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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00GABORONE5064 |
STRENGTHENING MULTIPARTY DEMPOCRACY IN SOUTHERN [...] IN THE PAST YEAR SOUTHERN AFRICA HAS WITNESSED A SERIES OF ELECTIONS. SOME, SUCH AS THOSE IN MOZAMBIQUE, ZIMBABWE, AND TANZANIA, HAVE BEEN HOTLY CONTESTED IN SOME AREAS, WITH QUESTIONS RAISED AS TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE ELECTORAL PROCESS. OTHERS, SUCH AS THOSE IN BOTSWANA, NAMIBIA, AND MAURI [...] |
2000-11-09 12:53:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SADC EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM |
| 00HANOI2441 |
VIETNAM -- PEASANT DEMONSTRATIONS AT PARTY HQ SYMBOLIZE CONTINUING DISPUTES OVER USE DECISIONS AND COMPENSATION [...] SUMMARY: IN A RECENT PROTEST AGAINST UNRESOLVED LAND DISPUTES, 100 FARMERS FROM THREE PROVINCES CAMPED OUT OVERNIGHT IN FRONT OF PARTY HEADQUARTERS AND THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE IN HANOI. THEIR DEMONSTRATION, WHICH RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION IN THE VIETNAMESE MEDIA, WAS ONE MORE SIGN [...] |
2000-11-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EAGR VM DPOL |
| 00HARARE1969 |
AMBASSADOR URGES GOVERNMENT RESTRAINT IN [...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD HAD A CORDIAL, BUT SPIRITED, 1 1/2-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND NATIONAL HOUSING AND ZANU-PF PARTY CHAIRMAN, JOHN NKOMO, ON APRIL 7 DURING A FLIGHT BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA. THE AMBASSADOR EXPRESSED THE USG'S SERIOUS CONCERN OVER THE VIOLENCE [...] |
2000-04-11 15:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE2028 |
U.S. GOVERNMENT ELECTION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES [...] No summary [...] |
2000-04-13 15:28:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID ZI |
| 00HARARE2237 |
AMBASSADOR/TSVANGIRAI MEETING: MDC URGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN THE RUN-UP TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE MDC IS CONFRONTING INCREASING POLITICAL VIOLENCE FROM ZANU-PF, WHICH HAS LEFT FIVE OF THE OPPOSITION PARTY'S SUPPORTERS DEAD AND HUNDREDS OF RURAL AND URBAN BACKERS INJURED. NEVERTHELESS, MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI BELIEVES T [...] |
2000-04-26 13:58:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM PINS ZI |
| 00HARARE2297 |
AMBASSADOR PUTS HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER ON NOTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON APRIL 26 THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS REPEATED THE PARTY LINE TO AMBASSADOR MCDONALD THAT THE OCCUPATIONS OF THE COMMERCIAL FARMS IS A "POLITICAL ISSUE" WITH WHICH NEITHER HE NOR THE POLICE MAY INTERFERE, AS LONG AS THE TAKEOVERS ARE PEACEFUL. DABENGWA MAINTAINS THAT THE POLIC [...] |
2000-04-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE2515 |
"RED GUARDS" AND SQUATTERS: MUGABE'S [...] (C) THE MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS BEING VITIATED IN ZIMBABWE. IN ORDER TO WIN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION, THE DATE OF WHICH IS STILL NOT FIXED, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS UNLEASHED A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, COMPARABLE IN PURPOSE TO CHINA'S CULTURAL REVOLUTION. HIS TRUSTED AGENTS ARE T [...] |
2000-05-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE2609 |
NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY PEACE RALLY [...] ON MAY 13, THE CIVIL SOCIETY UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, THE NATIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL ASSEMBLY'S (NCA), "PEACE RALLY," WHICH WAS TO BE HELD IN HARARE'S SPORTS STADIUM, WAS DISRUPTED AFTER THE POLICE AND ABOUT 50 WAR VETERANS VIOLENTLY DISPERSED PEOPLE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER THE VENUE. EYEWITNESSES TOL [...] |
2000-05-15 16:15:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
| 00HARARE2894 |
ZANU-PF LEGAL SECRETARY ON LAND INVASIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF'S LEGAL SECRETARY, EDDISON ZVOGBO TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MAY 31 THAT THE "WAR VETERANS" WHO ARE OCCUPYING COMMERCIAL FARMS WILL BE REMOVED SHORTLY AFTER THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION AT THE END OF JUNE. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS CONCERN, ZVOGBO [...] |
2000-05-31 17:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI PREL |
| 00HARARE2953 |
MINISTER OF STATE TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RESPONSIBLE FOR INDIGENIZATION (BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT), CEPHAS MSIPA, TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 1 THAT ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION STRATEGY IS TO USE THE "WAR VETERANS" TO INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC INTO SUPPORTING THE RUL [...] |
2000-06-02 10:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI ZANU PF |
| 00HARARE3078 |
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENCE: SHOCKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: SEVERAL WHITE COMMERCIAL FARMERS AND BUSINESSPEOPLE TOLD AMBASSADOR MCDONALD JUNE 5 OF THE CONTINUING POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THEIR OCCUPIED PROPERTIES AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, DURING PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH THEM IN MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE. A BLACK MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE [...] |
2000-06-07 16:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3098 |
ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION MONITORS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DOMESTIC ELECTION MONITORS HAVE EXPRESSED SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S DECISION THAT UN ACCREDITATION OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS WILL BE APPROVED BY AN INTER-MINISTERI AL GOVERNMENT BODY, RATHER THAN BY THE ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC), AS HAS BEEN T [...] |
2000-06-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ZI PREL KDEM EAID EU |
| 00HARARE3106 |
EDUCATION MINISTER DECLINES TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN CONTINUING DIALOGUE WITH SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON PRE-ELECTION ISSUES, ON JUNE 7 THE AMBASSADOR AND POLOFF CALLED ON THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE, GABRIEL MACHINGA. IN RESPONSE TO THE AMBASSADOR'S CONDEMNATION OF THE TARGETING OF TEACHERS FOR POLITICAL [...] |
2000-06-09 11:16:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAGR PINR ZI |
| 00HARARE3166 |
UN PULLS OUT OF ELECTION PROCESS; CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE UN ANNOUNCED AT A DONORS' MEETING JUNE 9 THAT IT WAS WITHDRAWING ITS ELECTORAL SUPPORT UNIT. THE UN CITED THREE REASONS: CHANGES IN ELECTORAL REGULATIONS GIVING A GOZ BODY CONTROL OVER ACCREDITATION FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS, WHICH THE UN HAD PLANNED TO COORDINATE; A NOTE [...] |
2000-06-13 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI EU |
| 00HARARE3168 |
IRI AND NDI OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FACE [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST; SEE PARAS 8-10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: OBSERVER DELEGATIONS FROM THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE (NDI) AND INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN INSTITUTE (IRI) ARE FACING BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT SO FAR HAVE PREVENTED THEM FROM RECEIVING ACCREDITATION FROM [...] |
2000-06-13 16:55:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM ZI |
| 00HARARE3504 |
COUNTING PROCESS OF ELECTION VOTES IN ZIMBABWE [...] (U) PER REFTEL CON, THE FOLLOWING IS THE COUNTING PROCESS FOR VOTES IN ZIMBABWE FROM THE TIME POLLS ARE CLOSED UNTIL THE RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED: -- THE PRESIDING OFFICER SEALS THE WOODEN BOX (ONLY ONE PER POLLING STATION) IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST VOTE IS DEPOSITED. THE BOXES ARE SEALED WIT [...] |
2000-06-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ZI |
| 00HARARE3521 |
THE NEW ZIMBABWEAN PARLIAMENT: THE GLOVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE HAS CHANGED FOREVER AS A RESULT OF THE RECENT PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION THAT BROADENED PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY IN THE COUNTRY. THE "LOSERS" IN THIS ELECTION, THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), WILL TAKE THEIR ELECTORAL GRIEVANCES TO COURT, NOT THE STREET, [...] |
2000-06-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL ZI US |
| 00HARARE3652 |
DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS TIGHT-LIPPED [...] (C) SUMMARY: DEPUTY MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS NICHOLAS GOCHE WAS TIGHT-LIPPED OVER POSSIBLE CABINET CHANGES IN A JULY 3 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR. GOCHE, HOWEVER, NOTED THAT IT WILL BE DIFFICULT FOR THE PRESIDENT TO REAPPOINT THOSE MEMBERS WHOM THE PUBLIC REJECTED IN THE RECENT PARLI [...] |
2000-07-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 00KINSHASA8356 |
DHRF FY 2001 FUNDING REQUEST [...] EMBASSY KINSHASA REQUESTS $131,100 FOR SEVEN SMALL DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF) PROJECTS IN FY 2001, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR UNIDENTIFIED PROJECTS, BRINGING THE TOTAL REQUEST TO $146,100. THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS, INCLUDING PLANS FOR AN INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, HAVE BEEN UND [...] |
2000-12-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8357 |
DHRF ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT -- FY 2000 [...] THIS IS EMBASSY KINSHASA'S ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUND (DHRF). EMBASSY'S FUNDING REQUEST FOR 2001 PROJECTS FOLLOWS SEPTEL. 2. POST REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER CAREFULLY THE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CONGO WHEN EVALUATING RECENT DHRF PROJECTS [...] |
2000-12-15 07:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID XA CG |
| 00KINSHASA8490 |
SSH PROPOSALS FOR FY 2001 [...] EMBASSY REQUESTS USD 130,774 FOR NINE SMALL SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS FOR FY2001: -- FOUNDATION ON CONGOLESE AFRICAN STUDIES, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (FOCASED). REQUEST: USD 25,000. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: PROVIDING PREMISES FOR LITERACY SESSIONS FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AN [...] |
2000-12-21 13:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM EAID CG |
| 00THEHAGUE1734 |
DUTCH WILL PROVIDE ALBANIA ELECTION SUPPORT [...] The Dutch have decided to grant USD 500,000 to the UNDP for the OSCE-coordinated election support effort for the October Albania elections, with the proviso that it be used for voter registry preparations and data verification. 2. The Dutch plan to open their embassy in Tirana by late J [...] |
2000-06-09 10:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KDEM NL OSCE |
| 00THEHAGUE1738 |
DUTCH READY FOR POST-ELECTION SUPPORT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2000-06-09 16:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM MW NL |
| 01ABUJA2026 |
NIGERIA: THE 2002-2003 ELECTIONS -- THE "BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joe Baxter, Nigeria Country Director for the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), called on Ambassador Jeter on August 6 to discuss the 2002 local government (LG) elections and the national elections in 2003. Baxter also discussed the National Identity Card and Vo [...] |
2001-08-14 13:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV NI |
| 01ABUJA2878 |
2001 PDP CONVENTION: THE THRILL WAS GONE [...] (C) Summary: The 2001 Convention of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) elected an unopposed slate of national party leaders November 10. Yielding an outwardly harmonious convention, there was little sign of the wrangling and division that characterized the preceding four weeks of party congr [...] |
2001-11-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA2881 |
PDP: AN HISTORICAL SKETCH [...] (U) Introduction: The Peoples' Democratic Party, a hybrid from its inception, has been riven by internal power struggles, weakened by presidential interference, and now faces significant challenges gearing up for its own convention, much less the battery of local (2002) State and Federal (20 [...] |
2001-11-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3228 |
NIGERIA: NEW ELECTORAL LAW SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo signed the controversial electoral law on December 6. By shifting local government elections from 2002 to 2003, the measure has pitted the National Assembly against the state governors in a struggle to gain influence over local governments and electoral politi [...] |
2001-12-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3280 |
NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO REVIEW ELECTORAL ACT [...] (U) The Nigerian House of Representatives may cut short its holiday recess (through January 22) to the first week of January to review the electoral act signed by President Obasanjo on December 6. Speaker of the House Ghali Umar Na'Abba said that a committee created at his discretion had alre [...] |
2001-12-28 17:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 01ABUJA3288 |
NIGERIA'S ELECTORAL LAW CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: President Obasanjo denies having added an unpopular clause to the Election Law, asserting that some legislators inserted the language after he had noted its absence. A senior legislator privately conceded the point, commenting that the legislators had grossly exceeded their man [...] |
2001-12-31 16:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS NI |
| 01BANJUL878 |
GAMBIAN ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS - JAMMEH [...] WE DEPLOYED A TEAM OF SIX IEC-ACCREDITED ELECTION OBSERVERS FOR THE OCTOBER 18 POLL. WE CONTRIBUTED OUR CDA, IROG, GSO, OUR PROGRAM COORDINATOR AND OUR POLITICAL ASSISTANT. IN THEIR CONTINUING TRADITION OF UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR US, EMBASSY DAKAR CONTRIBUTED THE DATT. CDA AND OUR POLITI [...] |
2001-10-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREL GA |
| 01BANJUL892 |
GAMBIAN ELECTION FALLOUT: ADMIRATION TURNS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: A WAVE OF CRITICISM HAS REPLACED THE POSITIVE COMMENTARY HEARD IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OCTOBER 18 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THE UPC COALITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ALLEGE WIDESPREAD HARASSMENT AND UNREASONABLE ARRESTS SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE OFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS AND C [...] |
2001-10-26 11:55:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR GA |
| 01HANOI1010 |
VIETNAM - BURMA'S NEED TO QUICKEN THE PACE OF DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. VIETNAM HAS RAISED THE DIALOGUE WITH BURMA BEFORE, AND INTENDS TO DO SO AGAIN AT THE APRIL 30 ASEAN MINISTERIAL IN RANGOON, BUT "IN OUR OWN WAY." AN MFA OFFICER PRAISED THE "SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS" THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THE TALKS ALREADY. OUR POINTS WILL BE PASSED TO FM NIEN, [...] |
2001-04-27 11:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR KDEM BM VM ASEAN |
| 01HARARE1079 |
ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT [...] (U) IN THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, AS REPORTED REFTEL, TWO OF ZIMBABWE'S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS HAVE DEVOTED PROMINENT COVERAGE TO THE MARCH 8 INTRODUCTION IN THE U.S. SENATE OF THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA). ALTHOUGH THE ACCOUNTS IN BOTH PAPERS WERE GENERALLY FACTUAL, TH [...] |
2001-03-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI US |
| 01HARARE1082 |
FOREIGN MINISTER CONVOKES COMMONWEALTH HEADS [...] (C) ZIMBABWEAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS STANISLAUS MUDENGE SUMMONED COMMONWEALTH AND SADC HEADS OF MISSION IN HARARE ON MARCH 21 TO DELIVER A TWO-HOUR HARANGUE ON THE COMMONWEALTH MINISTERIAL ACTION GROUP (CMAG) STATEMENT ISSUED THE DAY BEFORE IN LONDON. "NOTHING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IN ZIMB [...] |
2001-03-21 15:29:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI ADCO |
| 01HARARE1123 |
MDC LOSES FIRST ELECTORAL CHALLENGE [...] (U) ON MARCH 23, HIGH COURT JUDGE VERNANDA ZIYAMBI DISMISSED A PETITION BY THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) SEEKING NULLIFICATION OF ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORY LAST JUNE IN THE ZVISHAVANE CONSTITUENCY. ZIYAMBI'S JUDGMENT WAS THE FIRST TO BE HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COU [...] |
2001-03-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1176 |
DATA ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES: ZIMBABWE [...] AT INDEPENDENCE IN 1980, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INHERITED A LANDMINE PROBLEM ALONG SOME OF ITS BORDERS, WHERE RHODESIAN SECURITY SERVICES HAD LAID MINES TO HINDER OPERATIONS BY REBEL GROUPS BASED IN MOZAMBIQUE AND ZAMBIA. ALTHOUGH MINE CLEARANCE BEGAN IN 1982 IN AFFECTED AREAS, THE GOVERN [...] |
2001-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1247 |
ZIMBABWE PARLIAMENT BECOMES RULING PARTY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE RULING ZANU-PF IS TAKING A DIFFERENT TACK IN ITS CAMPAIGN TO CLAMP DOWN ON THE OPPOSITION BY FORCING THROUGH PARLIAMENT LEGISLATION THAT AIMS TO RESTRICT OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES. IN AN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION ON APRIL 3-4, ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS SUSPENDED THE LEGISLATURE'S OWN [...] |
