But the particular focus of the article is to examine the process of making the 1995 FDRE Constitution with a view to determine the extent to which the process of making the Constitution was flawless or blemished with the birth-defects that has led to the demise of the earlier constitutions. With such a long history of independence and four constitutions within six decades, why has Ethiopia failed to build a stable democratic constitutional order? This article attempts to find out the possible explanations for the failure of the past Ethiopian constitutions to bring about a sustainable democratic order. Ethiopia is one such country where a number of constitutions have been made but the quest for constitutionalism still an unanswered. The main argument in this article is that the process of making a constitution will have significant impact on the life and performance of a constitution. Some are still in a situation of perpetual quest for constitutionalism. ABSTRACT In their struggle to restrain the destructive exercise of power of their governments, quite a big number of countries have made one constitution after another with little or no success.
