The Powers and duties of the Standing Committees
The standing committees of the ‘Cafee’ shall have the general powers and duties to:
1. Investigate and submit proposals to the ‘Caffee’ on the draft laws referred to them pursuant to Article 45 of this proclamation;
2. Follow up and supervise the government organs assigned to them pursuant to the powers and duties of the standing committees;
3. Receive and entertain various complaints submitted to them in different ways as the case may be;
4. Subject to the purpose of their establishment, conduct study and supervise the effective implementation of laws, policies, strategies and programs of the Regional Governement;
5. Organize various study and discussion forums as well as facilitate mechanisms for experience sharing;
6. Can undertake their activities by sharing it to the sub committees;
7. Make sure that legislative and supervisory activities are done on gender equality basis and gender sensitized manner;
8. Initiate legal proposals for the issuance of new laws or for the revision of the existing ones,or cause other organs of the same;
9. Undertake other assignments given by the ‘Caffee’ or the speaker;
10. Notwithstanding the general powers and duties of the standing committees,each standing committee shall implement its detailed powers and duties having approved them by the ‘Caffee’;
The Caffee have different Committees. These are:
1.The Administrative & Legal Affairs Standing committee,
2.The Rural & Agricultural Development Affairs Standing committee,
3.Budget & Finance Affairs Standing Committee,
4.Economic Affairs Standing Committee,
5.The People Organization & Social Affairs Standing Committee, and
6.Women’s Affairs Standing Committee
7.Capacity building affairs standing Committee
8.Government expense Administration and control affairs standing Committee