2001-04-05 17:45:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECPS KDEM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1257 |
ROAD MAP FOR IMPROVING ZIMBABWE-U.S. RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) THE IMPENDING ARRIVAL OF A NEW ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICA PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE STOCK OF OUR RELATIONSHIP ITH ZIMBABWE. THAT RELATIONSHIP HAS DETERIORATED BADLY AS THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT HAS INCREASINGLY ELIED ON VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION TO PRESERVE IS HO [...] |
2001-04-06 09:27:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1306 |
ZIMBABWEAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) ON APRIL 11, A ZIMBABWEAN EMPLOYEE OF THE EMBASSY MET ALONE WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI, A LONGTIME CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AT MAHACHI'S REQUEST. IN THE MEETING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, MAHACHI SOLICITED THE INFORMAL LEGAL ADVICE OF OUR EMPLOYEE --A LAWYER BY TRAINING -- R [...] |
2001-04-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE1453 |
MDC WINS TWO PARLIAMENTARY LEGAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) IN A SIGNIFICANT LEGAL VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC), HIGH COURT JUDGE JAMES DEVITTIE ON APRIL 26 NULLIFIED ZANU-PF'S PARLIAMENTARY VICTORIES IN TWO CONSTITUENCIES LAST JUNE -- BUHERA NORTH IN MANICALAND AND HURUNGWE EAST IN MASHONALAND WEST -- AND DECLARE [...] |
2001-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1495 |
MDC CAMPAIGNING ACTIVELY BUT QUIETLY FOR PRESIDENCY, BUT [...] (C) THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) HAS STRENGTHENED ITS INTERNAL STRUCTURES AND PUT IN PLACE A RIGOROUS POLICY-VETTING PROCESS. THE LACK OF ADEQUATE RESOURCES, HOWEVER, CONTINUES TO POSE A PROBLEM, EXACERBATED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S REFUSAL TO GIVE THE MDC FUNDS TO WHICH IT [...] |
2001-05-02 15:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1536 |
CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST MDC PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI REFERRED [...] (U) MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI APPEARED BEFORE HIGH COURT JUDGE MOSES CHINHENGO ON SIPDIS MAY 7 TO FACE CHARGES -- UNDER THE COLONIAL-ERA LAW AND ORDER MAINTENANCE ACT -- OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE AND OF INCITING PUBLIC VIOLENCE. AS REPORTED REFTEL, TH [...] |
2001-05-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1584 |
MASVINGO TENSE AS CITY BRACES FOR MAYORAL [...] (C) THE VIOLENCE REPORTED REFTEL HAS CONTINUED UNABATED IN MASVINGO TOWN IN THE RUNUP TO THE MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13, WITH CONTINUING SKIRMISHES BETWEEN SUPPORTERS OF THE RULING ZANU-PF AND THOSE OF THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC). ACCORDING TO THE INDEPENDENT "DAILY NE [...] |
2001-05-11 11:17:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE1620 |
OPPOSITION WINS MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (U) THE CANDIDATE FOR THE OPPOSITION MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) OVERCAME A CONCERTED CAMPAIGN EFFORT BY THE RULING ZANU-PF, INCLUDING SIGNIFICANT LEVELS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION (REFTELS), TO WIN THE MASVINGO MAYORAL ELECTION MAY 12-13. THE MDC'S ALOIS CHAIMITI, A RETIRED ENGIN [...] |
2001-05-15 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS ZI |
| 01HARARE2470 |
ZIMBABWE REGIME'S ATTITUDE TOWARD ELECTION [...] (C) BELOW ARE EMBASSY HARARE'S RESPONSES TO REFTEL TASKING QUESTIONS: A. (C) HIGH-LEVEL GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) OFFICIALS HAVE EXPRESSED TO US OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS THE GOZ'S INTENTION TO PERMIT OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT OBSERVERS OF THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS INCLUDES U [...] |
2001-08-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE2743 |
DISCUSSION OF IFES EXPULSION WITH MFA [...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING WITH MFA DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE, CHARGE ROTH RAISED U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE EXPULSION OF THE TEAM FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ELECTION SYSTEMS (IFES -- REF B), AND PROVIDED A COPY OF THE EMBASSY'S SEPTEMBER 13 D [...] |
2001-09-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE2760 |
ZIMBABWE NIXES INITIAL VISIT BY EU ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) EU ACTING CHIEF OF MISSION ALEX KREMER, ACCOMPANIED BY BRUSSELS-BASED EU STAFFER TIM SHEEHY, DESCRIBED TO POLITICAL SECTION CHIEF ON SEPTEMBER 17 THE HEADACHES EXPERIENCED BY THE EU IN TRYING TO GET A NINE-PERSON TECHNICAL TEAM ON THE GROUND TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR A SUSTAINED ELECTION OB [...] |
2001-09-19 12:56:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE3427 |
ACTIVITIES RELATED TO 2002 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) THE FOLLOWING ELECTION RELATED ACTIVITIES IN ZIMBABWE ARE NOW IN THE PLANNING STAGES OR UNDERWAY. THE GOZ HAS NOT BEEN CONSULTED ON THESE ACTIVITIES, WHICH HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY NGOS AND/OR CIVIL SOCIETY, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO INFORM THE GOZ OF CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SOME OF T [...] |
2001-11-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM EAID PGOV ZI |
| 01HARARE672 |
SWEDISH AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS SWEDEN'S AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: RELATIONS BETWEEN ZIMBABWE AND SWEDEN FELL TO AN ALL-TIME LOW DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY AS THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD SUSPENDED BILATERAL AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE. ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE RESPONDED ANGRILY, SAYING THAT HI [...] |
2001-02-08 15:23:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KDEM PINR ZI SW |
| 01HARARE741 |
GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE INTENSIFIES SQUEEZE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE'S ASSAULT ON THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA HAS NOT ABATED IN THE WAKE OF THE BOMBING OF THE "DAILY NEWS." THE CURRENT ATTACK ON PRESS FREEDOM IS, HOWEVER, MORE SOPHISTICATED AND MAY IN THE LONG RUN BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "DAILY NEWS" PRI [...] |
2001-02-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE766 |
REMAINING ZIMBABWE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES STAND [...] (C) AFTER JUSTICE MINISTER PATRICK CHINAMASA STRONG- ARMED CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY INTO RESIGNING (REF B), THE REMAINING FOUR SUPREME COURT JUSTICES ARE STANDING FIRM FOR NOW. JUSTICE NICHOLAS MCNALLY TOLD POLITICAL CHIEF ON FEBRUARY 13 THAT AFTER CHINAMASA PRESSURED HIM TO RESIGN ON FE [...] |
2001-02-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE816 |
UNENTHUSIASTIC ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY TRYING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MAJORITY OF ZIMBABWE'S RULING ZANU- PF PARTY MEMBERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND THE WAY HE IS RUNNING THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY WILL NOT OFFER MORE THAN PASSIVE RESISTANCE TO HIS DESTRUCTIVE POLICIES, OUR CONTACTS TELL US. THERE IS NOT LIKELY TO BE MUCH ENTHUSIASM FOR [...] |
2001-02-23 11:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM ZI ZANU PF |
| 01HARARE847 |
ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY MODERATES BOYCOTT "SHAM" [...] (C) MODERATES ALIGNED TO MASVINGO ZANU-PF "SUPREMO" EDDISON ZVOBGO BOYCOTTED FEBRUARY 24'S PROVINCIAL PARTY ELECTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE A "SHAM." THE ZANU-PF FACTION ALIGNED WITH MASVINGO GOVERNOR JOSIAH HUNGWE, WHO IS AN ALLY OF PRESIDENT MUGABE AND VICE-PRESIDENT MUZENDA, WERE ELECTED TO T [...] |
2001-02-26 16:01:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE861 |
SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE FIGHTS BACK [...] (SBU) IN A DRAMATIC, ELEVENTH HOUR TWIST TO THE SAGA OF THE ZIMBABWEAN JUDICIARY, CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY MADE PUBLIC HIS INTENTION TO STAY ON THE JOB. IT WAS EARLIER UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CHIEF JUSTICE WOULD WRAP UP HIS AFFAIRS AT THE BENCH ON FEBRUARY 28, AT WHICH TIME HE WOULD TAKE FOU [...] |
2001-02-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE871 |
ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY OFFICIALS DIVIDED ON MANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN CHARGE, POLOFF, AND THREE MID-LEVEL ZANU-PF OFFICIALS REINFORCED THE NOTION THAT ZANU-PF IS NOT THE MONOLITH OF OPINION THAT IS OFTEN CONVEYED IN THE PRESS. CHARGE AND POLOFF SPOKE TO DEPUTY MINISTER FOR EDUCATION, SPORTS AND CULTURE AENEAS CHIGWEDER [...] |
2001-02-28 14:40:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE897 |
GREATER SOPHISTICATION AND THOROUGHNESS [...] (C) IN ITS INTENSIFYING EFFORT TO CONTROL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO HARDEN ITS APPROACH TOWARD THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA. THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) IS PURSUING A TWO-PRONGED APPROACH: CAREFUL CONTROL OF THE CONTENT AND "SPIN" OF NEWS REPORTED BY THE S [...] |
2001-03-02 11:32:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO PINS PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01HARARE944 |
MEDIA UPDATE: CNN CREW PREVENTED FROM FILMING NEAR [...] POLICE OFFICERS, ARMY PERSONEL, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED CIVILIAN PREVENTED AMCIT BOB COEN, THE CNN STRINGER IN ZIMBABWE, FROM FILMING NEAR THE SUPREME COURT ON MARCH 7. COEN, WHO HAS LIVED IN ZIMBABWE AND WORKED OFF AND ON FOR CNN FOR NEARLY 10 YEARS, WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAPE [...] |
2001-03-08 09:16:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KPAO KDEM PINR ZI |
| 01HARARE975 |
ZIMBABWE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE DOWN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION RACE HAS NARROWED TO TWO PEOPLE SHOULD PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE DECIDE NOT TO RUN FOR REELECTION IN THE EARLY 2002 RACE. SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IS IN THE STRONGEST POSITION TO TAKE OVER THE COUNTRY'S REINS, WITH HIS VERY CLOSE [...] |
2001-03-12 09:46:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM ZI |
| 01LIMA3418 |
TOLEDO AT THE HELM [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALEJANDRO TOLEDO WAS TENACIOUS IN HIS STRUGGLE TO REACH THE PRESIDENCY AND WILL APPLY THE SAME TENACITY TO SUCCEED IN OFFICE. HE COMES TO OFFICE WITH NO GOVERNMENT OR MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE, HOWEVER, AND HIS PROPENSITY TO BE A ONE-MAN SHOW CAN BE A NAGGING SHORTCOMING. NONETHELE [...] |
2001-06-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PE |
| 01PRISTINA1593 |
THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...] |
2001-09-11 07:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR |
| 01TUNIS325 |
GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY [...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL), TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...] |
2001-02-09 08:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS |
| 02ABUJA1068 |
NIGERIA,S OBASANJO IN TROUBLE IN THE NORTH [...] (U) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's probable re-election bid faces deep opposition in the North, but he seems to have a strategy for recovery. Nigeria's leader benefits from a lack of credible opponents and the apparent readiness of some Northern elites to join his government, if [...] |
2002-04-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA1184 |
NIGERIA 2003: OO BOOSTERS TRY TO PRE-EMPT [...] (C) Summary: From the perspective of recent history, the processions of sycophantic visitors and Obasanjo's own words strongly suggest Nigeria's President will seek a second term. At a minimum, Obasanjo boosters seek to pre-empt anyone else contemplating a run -- the better to assure continue [...] |
2002-04-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1323 |
NIGERIA: LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrating a degree of pragmatism in the face of an incipient political emergency, President Obasanjo, the 36 governors, speakers of the state houses of assembly, leadership of the three registered political parties and INEC agreed to hold local government elections on August 10 [...] |
2002-04-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1324 |
NIGERIA -- OBASANJO WILL RUN IN 2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obasanjo April 25 announced he would seek reelection in 2003 under the PDP banner. Before a throng of several thousand people, comprised mainly of PDP partisans drawn from near and far but including curiosity seekers and a smattering of Abuja denizens with nothing bett [...] |
2002-04-26 16:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1448 |
NIGERIA: OPPOSITION PARTIES TALK MERGER [...] (C) In reporting President Obasanjo's formal announcement to seek reelection, reftel forecasted that Obasanjo's statement would force his opponents to respond. His political adversaries wasted little time making that prediction come true. 2. (C) Most major daily newspapers have been repor [...] |
2002-05-09 12:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA1485 |
NIGERIA: ABUBAKAR RIMI IS COMING TO TOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 3 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, PDP maverick and long-shot Presidential aspirant Mohammed Abubakar Rimi claimed he had heard a rumor that the Embassy was warning American visitors not to see him because of his alleged ties to terrorism. After the Ambassador dismissed [...] |
2002-05-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1496 |
NIGERIA: May 6-17 ROUND-UP [...] (U) Summary. Political parties rail against the new Electoral Commission guidelines for party registration (paras 2-5). The Attorney General questions the constitutionality of the political compromise postponing local government elections to August (6- 10). Presidential allies in the House of [...] |
2002-05-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA1595 |
NIGERIA: ASSOCIATIONS CHALLENGE ELECTORAL [...] Summary: The thirty-three political associations railed against party registration guidelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revised on 5/17, arguing that the amended guidelines were as unconstitutional as the ones they rejected earlier this month (reftel). Though the ass [...] |
2002-05-23 19:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1850 |
NIGERIA: A RETURN TO REGIONAL ELECTORAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: A current snapshot of presidential electioneering shows two contesting strategies, one devised by the President's camp, the other by his strongest opposition. The President appears content to steamroll the PDP nomination through tightening his grip on the party apparatus. To win t [...] |
2002-06-21 16:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA1943 |
IBB, ALIYU AND THE RACE FOR NIGERIA'S PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Summary: IBB is not running, for now, and neither is Aliyu Mohammed, according to several political insiders. But both retired generals are deeply frustrated with incumbent retired general Olusegun Obasanjo. There are pressures on IBB to run, but he carries heavy baggage. If the North c [...] |
2002-06-27 17:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PINR KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2166 |
NIGERIA: NDP OFFICIAL SUPPORTS BABANGIDA FOR [...] (C) Summary. Architect Baba Isimi, Director General of the National Secretariat of the newly registered NDP July 1 told Poloff that the NDP would nominate IBB as Presidential candidate if given the option. According to Isimi, the NDP considers itself a centrist party, touting a new generation [...] |
2002-07-23 14:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2171 |
NIGERIA: FAILED PDP PRIMARY INDICATES MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Many states delayed PDP primaries slated for early July for fear of violence. Violent disturbances marred the primaries that did go forward; Post sources could verify peaceful primaries in only four states. Vice President Atiku Abubakar indicated that agreements aimed at limiting [...] |
2002-07-23 15:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2202 |
NIGERIA: THREE NEW POLITICAL PARTIES--OLD WINE IN [...] (C) Summary: INEC registered three new political parties June 22, bringing the total of approved parties to six. However, this doubling of the number of parties does not represent liberalization of the political landscape. At least two of the three parties, the NDP and the UNPP, are tied to fo [...] |
2002-07-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA2262 |
NIGERIA: LAGOS GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO NEEDS A [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu stated that President Obasanjo was in deep trouble politically. Reelection hinged on a deal with Tinubu's Alliance for Democracy (AD). However, Tinubu claimed Obasanjo was still trying to assert PDP su [...] |
2002-07-30 18:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2267 |
NIGERIA: METHODIST ARCHBISHOP TOUTS OBASANJO -- [...] Summary: (C) During a July 5 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Methodist Archbishop Sunday Mbang felt Obasanjo was performing well and would win reelection. One of Nigeria's most influential clerics, Mbang attributed much of the criticism levied at the President to Obasanjo's clamping down on cor [...] |
2002-08-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2322 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO FACES VIOLENT PROTEST IN KANO [...] (C) Summary: Instead of being a vehicle to improve his image in Northern public opinion, President Obasanjo's visit to Kano has been mired in controversy over the police response to anti-Obasanjo protests in that city. Over 35 people were arrested when their demonstration turned violent July 2 [...] |
