尽管名义上埃塞俄比亚是“民族联邦制”国家，但若出现分裂危险 — — 比如奥罗米亚（Oromia）和奥加登 — — 泽纳维很快就放弃了这一宪法规定。
Although nominally governed by “ethnic federalism,” where this threatened secession, as in Oromia or the Ogaden, Meles was quick to ignore the constitutional set-up.