) provides that:[1][2] Judges nominated on the grounds of the following criteria under Article 5 (a-h).
54/2002 also reinforce the consideration of Judicial Administration Commission of the Oromia Regional State under Article 13(1–2):[3][4][5] However, "lack of transparency" is practically the main problem in judicial selection, and has become a controversial issues to present the trained candidate for loyal assertion to judicial commission.
On 21 July 2022, the Oromia Supreme Court preside over the case of 17 defendants, two Oromo News Network (ONN) journalists named Bikila Amenu and Dessu Dulla, who were detained in November 2021 and again in May 2022.
A defense team criticized the action of Oromia Supreme Court as "contradicting its own charge amendments", citing the Article 258/A of the Criminal Code that stipulates about death penalty.