2002-08-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2522 |
NIGERIA: FUROR OVER INEC [...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) faces serious challenges in its efforts to prepare Nigeria for early 2003 national, state and local elections. Nigerians know these elections are crucial in determining whether their democracy survives and is strengthened or whe [...] |
2002-08-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS NI |
| 02ABUJA2539 |
NIGERIA -- FORMER VP EKWUEME SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two meetings with the Ambassador in late July and mid-August, former civilian Vice President and current Chairman of the PDP Trustee Board Alex Ekwueme waxed about the danger of massive defections from the party due to President Obasanjo's waning popularity. As a result, [...] |
2002-08-28 09:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA2675 |
NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: Voter registration began in Abuja September 12 with little fanfare and not much of a turnout. Previously postponed in July and August, there was ample speculation the exercise would be cancelled once more because of INEC's unpreparedness and the injunction sought by unregistered p [...] |
2002-09-13 18:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2712 |
NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE BUHARI--PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Disaffection with President Obasanjo has placed three words into the lexicon of Northern politicians: "Northern Consensus Candidate." One of the bruited names is Mohammadu Buhari, former military Head of State from 1983 to 1985. Known as an honest, highly disciplined, hard-working [...] |
2002-09-20 08:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2736 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S IMPEACHMENT DRAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once dismissed as another hollow threat by a feckless National Assembly, the ongoing impeachment drama is now the central political issue in Nigeria, eclipsing even voter registration. Obasanjo's removal from office remains unlikely however the odds against him are stronger than l [...] |
2002-09-24 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2739 |
NIGERIA: INEC CLOSES REGISTRATION; MANY UNABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: INEC wrapped up the ten-day (plus one) voter registration period without resolving the most important complaint against the exercise: an inadequate supply of registration materials resulting in the disenfranchisement of roughly half of Nigeria's eligible voters. On September 21, [...] |
2002-09-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2788 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S THREATENED IMPEACHMENT -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to impeach Obasanjo seem to be losing steam, but the ultimate outcome still remains uncertain. Many protagonists may not want to remove Nigeria's President from office, but rather to weaken him politically to the point that he fails to get the PDP President nomination or v [...] |
2002-10-03 19:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2831 |
FRIENDS OF NIGERIA HEADS OF MISSION MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted a meeting with Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. on October 7 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. The Ambassador identified the need to coordinate exchanges of information and to possibly develop coordinated policies among t [...] |
2002-10-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2862 |
NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU -- DISTANCING [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Vice President Atiku Abubakar admitted his relationship with President Obasanjo was on the shoals, attributing the deterioration to Obasanjo's poor political skills and reliance on malevolent, imprudent advisors. Atiku stated Oba [...] |
2002-10-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2883 |
NIGERIA: A POLITICAL PARTY PRIMER [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: With the registration of three new political parties, the political landscape for Nigeria's 2003 election cycle now includes six political parties: the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP), the Alliance for Democracy (AD), the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), the Natio [...] |
2002-10-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2892 |
NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU MULLS A PROMOTION [...] (C) Summary: Vice President Atiku Abubakar wants to be Nigeria's next President; however, he no longer wants to wait for 2007. Competing ambitions and mutual mistrust have placed Atiku and Obasanjo on a collision course. Atiku thinks he can snatch the PDP Presidential nomination from an unpo [...] |
2002-10-22 11:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2932 |
NIGERIA: VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN JOS; PART OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Communal violence continued to plague parts of Plateau State, including areas of the capital Jos. Initial reports from Amcits resident there indicated spill-over violence in Jos after at least 10 were killed in the nearby village of Maza. Military troops have restored order to th [...] |
2002-10-25 18:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC PGOV SOCI KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2989 |
NIGERIA: INEC CHAIRMAN DISMISSES CHARGES OF UNDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 30 meeting with Chiefs of Mission from key western and other countries, INEC Chairman Abel Guobadia discussed INEC's performance during the recent voter registration and its plans for the spring general election. Guobadia dismissed allegations of both significa [...] |
2002-11-01 15:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2990 |
NIGERIA: YORUBA TRADITIONAL RULER SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During an October 22 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, the Ooni of Ife declared that Nigeria would disintegrate if President Obasanjo were not reelected. The most influential Yoruba traditional ruler, Ooni Sijuwade claimed that the desire of Northern politicians to control national [...] |
2002-11-01 15:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA2991 |
NIGERIA: FORMER HEAD OF STATE ABUBAKAR THINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to former Head of State Abdulsalami Abubakar, the October 10 dinner meeting with Obasanjo, Babangida, VP Atiku, NSA Mohammed and himself did not bridge differences between Obasanjo and the others. Since no consensus on the way forward was reached, Abubakar felt the best [...] |
2002-11-01 16:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA3016 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA ON THE OBASANJO-ATIKU-IBB [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Nigerian Minister of Defense Lieutenant General (ret.) Theophilus Y. Danjuma discussed the current state of Nigerian politics. Danjuma spoke at length of the tense relationship between President Obasanjo, Vice President Atiku a [...] |
2002-11-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA3017 |
NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Ambassador Jeter and Economic Officer Hricik met with Gombe State Governor Hashidu and Deputy Governor Lidani to discuss Nigerian politics and Northern views on the U.S. The Governor said the National Assembly's attempt to impeach President Obasanjo sent the wrong [...] |
2002-11-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA3029 |
NIGERIA: PDP CHAIRMAN SAYS OBASANJO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 31 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, PDP National Chairman Audu Ogbeh correctly predicted the impeachment threat against President Obasanjo would soon be resolved. Nevertheless, the dispute had exacerbated North-South tensions. Despite the President's lack of a po [...] |
2002-11-05 16:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA3033 |
NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEET ON INEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted a second meeting with Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. on October 15 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. This meeting concentrated on the flawed registration process, elections monitors and the need for an agreed upon standar [...] |
2002-11-06 08:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA3037 |
NIGERIA: AFENIFERE LEADER SAYS "NO" TO A NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 Lagos meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Afenifere leader Senator Abraham Adesanya labeled the impeachment threat against Obasanjo a ruse to return national political power to the North. Although not an Obasanjo supporter, Adesanya was adamant that the Presidency [...] |
2002-11-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA3105 |
NIGERIA: "PATRIOTS" ASK OBASANJO TO [...] ( C) Summary: Chief Frederick Rotimi Williams, prominent Lagos attorney and charter member of the "Patriots", a group of prominent Southern and Middle Belt figures, told Ambassador Jeter on October 21 that the "Patriots" had issued a public statement urging President Obasanjo not to seek re- [...] |
2002-11-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 02ABUJA3256 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO SUPPORTS CODE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 20 meeting with USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios and Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo endorsed an all-parties Code of Conduct and promised to honor INEC's 27 billion Naira (USD 210 million) 2003 elections funding request. Obasanjo expressed confidence that [...] |
2002-12-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3303 |
NIGERIA: NOVEMBER 25 "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter hosted the third meeting of Chiefs of Mission of Germany, France, Canada, and the U.K. Deputy High Commissioner on November 25 to discuss upcoming Nigerian elections. The November 25 meeting concentrated on the need for uniform standards by which to judge Niger [...] |
2002-12-12 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA3313 |
NIGERIA--AN IMPEACHMENT POST-MORTEM [...] (C) Summary: Roughly a month has passed since the impeachment threat against Obasanjo was effectively shelved; however, its repercussions continue to be felt throughout the Nigerian polity. President Obasanjo has been made painfully aware of his electoral vulnerabilities, and is trying to dra [...] |
2002-12-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA3344 |
NIGERIA: KADUNA GOVERNOR BLAMES RECENT VIOLENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 11 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Schrage and Ambassador Jeter, Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi discussed the late November violence in Kaduna. Makarfi blamed the riots on pro-sharia Islamic groups [...] |
2002-12-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 02ABUJA3372 |
NIGERIA: DECEMBER POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This periodic update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- INEC: 30 Political Associations for Registration -- Cabinet Shake-Up -- Rimi and Others Sue the PDP -------------------------------------- [...] |
2002-12-24 10:58:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI NI |
| 02ABUJA3374 |
NIGERIA: PARTIAL UPDATE ON INEC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Under growing scrutiny from domestic political parties and the international donor community and sensing that the sand is emptying from the electoral hourglass, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) is attempting to show mastery of its brief. On December 18, INEC released a [...] |
2002-12-27 11:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI |
| 02ABUJA601 |
NIGERIA: INAUGURAL CEREMONY FOR EDDI [...] A highly successful inaugural ceremony for the first of six EDDI Community Resource Centers CRC) was held on Tuesday, February 19, at the National Center for Women's Development in Abuja. Ambassador Jeter gave the opening address, in which he explained the genesis of the Community Resource Ce [...] |
2002-02-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL KDEM NI |
| 02AMMAN3947 |
JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...] |
2002-07-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN6141 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: JORDAN WILL BE [...] (U) On October 21, Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department informed poloff that, due to other scheduling requirements, FonMin Muasher regretted that he would not be able to attend the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Seoul, November 10-12. The Jordanian delegation will [...] |
2002-10-22 06:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02HARARE555 |
ELECTION DAILY REPORT: POLICE AND SOLDIERS [...] (C) SHORTLY AFTER NOON ON FEBRUARY 28, POLICE RAIDED THE MDC HARARE PROVINCIAL HEADQUARTERS. PROVINCIAL ELECTION COORDINATOR DONALD CHIRUNGA TOLD US THAT A LARGE "LUNCH TIME MEETING" WAS CALLED IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS NEAR COKE CORNER OUTSIDE HARARE, WHERE MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI SHO [...] |
2002-03-02 06:22:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI |
| 02HARARE556 |
MORE ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS, MORE UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENTS (REFTEL), THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF LEGAL AND OTHER ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PAST 48 HOURS. A HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON DUAL NATIONALITY AND A SUPREME COURT RULING ON VOTING BY CONSTITUENC [...] |
2002-03-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI |
| 02HARARE591 |
ZIMBABWEAN ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE SETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE TWO TOP OFFICIALS OF ZIMBABWE'S ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) BRIEFED INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6 ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MARCH 9 AND 10 VOTE. IN A SURREAL NINETY-MINUTE SPEECH, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED NUMBER TWO OF THE ESC, A PRO-ZANU [...] |
2002-03-06 15:52:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
| 02HARARE620 |
OUR TAKE ON ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOZ HAS TO A LARGE DEGREE SUCCEEDED IN ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP PRYING OUTSIDE EYES AWAY FROM THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FIELD AND, IT NOW APPEARS, OUT OF THE POLLING STATIONS ON VOTING DAY. BY DERAILING THE EFFORTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MISSION AND THE ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS SUPPORT [...] |
2002-03-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE640 |
ZIMBABWE: PRELIMINARY VOTING STATISTICS FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. BASED ON OFFICIAL STATISTICS RELEASED THUS FAR (WHICH WE HAVE NO WAY TO VERIFY), WE EXPECT ZANU-PF TO CLAIM VICTORY IN THE 2002 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. TURNOUT TO DATE, EVEN IN AREAS WHERE VOTING HAS BEEN TRUNCATED, HAS EXCEEDED JUNE 2000 LEVELS IN ALL PROVINCES SAVE BULAWAYO. [...] |
2002-03-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI |
| 02HARARE678 |
COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP GIVES [...] (U) AFTER A ONE-HOUR DELAY, COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP (COG) HEAD OF MISSION ABDULSALAMI ABUBAKAR READ TO THE ASSEMBLED PRESS AND DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN INTERIM STATEMENT ON THE ZIMBABWEAN ELECTION THAT WAS SHORT BUT CERTAINLY NOT SWEET TO GOZ EARS. ABUBAKAR REMARKED ON THE COMMONWEALTH'S ENGA [...] |
2002-03-14 12:42:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI |
| 02KUWAIT5261 |
(C) TALABANI PLEASED WITH KUWAITI RECEPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jalal Talabani, leader of the Iraqi Kurdish PUK, told Ambassador December 3 he had been well received by the GOK, which promised to engage with other Iraqi opposition groups as well, and to facilitate contacts with other Gulf states. Kuwait's National Assembly had proposed to ho [...] |
2002-12-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ KU |
| 02LAGOS146 |
SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...] |
2002-12-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI |
| 02LAGOS2044 |
NIGERIA: A TRIP TO IBADAN IN OYO STATE [...] (C) Summary. A trip to Ibadan in Oyo State shows residents of the southwest are already revving up for the elections in 2003. Dr. Omulolu Olunloyo, who was governor of Oyo State more than a decade ago, has decided to come out of semi-retirement to run again for that office "for the good of th [...] |
2002-10-15 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 02ROME1544 |
REPORT ON IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES [...] SUMMARY: THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 01544 01 OF 02 270916Z (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES MET IN ROME MARCH 20, 2002 TO APPROVE IDLI'S WORK PLAN, ENDORSE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND APPROVE CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC TEXT [...] |
2002-03-27 08:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KDEM IDLI |
| 02ROME2340 |
NORTH AFRICA: OUTLOOK FOR DEMOCRACY SUBJECT OF [...] SUMMARY: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA PRESENTED A CONFERENCE MAY 3-4 ON STRATEGIES FOR A PLURALISTIC FUTURE IN NORTH AFRICA. ACADEMICIANS AND PRACTITIONERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE, AND NORTH AFRICA PRESENTED THE HISTORICAL AND PRESENT-DAY CONTEXT IN WHICH DEM [...] |
2002-05-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM EAID XI IT UN |
| 02ROME4341 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIANS WAIT FOR EU [...] (U) ITALY WILL AWAIT THE RESULTS OF SEPT. 11 DISCUSSION AT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04341 061232Z THE EU CFSP HUMAN RIGHTS WORKING GROUP BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL, INCOMING MFA HU [...] |
2002-09-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL EU EUN |
| 02ROME4613 |
GOI: IF WE SANCTION ZIMBABWE, WHY NOT ERITREA? [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) POLMINCOUNS DELIVERED TO MFA ASSISTANT SECRETARY-EQUIVALENT CABRAS REF A DEMARCHE ENJOINING THE EU SIPDIS NOT TO INVITE ZIMBABWE TO ITS FALL MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN AFRICA DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY [...] |
2002-09-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PHUM KDEM ZI ER IT SADC |
| 02ROME5458 |
COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: ITALIAN PREPARATIONS FOR [...] WE CONVEYED REFS A AND B POINTS TO ALESSANDRO FALLAVOLLITA, CHAIRMAN OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS (AND CURRENT HEAD OF THE ITALIAN DELEGATION TO SEOUL). FALLAVOLLITA: - INDICATED ITALY MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEND AN UNDERSECRETARY AS HEAD OF ITS DELEGATION; IF NOT, FALLAVOL [...] |
2002-11-07 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL IT EUN |
| 02ROME981 |
IDLI ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES: CHANGES TO [...] SUMMARY. THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE (IDLI) ASSEMBLY OF MEMBER STATES WILL MEET MARCH 20, 2002. THE MEMBER STATES WILL BE ASKED TO APPROVED TWO CHANGES TO IDLI'S BASIC STATUTES. MISSION RECOMMENDS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ROME 00981 261523Z S [...] |
2002-02-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KDEM IDLI |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2556 |
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RATES HONDURAS AMONG [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 29, Transparency International released its 2002 Corruption Perceptions Index ranking Honduras 71 of 102 countries analyzed. Honduras scored 2.7 on a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being a perfect score) - the same score it received in 2001. The CPI highlighted the fact t [...] |
2002-09-11 21:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON PHUM HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA2727 |
HONDURAS UNSURE IF IT WILL ATTEND COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] |
2002-09-27 20:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL HO |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3142 |
HONDURAS SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION ON VENEZUELAN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on Venezuelan democracy November 18 to MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin. Fortin told PolOff that the GOH did not have any response to the demarche, other than to note that the GOH supported the USG's position on Venezuelan democracy outlined in t [...] |
2002-11-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HO VE |
| 02TEGUCIGALPA3204 |
HONDURAS PLEDGES TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF OAS SYG [...] No summary [...] |
2002-11-22 23:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM HO VE |
| 03ABUDHABI1284 |
UAE WOMEN MAY BE ELECTED TO THE CHAMBERS OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: IN WHAT COULD BE A FIRST STEP TO WOMEN IN THE UAE'S PARLIAMENTARY FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC), THE ABU DHABI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE HAVE PROPOSED ELECTING BUSINESSWOMEN TO THE BOARD OF THE LOCAL AND FEDERAL- LEVEL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE UAE FEDE [...] |
2003-03-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL ECON EAID KPAL KWMN KDEM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1285 |
PEACEFUL MARCHES IN PROTEST OF THE IMPENDING [...] (U) The local press reported that students at the UAE University in Al-Ain participated in a peaceful anti-war demonstration on March 15. (Note: The UAE University, with some 14,000 students, is the largest in the UAE. End note.) The march was organized by the Emirates National Students' Unio [...] |
2003-03-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI1750 |
IRAQI EXPATS IN UAE CONVEY MESSAGE TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) SUMMARY: Polchief -- after securing agreement from the organizers that she would be in listening mode only -- accepted an invitation t [...] |
2003-04-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAO KDEM IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI237 |
S/P DIRECTOR HAASS AND CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Ambassador Richard Haass, Ambassador Wahba and Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad Bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) had a lively exchange on Iraq, Iran and Saudi-US relatio [...] |
2003-01-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI3069 |
PROSPECTS FOR GREATER POLITICAL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: The collapse of Saddam's regime and an avowed U.S. policy of encouraging greater political participation and economic reform across the region in the post 9/11 environment have increased expectation [...] |
2003-06-29 12:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TC |
| 03ABUDHABI310 |
SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS 1/21-22 [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE. Your schedule is taking shape, with meetings requested with President Zayid Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan and Chi [...] |
2003-01-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PTER IR IZ TC |
| 03ABUDHABI325 |
NEXT STEPS ON U.S.-MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP [...] SUMMARY: POST WELCOMES THE LIST OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS, DETAILED IN REFTEL. THEY WILL PROVIDE WELCOME REINFORCEMENT FOR OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE UAE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THESE CRITICAL AREAS. IN PARTICULAR, WE SEEK WAYS TO ACCELERATE THE POSITIVE MOVEM [...] |
2003-01-21 11:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO TC |
| 03ABUDHABI726 |
UAE OPINION MAKERS TO NEA/RA GRAPPO: MEPI WILL FOUNDER ABSENT [...] (U) Classified by Charge D'Affaires Thomas Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: NEA/RA Office Director Grappo visited the UAE on February 4 to discuss MEPI issues. He elicited a few program ideas, but also a wide range of reactions with local contacts -- from [...] |
2003-02-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON EAID ETRD KPAO KDEM TC |
| 03ABUJA1012 |
NIGERIA: MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting to deliver the non-paper on narcotics and law enforcement certification to the Minister of Justice Kanu Agabi (Reftel), Ambassador Jeter took the opportunity to discuss the April elections with the Minister. The blunt, straight-talking Agabi decried the man [...] |
2003-06-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCRM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1049 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP JUNE 13 [...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA AND LAGOS INCLUDES: 2. --ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE --WABARA FOR SENATE PRESIDENT --VIOLENCE-FREE INAUGURATION --DO THE JUNE 20 ELECTIONS MATTER? --VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE ------------------------- ELECTION TRIBUNALS UPDATE ------- [...] |
2003-06-13 13:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1137 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION AT THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of significant opposition criticism of the April 19 elections and vague threats of &mass action8 against the new Administration, President Obasanjo held a triumphal inaugural on May 29. Security was tight but the events of inauguration week were well organized [...] |
2003-07-01 11:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM OVIP NI |
| 03ABUJA1150 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO PROPOSES REFORMS TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo appears committed to using the first months of his new Administration to introduce key political and economic reforms. On June 18, Obasanjo proposed significant changes to the federal government system and the conduct of elections. The two most salient are: (1) [...] |
2003-07-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA12 |
NIGERIA: PDP GUBERNATORIAL PRIMARIES [...] (U) The People's Democratic Party (PDP) held its so- called primaries during Christmas week 2002, producing few surprises. The selection of delegates to the state-by- state caucuses was designed to give maximum authority to incumbent governors in controlling the selection process. As expect [...] |
2003-01-02 16:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NI |
| 03ABUJA1206 |
NIGERIA: APGA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OJUKWU MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, APGA's Presidential candidate in the recent elections and leader of Biafra's failed secession in the sixties, met Ambassador Jeter at his residence on June 25 to discuss the Nigeria's elections, his observations on Obasanjo, and the way forward for Nigeria. [...] |
2003-07-10 10:27:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1248 |
NIGERIA: TRIBUNALS UPDATE [...] (C) Begin Summary: State election tribunals have been rendering decisions for one month. Three elections have been overturned, but the majority of the petitions have been thrown out on procedural grounds. The proclivity of the tribunals to avoid the substantive merits of many of these cases [...] |
2003-07-22 16:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1285 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI STILL STANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met General Muhammadu Buhari, ANPP presidential candidate, to discuss his assessment of Nigeria and his future plans. Buhari commented that he had no faith in Obasanjo because the "four failed years has only emboldened him." Buhari criticized the electoral tribunals fo [...] |
2003-07-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1329 |
NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) On 18 July, President Obasanjo swore in 38 of 40 new Ministers and deputies and confirmed their various portfolios. In a novel twist, Obasanjo had forwarded the roster to the National Assembly without matching the prospective Ministers to any portfolios. He only designated the portfolios [...] |
2003-08-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1331 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP AUGUST 6 [...] (U) THIS PERIODIC JOINT POLITICAL REPORT FROM ABUJA INCLUDES: --Obasanjo Chooses Special Advisors --Obasanjo Submits List of Ministers --Electoral Conference ) INEC Admits Problems --Opposition Book Launch --Court Case on the Presidential Election --Probe of Inspector General of Polic [...] |
2003-08-06 13:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1347 |
NIGERIA: DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY; ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: About 50 men and women assembled at the Embassy on July 3 to peacefully protest the April elections and the visit of the President Bush to see President Obasanjo. After departing peacefully, at least 30 of the demonstrators were detained for about ten days, we learned. While [...] |
2003-08-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC NI |
| 03ABUJA1432 |
NIGERIA: USCIRF VISIT [...] The ten-day USCIRF visit to Nigeria provided an in-depth opportunity to discuss many perspectives on intercommunal conflicts in Nigeria and the impact of Shari'a implementation on minorities in the northern part of the country. The delegation traveled extensively, finding in many instances, t [...] |
2003-08-21 17:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1455 |
NIGERIA: APPEALS COURT JUDGES SUMMONED BY OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of Nigeria's Federal Appeals Court were summoned to meet with President Obasanjo hours after the court issued a preliminary ruling in favor of his ANPP Presidential opponent Buhari. One of the judges claimed to Poloff that Obasanjo had "threatened" the judges and [...] |
2003-08-26 09:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1468 |
NEW INEC COMMISSIONERS [...] (U) Summary: President Obasanjo submitted names of ten new national Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), along with the names of two currently serving Commissioners and the national Chairman, to the Senate for confirmation. After a walkout by opposition sena [...] |
2003-08-27 09:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA15 |
NIGERIAN RULING PARTY CONVENTION SURPRISE [...] (C ) Summary: President Obasanjo's renomination is highly probable but not certain. The 3,349 delegates to the ruling PDP's national convention began voting around sundown, but the process could drag into Monday morning. On convention eve, the President's renomination seemed assured (Ref A) [...] |
2003-01-06 07:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1515 |
GON REMOVES POLICE PROTECTION FROM OFFICIALS [...] (U) The Inspector General of Police's Office announced August 21 that, on orders from the Presidency, it would greatly reduce the use of police as bodyguards. Bodyguards have been limited to the President, Vice President, Ministers and Ministers of State, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, S [...] |
2003-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1557 |
DISGRUNTLEMENT IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Growing National Assembly discontent over recent moves by President Obasanjo led to a quickly suppressed and publicly denied, August 21 attempt to impeach House Speaker Aminu Bello Masari. Obasanjo had installed Masari and the Senate President, then forced his own selections for committ [...] |
2003-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA16 |
NIGERIA: PDP NATIONAL CONVENTION SELECTS OBASANJO [...] (U) In a repeat of the ruling PDP's 1999 convention, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo defeated Alex Ekwueme to become its presidential candidate, receiving 2,642 of an estimated 3,579 votes cast (74 percent) in the first round. The former Vice President came in a distant second with 661 vo [...] |
2003-01-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA1629 |
LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM, PART 2 [...] (U) The Technical Review Committee on Local Government Reform has resumed work this week after receiving a new chairman, Malam Liman Ciroma, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). The Committee's work had stalled two weeks ago after the death of the Etsu Nupe, a tradition [...] |
2003-09-19 07:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA1639 |
ECOWAS EXECSEC CHAMBAS ON GUINEA BISSAU [...] (C) CDA called on ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohammed Ibn Chambas on September 19 to deliver demarche (REF B). Chambas shared his thoughts on recent developments in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia (reported septel). Characterizing GEN Seabra's September 14 takeover as a coup d'etat, Chambas said EC [...] |
2003-09-19 17:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL XY GZ |
| 03ABUJA1668 |
VP CANDIDATE AND FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT OKADIGBO [...] (U) Embassy learned early September 26 that former Senate President and ANPP Vice Presidential candidate Chuba Okadigbo passed away in the early morning hours. No official announcement has been made as of mid-morning September 26. 2. (U) In spite of rumors already beginning to circulate, [...] |
2003-09-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1670 |
BUHARI AND ANPP HOLD MAJOR RALLY IN KANO [...] Thousands of ANPP supporters converged on Kano September 23 to attend a rally for its Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. ANPP Chairman Don Etiebet, Vice Presidential candidate Chuba Okadigbo and Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau were in attendance along with dozens of ANPP candidat [...] |
2003-09-26 13:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NI KDEM |
| 03ABUJA1707 |
BUHARI GETS HIS (FIRST) DAY IN COURT [...] (C) Summary: The first day of substantive arguments at the Federal Appeals Court in losing ANPP presidential candidate Buhari's suit against the April 19 elections did not go well for the President's and election commission's attorneys. The Chairman of the tribunal explained away a visit of [...] |
2003-10-06 06:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1724 |
VISIT TO KWARA STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Governing Kwara State, like some other states, is a family affair. Governor Bukola Saraki's father is the political kingmaker in Kwara, having handpicked the previous two governors and arranged for his daughter to be elected to the Senate in the same April elections that sent [...] |
2003-10-08 06:46:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1864 |
SENATE BRIBERY SCANDAL FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) On October 9, 68 members present of the 109-member Senate unanimously voted to drop consideration of bribery accusations by FCT Minister Malam El-Rufai against Deputy Senate President Ibrahim Mantu and Majority Leader Jonathan Zwingina. The vote came after receipt of the report on the p [...] |
2003-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1868 |
BABANGIDA POSITIONING FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While he had been seen by some as a potential challenger for the 2003 elections, former military Head-of-State Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) faded during the party conventions. Apparently he is now maneuvering for a political comeback in 2007, and "IBB For President" organizations a [...] |
2003-10-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1891 |
PDP: CONVENTION IN DECEMBER, DISCORD IN THE RANKS [...] (SBU) The ruling PDP held a special national caucus October 22, to be attended by the President, Vice President, members of the PDP National Executive Committee, PDP Governors, and the National Assembly PDP leadership. The caucus met and agreed to hold the party's national convention December [...] |
2003-10-31 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA1975 |
"INDEPENDENT" NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) In August, the ruling PDP rammed 10 new Commissioners through the Senate despite a walkout by all of the opposition, and even some members from the ruling PDP, who complained the new majority among the 12 Commissioners would be partisans of the President (Ref A). The complaints fell on [...] |
2003-11-19 13:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2029 |
ANPP CHAIRMAN ETIEBET ON THE PAST ELECTION, [...] (C) Don Etiebet, Chairman of Nigeria's main opposition party, the ANPP, met with PolOff on the margins of a hearing at the election tribunal of ANPP presidential candidate Buhari's appeal against the April 2003 elections. Etiebet commented that the case was going well but that he remained con [...] |
2003-11-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI OVIP |
| 03ABUJA2046 |
REVIEW OF INEC'S PERFORMANCE DURING AND SINCE THE [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the April elections, Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is rather less Independent, and its actions during the 2003 elections and since raise difficult democracy and rule of law questions. While the elections were less violent than many e [...] |
2003-11-28 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV NI |
| 03ABUJA2067 |
ADAMAWA STATE: END OF YEAR SNAPSHOT [...] (U) Adamawa State, located on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, is a key battleground for control of Nigeria's political scene. Many important Nigerians hail from Adamawa, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, and it is the base from which he and others launched on the national scene. Atiku [...] |
2003-12-04 08:53:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2080 |
SCORE ONE FOR REFORM: LABOR MINISTER SACKED FOR [...] (SBU) The Obasanjo Administration scored its first major anti-corruption coup when the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) on December 3 announced its arrest and detention of seven persons, including current Minister of Labor Hussaini Zannuwa Akwanga, in [...] |
2003-12-08 05:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2085 |
WARRI FORUM ON PEACE PROJECT [...] The Warri Forum on Peace, Security and Human Rights is an important project of our Mission in Nigeria, and it has already achieved some successes. One month later than the original approved proposal, and reported in several e-mails to DRL, the Field Research and Writing of the Working Paper [...] |
2003-12-09 11:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA2132 |
BUHARI TRIAL ADJOURNED UNTIL JANUARY 19 [...] (SBU) : The ANPP/Buhari suit continues at its slow pace. The complainant ANPP continues to score points with its evidence, and the defense (Obasanjo) attempts to delay the process through objections to virtually every witness and document. The "Independent" National Electoral Commission (INE [...] |
2003-12-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2133 |
NIGERIA ESTABLISHES NEPAD COUNTRY REPORT MECHANISM [...] (C) On November 14 President Obasanjo inaugurated Nigeria's Country Review team, the first step for countries that have acceded to the African Union's NEPAD peer review process. The team, made up wholly of Obasanjo supporters, was enjoined to submit a report on Nigeria's compliance with NEPAD [...] |
2003-12-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NI |
| 03ABUJA2150 |
Electoral Reform and the INEC Seminar [...] (SBU) Summary: The INEC Seminar November 27-28 (septel) highlighted important divisions on possible electoral reforms. There were several less-than- serious ideas bruited, but the more important reform proposals basically present a choice for the future between the Independent National Electo [...] |
2003-12-15 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA2154 |
SWING THROUGH THE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 03ABUJA2158 |
NIGERIA'S INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL [...] Summary: Nigeria's National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted a widely-publicized INEC-Civil Society Forum on November 27-28, 2003, the first of its kind, to elicit input on the direction of electoral reform leading up to the country's next Presidential and National Assembly elections, s [...] |
2003-12-16 12:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA216 |
NIGERIA: DIFFERENT INSIDER VIEWS ON THE PDP [...] (C) Summary: The PDP convention was a study of rough-hewn politics. All participants agree the convention was not for the faint-hearted; but they also give differing, sometimes conflicting, versions of what happened. We probably will never fully know the complete truth because so much was blu [...] |
2003-01-31 13:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2183 |
NOT SO INSTANT REPLAYS - THREE BY-ELECTIONS TO [...] Summary: Six months after Nigeria's April/May elections for President/VP, National Assembly, Governors and State Assemblies, three races will be re-run on December 20 by order of election tribunals or the Court of Appeals. A recent State Assembly by-election caused by death of an office holde [...] |
2003-12-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA2195 |
Abuja By-Election Results - ANPP Concedes [...] After the by-election for the only Abuja Senate seat conducted on December 20, PDP Senator Isa Maina retained his seat with an overall victory margin of 1,416 votes (less than one percent of the total). Maina's original victory margin in April over ANPP candidate Ireti Kingibe was 1,208 votes. [...] |
2003-12-23 05:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA2215 |
VISIT TO NASARAWA STATE [...] (U) Summary: Nasarawa has only been a state for seven years, and the governor is working to create a state identity and legacy for himself. Poloff traveled to the capital, Lafia, to visit the PDP Governor, the Nasarawa ANPP chairman and journalists; the meetings all implied that disputes over [...] |
2003-12-26 07:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA233 |
NIGERIA: THE ALEX EKWUEME FACTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an extensive January 9 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, defeated PDP contestant Alex Ekwueme did not "recognize" Obasanjo's convention victory. Ekwueme contended that Obasanjo's victory was the result of bribes, political threats and chicanery regarding the actual delega [...] |
2003-02-03 17:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA256 |
NIGERIA: UWECHUE SEES SMOOTH SAILING AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA27 |
Why Nigeria's PDP Governors Could Not Lose [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP's national convention (Refs C and D) was more competitive than caucuses that renominated every PDP governor regardless of his popularity or lack of it. However, this praise is faint indeed, as the gubernatorial caucuses were blatantly rigged while the national convention [...] |
2003-01-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA276 |
NIGERIA: FRIENDS OF NIGERIA MEETING ON ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador convened a meeting of the Friends of Nigeria January 14. The British High Commissioner, Canadian High Commissioner and German Ambassador attended. The discussion focused on the presidential conventions of the major political parties, the second round of voter regist [...] |
2003-02-07 09:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA278 |
NIGERIA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION CONTINUES TO FACE [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 conversation with Ambassador Jeter, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia said INEC would hold elections as scheduled provided the FY 03 budget allocation was received in time. Guobadia continued to blame current logistical b [...] |
2003-02-07 12:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA279 |
NIGERIA: JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) Summary: During a one-hour January 25 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, President Obasanjo spoke optimistically, though briefly, about his electoral chances. In the lead- up to the election, the President predicted his opponents would try to exploit Iraq and the perception of the USG as ant [...] |
2003-02-07 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MASS IV NI |
| 03ABUJA283 |
NIGERIA: MEETING ON DEPLOYMENT OF ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Embassy convened a meeting with U.S. NGOs and others on January 30 to discuss numbers and deployments of election monitors for Nigeria's April national elections. Given the size of Nigeria and the number of polling stations, the international monitor presence will be relative [...] |
2003-02-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA291 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 10 [...] (U) This periodic joint political report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Second Round of Voter Registration --New PDP Gubernatorial Caucuses --Potential Party Coalition vs. Obasanjo --Will AD Support Obasanjo? --Counterfeit Voter Cards in Lagos --Igbo Group Chooses Presidential Candidate - [...] |
2003-02-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA382 |
USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY IN NIGERIA [...] With the unprecedented 2001 level of communal violence and impending 2003 elections at all levels, in 2002 the U.S. Mission operated several programs addressing the institutional and legal shortcomings that lead to abuse of human rights in Nigeria. 2. USAID implemented a wide range of pro [...] |
2003-02-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA401 |
NIGERIA: DID VP ATIKU OUTFOX BABANGIDA AND [...] (C) Summary: During a late January conversation with Ambassador Jeter and PolCouns, Lagos-based businessman Leno Adesanya contended that VP Atiku finessed both President Obasanjo and former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida during the PDP convention in early January. Prior to the convention, Ati [...] |
2003-02-25 12:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA403 |
NIGERIA: BATAGARAWA ON MPRI; C-130 SPARE PARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Jeter, Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa promised to discuss funding problems for MPRI and the shipment of U.S. donated C-130 spare parts with Minister of Finance Adamu Ciroma. Turning to the upcoming elections, Ba [...] |
2003-02-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA404 |
NIGERIA: ANPP/PDP FUELED VIOLENCE IN KWARA STATE [...] (U) Kwara state is located on Nigeria's ethnic and religious divide and its divisive politics provide a study of the difficulties facing Nigerian politics in general. Until the Islamic Jihad in the early 19th century, Ilorin, the modern capital of Kwara state, was a part of the Oyo (Yoruba) [...] |
2003-02-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI NI |
| 03ABUJA418 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI ON INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lengthy January 30 meeting with the Ambassador, ANPP Presidential candidate Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Muhammadu Buhari shared his plans for winning the April election and elaborated on the reported rapprochement between him and former military ruler Ibrahim Babangida. Buhari gave [...] |
2003-02-28 15:12:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA419 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI SAYS NIGERIA NEEDS DISCIPLINE, WANTS [...] (U) This message contains a recommendation. See para 5. ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ 2. (U) DCM January 31 met with ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu Buhari and two associates (Bello Abubakar, an aide when Buhari was Head of State previously) and Mouftah Baba- Ahmed [...] |
2003-02-28 17:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS EFIN KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA420 |
NIGERIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FEBRUARY 28 [...] (U) This periodic joint political report from Abuja and Lagos includes: --Political Violence Update --Potential Party Coalition --Will AD Support Obasanjo? --ID Card Registration --Sharia Amputation in Jigawa --Traditional Ruler to be Prosecuted ------------------------- Political Viol [...] |
2003-02-28 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PHUM NI |
| 03ABUJA448 |
NIGERIA: LEADING OPPOSITION POLITICIAN KILLED [...] (U) Leading Nigerian opposition politician Marshall Harry was killed in the early morning hours of March 5. Marshall was a founding member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) but split from the group over disputes with President Olusegun Obasanjo and Rivers state Governor Peter Odi [...] |
2003-03-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA457 |
POSSIBLE CONFLICT OVER BUHARI'S CAMPAIGN LAUNCHING [...] (C) According to retired Air Vice Marshal Moukhtar Mohammed, one of the close advisers to ANPP Presidential Candidate Muhammadu Buhari, Buhari plans go ahead with the launching of his campaign in Port Harcourt on March 8. The campaign team plans to travel to the area with the body of Marsha [...] |
2003-03-10 06:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA502 |
NIGERIA: INADEQUACIES OF THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After three months delay, INEC published some voter lists week of March 3. With national elections just six weeks away, INEC has missed a key legal deadline. Challenges are almost certain. INEC,s performance remains erratic, and non-transparent. INEC will have to work efficie [...] |
2003-03-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA582 |
NIGERIA: HEADCOUNT OF POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...] (SBU) Violence is an integral part of the Nigerian electoral scene. In recent weeks, the pace has picked up, with confirmed incidents of violence occurring in at least 24 of Nigeria's 36 states. The incidents range from rock-throwing at the motorcades of elected officials to midnight assa [...] |
2003-03-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA650 |
NIGERIA - OPPOSITION PARTIES IN MARCH MEETING [...] (C) Begin Summary: During a March 10 meeting with numerous opposition political party leaders, Ambassador implored the group to do their utmost to conduct fair and credible elections in April, to eschew violence, and not to condemn and compromise the process before it is started. He cautioned [...] |
2003-04-07 23:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA658 |
NIGERIA: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting, Independent National Election Commission (INEC) Chairman Abel Guobadia told Ambassador Jeter that INEC preparations were on schedule; INEC would be ready to conduct elections in April and a postponement was not contemplated. To demonstrate INEC's readin [...] |
2003-04-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA660 |
NIGERIA: A SWING THROUGH THE NORTHWEST [...] (C) Poloff completed a pre-election trip toigeria's northeast region, the home of incumbent Vice President Atiku Abubakar and a key to President Obasanjo's re- election bidPoloff found crumbling infrastructure, pessimism about the elections and worried Obasanjo-Atiku campaign officials. Pol [...] |
2003-04-09 18:33:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA661 |
NIGERIA: SPECTRE OF VIOLENCE OVER PLATEAU ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Residents in Plateau State are fearful that April 12 and 19 elections will generate violence. Disappointed with incumbent PDP Governor Joshua Dariye, many are looking to the ANPP and AD candidates for a change. The local elite, political power brokers, workers and a disaffec [...] |
2003-04-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA665 |
NIGERIA: ANPP AND BUHARI FIGHT THE PARTY'S [...] (C) The ANPP, Nigeria's second largest party in the 1999 elections, has survived its subordinate status for the past four years and remains the strongest opposition party. With its power base in the North, the ANPP also has produced the staunchest presidential challenger to President Obasanjo [...] |
2003-04-10 18:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA668 |
NIGERIA: VISIT TO KWARA STATE [...] (U) Summary: Poloff traveled to the Kwara State capital of Ilorin on March 17 and met with officials from the People's Democratic Party and with the National Democratic Party gubernatorial Candidate. End Summary. 2. (C) The political situation in Kwara has been extremely tense in recent [...] |
2003-04-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA669 |
NIGERIA: MEETING WITH PDP CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with People's Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Audu Ogbeh on Wednesday April 9. The two discussed the upcoming elections and the ruling party's prospects, as well as the anti- violence Code of Conduct for the parties and INEC's preparedness. Ogbeh ag [...] |
2003-04-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA670 |
EMBASSY'S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NIGERIAN MEDIA [...] Summary. Ambassador Jeter and Mission PAS staff have worked assiduously to ensure broad coverage within the Nigerian media of USG policy positions on Iraq. Our media strategy has included placement of an op-ed that addressed many Nigerian misperceptions regarding U.S. military intervention [...] |
2003-04-11 16:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA671 |
NIGERIA: INEC - LESSONS IN FUZZY MATH [...] (SBU) We have reported extensively on the troubles that have hampered the Independent National Election Commission's conduct of voter registration for the April elections. One of the major factors contributing to the public consternation has been INEC's frequently inconsistent statements an [...] |
2003-04-11 17:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA674 |
NIGERIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ON APRIL 12 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 12 National Assembly elections will demonstrate if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was right when it said it was ready to hold these and the April 19 gubernatorial and presidential polls. In addition to being a logistical "dry run" for the April 1 [...] |
2003-04-11 19:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA675 |
NIGERIA: ELECTION UPDATE - WILL THEY BE READY? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The April 12 National Assembly elections, to a significant degree, will be a dry-run for the presidential election one week later. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) claims it is ready to conduct the election. This cable provides an overview of INEC's preparat [...] |
2003-04-11 20:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA681 |
NIGERIA: INEC UNREADY AS BUHARI AND OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF visited local party officials, domestic and international election monitors, academics, and local INEC officials during an April 3- 4 trip to Benue State. Most believed violence is likely if electoral manipulation is obvious. Only a few people believed INEC is prepared f [...] |
2003-04-14 17:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA683 |
NIGERIA: CONDUCT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POLLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This preliminary report on Nigeria's April 12 National Assembly elections provides an overview of Nigeria on election day. More detailed observations and analysis will be provided septel. The elections held in a relatively calm atmosphere. Turnout was fair in most of the area [...] |
2003-04-14 18:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA697 |
NIGERIA: LEGISLATIVE RESULTS AND REACTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has posted results from about 80 percent of the Senate and House races around the country. Registering over 50 percent of the vote nationwide, the ruling PDP will retain its majority in both chambers unless there is a radical [...] |
2003-04-16 19:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA717 |
NIGERIA: SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As with the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerians Peoples Party (ANPP). Overall, ANPP candidates are expected to benefit from the popu [...] |
2003-04-17 21:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA719 |
NIGERIA: TENSIONS MOUNT LEADING TO THE APRIL 19 [...] (C) Summary: Despite a crowded house of 19 Presidential candidates, the April 19 contest boils down to President Obasanjo and ANPP candidate Muhammadu Buhari. Holding the ace of incumbency, Obasanjo is the likely, but not guaranteed, victor. He has been put on the defensive by recent events [...] |
2003-04-17 23:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
| 03ABUJA727 |
NIGERIA ELECTIONS -- THE VIEW FROM THE QUEUE [...] Winding down Shehu Shagari Way in Abuja to an AP station opposite the Hilton is a fuel queue that varies between 300 and 1700 meters. Motorists favor this queue because the AP station often has fuel and because the gentle slope of the final 900 meters means no need to start engines. On Mond [...] |
2003-04-22 20:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI NI |
| 03ABUJA746 |
NIGERIA: OVERVIEW OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the ruling PDP the major victor in the April 19 and April 12 elections. However, echoing reports of several observers, President Obasanjo's political opponents allege massive irregularities. The GON is striking back wit [...] |
2003-04-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL NI US EU XA |
| 03ABUJA749 |
NIGERIA: MOD DANJUMA SAYS PDP WILL HANDLE BUHARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a hurried April 24 meeting, Minister of Defense T.Y. Danjuma and Ambassador Jeter discussed the fallout of the April 19 Presidential and Gubernatorial elections and April 12 National Assembly elections. Danjuma expressed concern about ANPP Presidential candidate Mohammadu [...] |
2003-04-24 20:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA803 |
NIGERIA: ARMY MINISTER DISMISSES OPPOSITION [...] (C) During an April 28 meeting, Ambassador Jeter and Minister of State for Defense (Army) Lawal Batagarawa discussed the recent Presidential elections. Batagarawa thought opposition candidate Mohammadu Buhari's calls to reject President Olusegun Obasanjo's electoral victory would be ineffect [...] |
2003-04-30 19:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA805 |
NIGERIA: ANPP CHAIRMAN SAYS PARTY WILL SEEK [...] (C) During an April 30 meeting with DCM, All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) Chairman Chief Don Etiebet expressed anger with ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) manipulation of the recent Presidential, Gubernatorial and National Assembly elections. Citing numerous examples of PDP misconduc [...] |
2003-04-30 19:37:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA808 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI NOT READY TO CONCEDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late night meeting with Ambassador on April 23, ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari restated his rejection of the just completed Presidential, Gubernatorial and National Assembly elections. He said he lost because the PDP stole the election. He reiterated his po [...] |
2003-05-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA809 |
NIGERIA: POST-ELECTIONS MEETING WITH NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA815 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO FOLLOWS THROUGH -- ASKS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-02 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 03ABUJA819 |
NIGERIAN MEDIA AND THE RECENT ELECTIONS [...] Summary. GON media officials have reacted angrily to what they view as instances of negative foreign press coverage of Nigeria recent elections and to comments by some international observer missions critical of government-owned media treatment of opposition candidates during the campaign [...] |
2003-05-05 14:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA860 |
NIGERIA: OBASANJO'S MANDATE - HOW HE WON IT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, President Obasanjo won the election with 62 percent of the vote, with the ANPP's Muhammadu Buhari trailing in the distance at 32 percent. Despite his first Administration not living up to popular expectations, most Niger [...] |
2003-05-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA872 |
NIGERIA: BUHARI'S MOVEMENTS NOT RESTRICTED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, there was confusion whether ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari had been restricted to his house in Daura, Katsina State. Buhari's supporters asserted that he had been placed under de facto house arrest. GON officials disavowed the claim, stating that Bu [...] |
2003-05-12 18:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA873 |
NIGERIA: RIOT CONTROL EQUIPMENT PRESENTATION [...] During an April 8 turnover ceremony, Ambassador Jeter presented the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Tafa Balogun, with riot control and other equipment valued at more than $300,000. The donation, part of the ICITAP Civil Disorder Police Reform Training Program, included helmets, shields, b [...] |
2003-05-12 18:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 03ABUJA902 |
NIGERIA: ZAK-ZAKY EMERGES FROM HIBERNATION [...] (C) Ibrahim el-Zak-Zaky, leader of a fringe Nigerian Islamic sect calling for the return to traditional Shi'a principles, emerged over the weekend from a period of inactivity. Sheikh Zak-Zaky held a fundraising event and public rally in Kano on May 10- 11, attracting some media attention an [...] |
2003-05-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL NI |
| 03ABUJA905 |
NIGERIA: VP ON POLITICS, PROSPECTS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: DCM 8 May met with VP Atiku Abubakar and others in Washington. Atiku sought continued USG support for market-based economic reforms but volunteered that President Obasanjo remained uncomfortable about giving up State control. Atiku hoped to make progress on AGOA and to lift fu [...] |
2003-05-16 16:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS ETRD EPET EINV KDEM EAID NI |
| 03ABUJA934 |
NIGERIA: READOUT ON ELECTION TRIBUNALS [...] (U) Begin Summary: The Nigerian constitution and the Electoral Act of 2002 allow candidates or parties to petition State Election Tribunals to correct alleged electoral irregularities. Defeated Gubernatorial and Assembly candidates in 24 states have filed cases before their states, tribunals. [...] |
2003-05-22 15:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03ABUJA999 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES POLITICAL ELITES IN [...] (U) Summary: On May 19-20, Ambassador Jeter traveled to the North,s largest city, Kano, for meetings with prominent community leaders and key political players. Four themes dominated the discussions: 1) electoral irregularities; 2) potential for violence after the elections; 3) the independen [...] |
2003-06-06 09:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR NI |
| 03AMMAN1210 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Per reftel, Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2002. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Introduction Our human rights strategy in Jordan seeks to promote human rights through a) direct dialogue with the Jordanian Government and others, b) progra [...] |
2003-03-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XE XF XM JO |
| 03AMMAN1650 |
MEPI: POST PLAN TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF GOOD [...] POST'S INTERAGENCY MEPI COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF USAID, POL, ECON AND PA HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO ENCOURAGE GOOD GOVERNANCE IN JORDAN. OUR PLAN AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN AWARENESS AND ACTIVISM THROUGH NGO'S AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LEG [...] |
2003-03-19 06:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN1855 |
MEPI ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) IN THE COURSE OF A COURTESY CALL BY THE NEW USAID DIRECTOR AND THE AMBASSADOR ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH PLANNING MINISTER BASSAM AWADALLAH THE PROPOSED $400,000 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI) ELECTION ASSISTANCE. THE PROJECT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN COOPERATION [...] |
2003-03-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO |
| 03AMMAN2529 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JUNE 17; [...] (S) In a conversation with the Ambassador on April 25, King Abdullah confirmed that Jordan will hold Parliamentary elections on June 17, as PM Ali Abul Ragheb had publicly affirmed a week earlier (ref A). The King told the Ambassador that although some voices had been advising him to delay th [...] |
2003-04-29 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN2561 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S APPLICATION FOR HRDF GRANT FUNDS [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the opportunity to compete for funds from the Department's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). The following proposals are tailored to criteria in reftel, i.e. supporting critical mission human rights priorities, relevance to foreign policy objectives, and within E [...] |
2003-04-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM |
| 03AMMAN3172 |
KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 NATIONAL DAY ADDRESS [...] (SBU) King Abdullah devoted most of his May 26 National Day address to preparations for the upcoming Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 17, only giving "hot button" regional issues such as Palestine and Iraq scant mention at the conclusion of his remarks. ---------------------------- [...] |
2003-05-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4038 |
Jordan MEPI Strategy [...] Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A) Economic Reform and Private Enterprise b) Political Reform and C) Education. Our approach is based on the good governance and citizen awareness strategy outlined in reftel B plus the Jor [...] |
2003-07-03 12:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO |
| 03AMMAN4189 |
ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT TO PARTICIPATE IN AMMAN [...] The Islamic Action Front (IAF) declared 2 July that it would participate in municipal elections on 26 July but only for seats in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM). IAF plans to boycott all other municipal polls. 2. IAF Secretary-General Hamzeh Mansour announced the boycott in protest [...] |
2003-07-10 06:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4246 |
COMPOSITION OF NEW JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The new Jordanian Parliament elected June 17 is better-educated and somewhat younger than its predecessor, and includes a large number of former ministers, lawyers, engineers and medical doctors. PolOff has been meeting with newly elected MPs and political analysts to discuss their views [...] |
2003-07-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4251 |
PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD, [...] A controversial amendment to Jordan,s Municipal Law has come under fire from nearly a third of the members of the country,s newly elected parliament. Between 30 and 40 MPs have signed and circulated a petition calling on the government to delay the country,s municipal elections, scheduled for [...] |
2003-07-13 06:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4403 |
POLL SHOWS JORDANIANS WANT PARLIAMENT AND SEEK [...] (U) Summary: The University of Jordan,s Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) released an opinion poll 8 July which suggests Jordanians want an active Parliament but doubt that their newly elected Lower House will be an effective law-making body. It also reveals that domestic concerns, not fo [...] |
2003-07-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4629 |
JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD JULY [...] (C) Despite a petition endorsed by the Islamic Action front (IAF) and its allies in the Lower House of Parliament to delay municipal elections and review the electoral laws, the government has decided to move forward with the process on Saturday, July 26. In Amman, low voter turn-out is exp [...] |
2003-07-24 17:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN4737 |
JORDAN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CONTROVERSY, [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's municipal elections concluded July 27 with little fanfare but some controversy. Despite the efforts of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) to seek delay, more than 80 percent of municipal councils held contested elections over the weekend. The IAF remained firm in its ins [...] |
2003-07-30 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN4891 |
JORDAN LOOKS TO REHABILITATE MUNICIPAL SECTOR WITH [...] (U) In line with GOJ's new Municipal Elections Law, which empowers the GOJ to appoint all mayors and up to 50 percent of the seats in the country's 99 municipal councils, the Cabinet recently announced the names of mayors and non-elected municipal council members (see reftels for more inform [...] |
2003-08-05 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO |
| 03AMMAN6281 |
JORDANIAN MPS EXPECT NEW GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT NEW [...] (C) In recent meetings with new and returning members of Parliament, PolCouns and PolOff were treated to a litany of complaints about lack of job opportunities and the need for continued USG economic support. While many MPs imply corruption on the part of the Prime Minister, most thought th [...] |
2003-10-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN6491 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FINISHES EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) The 14th Jordanian Parliament ended its 75 day "extraordinary session" on September 28. While the Parliament discussed a wide variety of topics and took several important procedural steps, including the election of Speaker, the formation of committees and the approval of a new Cabinet, it [...] |
2003-10-09 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN6728 |
KING ABDULLAH TO APPOINT NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Abul Ragheb told the Ambassador today that he will submit his resignation to the King on October 22. Embassy sources and the press report that King Abdullah will appoint Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez as the new PM. The King intends to meet with prospective members of a [...] |
2003-10-21 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN6767 |
JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE, BUT STILL [...] (C) King Abdullah formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on October 22 and entrusted Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez with forming a new government. Political insiders, however, express doubt over Fayez's ability to effectively lead a team of Ministers to implem [...] |
2003-10-22 17:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN6812 |
KING ABDULLAH LAYS OUT POLITICAL REFORM VISION FOR [...] (C) In a public letter to Prime Minister designate Faisal Fayez, King Abdullah laid out his general priorities for the new government, which he hopes will be more unified and proactive than its predecessor. Noting that political development is "at the top of these priorities," the King empha [...] |
2003-10-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN6907 |
NEW JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT SWORN IN [...] King Abdullah swore in his new 21-member Cabinet October 25 led by Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and including nine first-time ministers. During a two day retreat prior to the swearing in ceremony, the ministers discussed ways to achieve the King's priorities and were charged with developing [...] |
2003-10-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN6960 |
PM FAYEZ PLANS "CONTROLLED" POLITICAL [...] (C) New PM Faisal al-Fayez told the Ambassador October 28 that he hopes to implement needed but "controlled" political reforms, reaching out to political parties (including Islamists), NGOs and communities in the process. He sees great economic challenges, especially in controlling the budge [...] |
2003-10-28 17:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM KDEM IZ JO |
| 03AMMAN6999 |
ISLAMISTS WELCOME KING'S CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF) publicly embraced King Abdullah's call for political development and a more democratic elections law. The IAF sees the current electoral system as limiting its power in Parliament and hopes to capitalize on political reform measures to expand its [...] |
2003-10-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN7000 |
ISLAMISTS WELCOME KING'S CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF) publicly embraced King Abdullah's call for political development and a more democratic elections law. The IAF sees the current electoral system as limiting its power in Parliament and hopes to capitalize on political reform measures to expand its [...] |
2003-10-29 13:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN7068 |
BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...] |
2003-10-30 15:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN7179 |
AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW JORDANIAN MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Minister for Municipal Affairs Armal Farhan praised new Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his cabinet, as well as King Abdullah's direction of the new government. Although the King is "serious" about political development, Farhan said that democratic reforms must be "gradual" and that th [...] |
2003-11-03 15:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN7403 |
JORDANIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S DEMOCRACY MESSAGE, BUT [...] (C) Despite initial negative press reaction in Jordan to President Bush's November 6 speech calling for democratic reform in the Arab world, several of our contacts inside and outside the government lauded the initiative. At the same time, they almost universally highlighted the lack of U.S [...] |
2003-11-13 17:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KDEM PGOV PTER IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7428 |
GOJ SPOKESPERSON TALKS ENTHUSIASTICALLY ABOUT [...] (C) An enthusiastic Asma Khader, the new government Spokesperson, outlined for the Ambassador her intent to use her position in the cabinet to shape GOJ policies to support greater press freedom, respect for human and women's rights, and development of NGOs. Khader, a lawyer and activist fro [...] |
2003-11-16 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN7429 |
ALLEGED CENSORSHIP HIGHLIGHTS PRESS RESTRICTIONS, [...] (C) The local press this week reported the alleged GOJ censorship of a political cartoon scheduled for publication in the weekly newspaper Al-Wahda. The government spokesperson denied that the GOJ censors at all, and some commentators are accusing the weekly's editor of trying to get the GO [...] |
2003-11-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN7507 |
NEW JORDANIAN PM REACHES OUT TO PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) Since his designation as Prime Minister on October 22, Faisal al-Fayez has undertaken an ambitious campaign to reach out to diverse segments of Jordanian society that have received little attention from past PMs. In addition to meeting with parliamentary blocs, Fayez has engaged in formal [...] |
2003-11-19 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
| 03AMMAN7804 |
JORDANIAN ELITE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll showed that, despite falling confidence in government on the part of "ordinary" citizens, "opinion leaders" have higher hopes for the success of the new government's reform agenda. Embassy sources split along similar lines, with members of the well-educated elite m [...] |
2003-12-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN7832 |
IAF MP COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. MEPP POLICY, GOJ [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met November 16 with Dr. Tayseer Fetyani, an MP from the Islamic Action Front (IAF). Although Fetyani was cordial and talked about mutual understanding, he strongly criticized U.S. support of Israel and rejected arguments in support of U.S. peace process policies. He [...] |
2003-12-02 17:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM JO |
| 03AMMAN7874 |
KING ABDULLAH OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH SPEECH [...] (U) King Abdullah inaugurated December 1 the regular session of the 14th Jordanian Parliament with a speech detailing his vision for the country. The King called for both political and economic development, including an emphasis on democracy and transparency, closely echoing his October 23 p [...] |
2003-12-03 17:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN7909 |
ISLAMIC PARTY THE KING-MAKER IN JORDAN'S SPEAKER [...] (C) Saad Hayel Srour, former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told PolCouns and PolOff that he withdrew from the Speaker race after the Islamic Action Front made too many demands in exchange for backing his candidacy. He expects only limited progress in approving the backlog of provi [...] |
2003-12-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8225 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMIST LEADERS CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) In recent press interviews, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front welcomed government dialogue efforts, but warned that they would judge the government by its actions, rather than its words. The Islamists called for political reform, a new electoral law, and [...] |
2003-12-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8286 |
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ISLAMISTS, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Al-Majali predicted to the Ambassador that "a good majority" would vote to approve the government of Prime Minister Fayez and pledged to cooperate with the government to implement King Abdullah's calls for political development. He denied public allegations [...] |
2003-12-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN8605 |
JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER EASILY WINS VOTE OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his Cabinet easily won a parliamentary vote of confidence December 23 with 85 out of 110 MPs backing his government. Twenty-two MPs cast a "nay" vote, including all 17 members of the Islamic Action Front who chided the government for failing to spell out [...] |
2003-12-31 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO |
| 03ANKARA2319 |
MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR ON FUNDING FOR [...] Two years of patience, persistence and cooperation among Turkish and American agencies have yielded a successful conclusion to a remarkable series of legal exchanges. By the end of 2002, nearly 600 Turkish jurists had participated in discussions and workshops, debating solutions to problems w [...] |
2003-04-10 07:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PHUM KDEM OIIP OTRA TU |
| 03GUATEMALA1 |
DRUGS, TRADE, AND HUMAN RIGHTS: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST [...] (C) Summary: At an informal dinner at the home of President Portillo December 28 that also included FM Gutierrez and the DCM, the Ambassador emphasize the need to focus in Portillo's remaining year in office on being recertified and on making progress in other areas -- human rights, corrupt [...] |
2003-01-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM CASC US GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1125 |
VICTIMS' ASSISTANCE CENTER: GUATEMALA'S HRDF GRANT [...] (U) Embassy Guatemala appreciates the opportunity to propose an HRDF grant to help implement our human rights strategy.(Ref A) We believe that the Human Rights Victims' Assistance Center project outlined below offers an excellent opportunity to increase the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office cap [...] |
2003-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KSEP GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1243 |
PRESIDENT OF SUPREME ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, the President of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) indicated his belief that General Rios Montt is prohibited by law from being a candidate for president, but noted that if the TSE is asked to decide this question, other magistrates ma [...] |
2003-05-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1281 |
NATIONAL ELECTIONS CONVOKED FOR NOVEMBER 9 [...] The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) officially announced on May 15 the convocation of elections for President, all 158 seats in Guatemala's unicameral Congress and mayors and city council members to take place on November 9, 2003. If no candidate for President receives more than 50% of the v [...] |
2003-05-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1299 |
PRESIDENT PORTILLO DISCUSSES CAFTA, PEACE ACCORDS, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 breakfast at the Ambassador's residence with visiting senior USG officials, President Portillo expressed hope for the prompt conclusion of a free trade agreement with the U.S. which, he said, "will transform Guatemala;" said that in his remaining months in office he [...] |
2003-05-19 22:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR PHUM KDEM EAID ELAB GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1479 |
RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY FACES FIRST LEGAL CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOG's Registry of Citizens announced on June 6 its rejection of Efrain Rios Montt's presidential candidacy. Rios Montt announced his intention to appeal the decision, a process involving several different institutions which could take months. The deadline for candidates t [...] |
2003-06-09 22:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1530 |
ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL UPHOLDS BAR AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...] (U) By a three to two vote on June 12 the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) upheld a ruling from the Registry of Citizens (reported RefTel) barring President of Congress Efrain Rios Montt from running for president. The ruling was based on Article 186 (a) of the Constitution. Rios Montt has [...] |
2003-06-13 17:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1561 |
RIOS MONTT CAMPAIGN SUFFERS THIRD LEGAL DEFEAT [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-17 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1581 |
BERGER SELECTS EDUARDO STEIN AS VP CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The front-running Gran Alianza Nacional (GANA) officially nominated former Foreign Minister and chief of two OAS missions to Peru, Eduardo Stein, as its Vice Presidential candidate. The move, announced on June 16, broadens the appeal of the Berger ticket providing it with needed [...] |
2003-06-19 20:46:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1686 |
XAMAN CASE REOPENED [...] (C) Summary: On June 17, Human Rights Officer attended a public session of the Xaman trial in San Pedro Carcha, Alta Verapaz. This trial is the third attempt to prosecute 25 soldiers for the October 5, 1995, massacre of eleven civilians in the community of Aurora 8 de Octubre, Finca Xaman, Al [...] |
2003-06-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MOPS KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1743 |
SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN RIOS MONTT CANDIDACY, [...] (U) On July 4, the Supreme Court denied the appeal of FRG presidential candidate Efrain Rios Montt against a decision of the Registry of Citizens (Ref A) which stated that he could not be a candidate for President based on prohibitions contained in Article 186 of the Constitution. Twelve of th [...] |
2003-07-07 19:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1774 |
RECUSAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT MAGISTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The recusal of one Constitutional Court magistrate and attempted recusal of five others on July 9 created a temporary crisis in the Court's consideration of the case involving the eligibility of Efrain Rios Montt to be a presidential candidate. The crisis was resolved when the [...] |
2003-07-10 20:13:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR KJUS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1805 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES RIOS MONTT ELIGIBLE [...] (U) By a vote of 4 to 3, the Constitutional Court issued a decision on the evening of July 14 striking down the earlier findings of the Registry of Persons, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Supreme Court (reftels), which had found that former de facto President Efrain Rios Montt was not [...] |
2003-07-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1862 |
SUPREME COURT SUSPENDS REGISTRATION OF RIOS MONTT [...] (U) On July 20, the Supreme Court accepted two appeals filed by opposition political parties against the presidential candidacy of former General Efrain Rios Montt, and suspended registration of the candidate until the court hears the appeal. The President of the Supreme Court immediately rec [...] |
2003-07-21 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1888 |
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS APPEAL IN RIOS MONTT [...] (SBU) The Constitutional Court met on July 23 to hear the FRG's appeal ("ocurso" in Spanish) to the appeal filed by two political parties against the earlier Constitutional Court decision which allowed former de facto President Efrain Rios Montt to become a presidential candidate (reftels). Ag [...] |
2003-07-23 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1896 |
INDIGENOUS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous presidential candidate and mayor of Guatemala's second city Rigoberto Queme told the Ambassador July 18 that the Constitutional Court's decision to allow Rios Montt to run for President was fracturing the indigenous movement politically, with some groups calling for a [...] |
2003-07-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1900 |
FRG ORGANIZES VIOLENT PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: In response to a major legal reversal in Rios Montt's bid for the Presidency (reftel), thousands of well-organized Rios Montt supporters took to the streets of the capital on July 24, closing off strategic intersections with burning tires. Mobs have targeted opposition newspapers [...] |
2003-07-24 22:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CASC ASEC KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1902 |
STATUS OF GUATEMALAN COUNTER-NARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: GOG cooperation in the war on drugs has had several concrete successes in the past six months, and there has been further progress since the June 30 Inter-Agency meeting in which the Ambassador participated. A quick run down on our benchmarks: cocaine seizures have increased four [...] |
2003-07-24 23:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1904 |
FRG PROTESTS CONTINUE [...] (U) An estimated 3,000 to 5,000 pro-Rios Montt protesters remained overnight at several locations in the capital and continue to surround the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal building. A tense calm has returned to Guatemala City for the moment, with v [...] |
2003-07-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1906 |
UPDATE ON VIOLENT POLITICAL PROTESTS IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) At 2:00 PM local time on July 25, the disturbances seem to be winding down. In a second day of protests, pro-Rios Montt demonstrators focused their morning activities around the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court, and Supreme Electoral Tribunal buildings--all related to Rios Montt's effo [...] |
2003-07-25 21:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1907 |
VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS OVER--FOR NOW [...] No summary [...] |
2003-07-25 22:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1908 |
FRG PROTEST AFTERMATH: GUATEMALA MORE FRAGMENTED [...] (C) Summary: Unexpected legal setbacks to the registration of former General Rios Montt's presidential candidacy have led to profound frustration among FRG leaders. They view Rios Montt as the only FRG candidate who has a chance of winning the elections, and the biggest draw for voters to sup [...] |
2003-07-27 18:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM PREL PINR PHUM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1944 |
POLICE CHIEF MANCHAME FIRED; CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) Summary: Responding to accusations that the Police did not ensure public order during the protests of July 24-25, Government Minister Reyes Calderon fired Police Chief Manchame on July 27. On July 28, the Constitutional Court rejected the FRG's latest appeal on behalf of Rios Montt. The F [...] |
2003-07-30 21:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM ASEC GT PJUS |
| 03GUATEMALA1952 |
RIOS MONTT REGISTERED AS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt was registered as a presidential candidate on July 31, following a ruling by the Constitutional Court ordering the electoral institutions to carry out its decision to that effect of July 14 and void all appeals. Opposition and civil society leaders cal [...] |
2003-07-31 17:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA1981 |
POLITICAL TENSIONS RELATED TO RIOS MONTT'S [...] (SBU) Following the Constitutional Court's controversial July 30 decision to order the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) and Registry of Persons to register FRG leader Efrain Rios Montt as a presidential candidate in the November elections (reftel), the political opposition and civil society gr [...] |
2003-08-01 18:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2040 |
GETTING AHEAD OF THE POLICY CURVE IN GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary: We need to be planning now as to how we would respond to a variety of contingencies during the campaign and as a result of the November 9 elections. I believe we have in place most of the policy elements we need: a sound public position on the Rios Montt candidacy in the May 27 [...] |
2003-08-12 00:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ETRD GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2052 |
NEW ELECTION POLL PUTS RIOS MONTT FIFTH, WITH [...] (SBU) Election poll results released on August 12 show GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger leading the pack with 44% (up from 37% in July); followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 17% (up from 13% in July) and FRG candidate Efrain Rios Montt with 3% (down from 8% in July in the same p [...] |
2003-08-12 22:14:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2288 |
VIOLENT CRIME: GROWING THREAT TO GUATEMALAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemalans have become numbed by the daily press reports of violent crime, and an increasing number identify the lack of public security as the nation's number one problem. The emergence of gangs ("maras") has taken the violence even to the remote rural areas of the country, an [...] |
2003-09-04 22:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KDEM ASEC PINR PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2334 |
OAS MISSION WORRIED ABOUT ELECTORAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with OAS Election Observation Mission Chief Valentin Paniagua on September 8. The Ambassador pledged continued USG support to the OAS mission, briefed Paniagua on the re-certification process, and raised the need for a private communications channel between [...] |
2003-09-09 21:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2412 |
CAMPAIGN POLITICS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the registration of twelve presidential tickets complete, the presidential race has narrowed to four main contenders (only the top two in the first round, on November 9, will contend in the second round, on December 28). Oscar Berger of the tripartite GANA coalition is a [...] |
2003-09-18 19:49:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2413 |
ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES FOR GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] Summary. This message provides information about procedures to prevent electoral fraud in response to questions raised at the September 4 Policy Coordinating Committee meeting on Guatemala. We are encouraged by the measures that electoral authorities and institutions are taking to reduce po [...] |
2003-09-18 20:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2550 |
ELECTION UPDATE: OAS CRITICIZES ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The OAS Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) issued its second report, criticizing the GOG's failure to investigate and prosecute electoral violence, especially the murders of political activists and the violent FRG protests of July. On October 1, the OAS EOM opened offices in sev [...] |
2003-10-02 20:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM PREL GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2563 |
HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: COURT UPHOLDS GERARDI [...] (U) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights in Guatemala. Topics include: -- Constitutional Court Rejects Defense Request to Annul Gerardi Sentence -- Murder of Community Organizer in Chichicastenango -- Ovalle Shooters Sentenced to Life [...] |
2003-10-03 17:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2634 |
JUST ANOTHER LATIN AMERICAN ELECTION, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The election campaign, which got off to a violent start, marred by allegations of expected fraud, has settled in recent weeks into what the UN mission aptly described as "just another Latin American election." The continuing heated confrontation between the ruling FRG and the opp [...] |
2003-10-10 18:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR GT UN |
| 03GUATEMALA2664 |
ELECTION ROUND UP WITH THREE WEEKS TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Polls continue to show GANA candidate Berger significantly ahead in voter preferences, followed by UNE's Colom and the FRG's Rios Montt in a dead heat for second place. Some electoral experts believe the FRG will not make it into the second round, though poll results suggest th [...] |
2003-10-17 18:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2705 |
WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO, VOTER PREFERENCES REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The polls continue to show GANA candidate Oscar Berger in a clear lead in the run up to the November 9 national elections, followed by Colom and Rios Montt vying for second place. Fears of potential electoral fraud are much diminished, and pre-election violence and electorally m [...] |
2003-10-23 22:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2707 |
ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT 1: ALL QUIET ON THE EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs visited the eastern provinces of Zacapa and Chiquimula to conduct man-on-the-street interviews and to discuss the ongoing election campaign with resident international election observers. Widespread disillusionment with the Portillo Administration was reflected in our [...] |
2003-10-24 12:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2728 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT #2: SOUTH COAST HOT SPOTS [...] Summary: Election officials in Suchitepequez and Esquintla provinces generally anticipate a transparent process, with minimal vote fraud. Election officials, OAS observers, and men and women encountered in the street all anticipate high voter turnout. Based on a tiny, unscientific sample, [...] |
2003-10-24 18:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PHUM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2764 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT #3: LEGACY OF NEGLECT LIVES ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in Quiche, historically a bastion of the FRG, told us that their votes this time would be for any candidate other than the former General. Berger and Colom led the pack of presidential preferences. While there is little concern among the international observers or the loc [...] |
2003-10-29 20:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR EAID GT UN |
| 03GUATEMALA2769 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH RIOS MONTT [...] (C) Summary: In an October 29 breakfast with the Ambassador, FRG presidential candidate Rios Montt said he would respect the outcome of the election, whatever it is. He expressed concern about technical problems with the voter registration list ("padron") and locally organized acts of violenc [...] |
2003-10-29 23:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MOPS PREL EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2787 |
ELECTION SNAPSHOT #4: CONCERNS IN THE INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs visited the indigenous highland areas of Quetzaltenango and San Jose Poaquil to continue to meet with local and international election monitoring organizations and test the pulse of the electorate outside the capital. Our unscientific polling suggests widespread frust [...] |
2003-10-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2794 |
GUATEMALAN ELECTION UPDATE: ONE WEEK TO BALLOTING [...] (C) Summary: Polls show voter preferences largely unchanged, with Berger ahead with 41%, followed by Colom (22.3%) and Rios Montt (13.3%). Informal polling conducted by Embassy in the countryside supports these results. The OAS and EU Observer Missions say the TSE has addressed problems with [...] |
2003-10-31 18:39:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EAID GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2796 |
GOG WORKING ON SOLUTION TO MAJOR FLAP OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress passed a law on October 28 forbidding "any productive activity" on election day, the day before and the day after, ostensibly to enable migrant workers to return to their homes to vote. Minister of Labor Moreira told reporters that the law forbid all but f [...] |
2003-11-03 00:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM GT OAS |
| 03GUATEMALA2802 |
VOTERS IN JALAPA SET TO CAST BALLOTS FOR "ANYBODY [...] Summary: Man-on-the-street interviews with voters in the Department of Jalapa suggest a strong backlash against the ruling FRG party and its candidate Efrain Rios Montt in the November 9 election. Jalapa voted overwhelmingly for the FRG in the past two elections, but respondents said the curren [...] |
2003-11-03 18:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2864 |
ALL QUIET ON EVE OF GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS [...] With fourteen hours to go before the opening of voting tables on November 9, no election-related disturbances have been reported. The prohibition on partisan campaigning went into effect at noon on November 7, and all the political parties have ceased campaigning. The sale of alcohol has bee [...] |
2003-11-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2867 |
GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: POLLS OPEN WITH LONG LINES [...] The polls opened on time, and reports from around the country indicate that voter participation is larger than in previous elections. Lines are long, and moved slowly at the beginning, frustrating many voters, but reports from many precincts indicate that by the second hour of voting, lines w [...] |
2003-11-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR EAID KDEM ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2869 |
GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: PROBLEMS WITH VOTER [...] Embassy election observers around the country report that voter lines are moving slowly and many intending voters are not able to vote because of problems with the voter registration list ("padron electoral") or their voter identification document ("cedula"). Authorities in Chimaltenango Depa [...] |
2003-11-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ASEC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2870 |
GUATEMALAN ELECTIONS: VERY PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] Early election results from around the country (often representing only one or two tables) at 8 p.m. on election night have given the following results. We note that the sample is too small to be considered statistically reliable, but does reflect the vote from the four corners of the country [...] |
2003-11-10 02:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2871 |
BERGER AND COLOM WIN FIRST ROUND OF GUATEMALAN [...] (U) At 0630 hrs local time on November 10, the Supreme Electoral Tribunal announced preliminary results of the national elections. With 21% of voting tables reporting, GANA presidential candidate Oscar Berger is ahead with 47.7% of the vote, followed by UNE candidate Alvaro Colom with 26.4%. [...] |
2003-11-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2937 |
INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATION CONTRIBUTES TO DECLINE [...] Summary: Protests, some violent, continue in communities where dissatisfaction with the mayoral election results is ongoing, but violence overall is much decreased from the 1999 elections. Allegations of 29 "political" murders during the electoral campaign were disputed by international observ [...] |
2003-11-17 19:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PINR EAID GT |
| 03GUATEMALA2942 |
EMBASSY ELECTION OBSERVATION: DISORGANIZATION, NOT [...] Summary: Guatemalans refused to be intimidated by predictions of violence and fraud, and braved the disorganized election process to vote in record numbers. Thirty-nine Embassy observers of the November 9 national elections witnessed this display of democratic participation by Guatemalans wh [...] |
2003-11-17 22:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM GT |
| 03GUATEMALA473 |
PROTESTS IN FINAL YEAR OF PORTILLO ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: Portillo's virtual absence from public during a time of mounting social protests has led to growing concern about governability. The latest challenges, from teachers, ex-PACs and the "campesinos," are not easily attributed to Portillo's traditional opponents in the private secto [...] |
2003-02-21 17:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PINS ETRD ELAB KDEM PINR GT |
| 03GUATEMALA537 |
TEACHERS STRIKE DEEPENS, TESTING GOG [...] (SBU) Summary: February 26, Day 38 of the national teachers strike affecting 80,000 public schoolteachers and over 2 million students, saw blockades of major airports, ports, border crossings, and oil refineries, and the indefinite suspension of Congress due to the protests. After receiving [...] |
2003-02-27 18:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC GT |
| 03GUATEMALA770 |
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PROTILLO [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner at the residence March 22, President Portillo acknowledged that Guatemala ought to support a UNHCR resolution on Cuba but said he has a problem with General Rios Montt's resentment over U.S. opposition to his presidential candidacy. Portillo said Guatemala agreed with [...] |
2003-03-24 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ELAB PGOV KTIA MARR SNAR KDEM PHUM EFIN ETRD CU IR GT |
| 03HANOI388 |
VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...] |
2003-02-19 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP |
| 03HARARE1130 |
AFTER MUGABE: POST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A U.S. [...] (c) Summary: While it is still uncertain whether President Robert Mugabe will depart in the next days or months, Post considers it prudent to offer policymakers "day after" recommendations at this stage. Assuming a transition government is committed to political and economic reform, the U.S. [...] |
2003-06-04 10:47:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI EXIM |
| 03HARARE1185 |
ASSISTING ZIMBABWE AFTER DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS [...] (c) Summary: This message provides recommendations for U.S. assistance to a reformist, democratically-elected government. These recommendations go well beyond the assistance we recommended for a transition government in reftel. End summary. 2. (c) Reftel outlined programs and activities we [...] |
2003-06-11 12:39:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM PHUM PREL SENV SOCI ZI |
| 03HARARE1511 |
FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Experience gained from last June's &Final Push8 attempt at mass action has altered the strategic vision for those promoting and organizing non-violent protest in Zimbabwe. An accurate assessment of the situation and temperament of the Zimbabwean population points away from a &Se [...] |
2003-07-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Harare | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM ZI |
| 03KUWAIT2008 |
DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] Embassy Kuwait requests an NEA Democracy Small Grant of $25,000 to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society. ----------- THE PROBLEM ----------- 2. Women, who do not have the right to vote, have little opportunity to influence policy in Kuwait, [...] |
2003-05-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KU |
| 03KUWAIT3556 |
GOK CLAIMS INTENT TO EXPAND SUFFRAGE, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the Ambassador met with the new government's Minister of Justice, Ahmed Baquer Al-Abdullah, who gave him a readout on some of the governments upcoming plans. Among the specific items discussed were the GOK's commitment to womens suffrage, the possible lowering of the [...] |
2003-08-04 13:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT3623 |
(C) SHAYKH SABAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION: This message is intended to assist preparations for Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah's visit to Washington, where he is due to meet with President Bush on September 10. We recommend that he be invited to meet (separately) with the Secretaries of State [...] |
2003-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PTER EFIN EAID KDEM PHUM PINR KU OVIP SABAH AL AHMED JABER |
| 03KUWAIT5202 |
NGO'S IN KUWAIT: NEARLY GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2003-11-16 06:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KU |
| 03KUWAIT5342 |
(C) FORMER GCC SECGEN OPTIMISTIC FOR THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs met with senior Adviser to the Prime Minister and former GCC Secretary General Abdullah Bishara on November 19. After sharing details of Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed's domestic agenda (septel), Bishara offered an upbeat view on prospects for the region, based on the US [...] |
2003-11-22 11:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KU IZ IR SA EG SY |
| 03KUWAIT5370 |
MEPI FUNDING REQUEST--JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT AND WORK [...] Summary: Post requests MEPI funding for the establishment of a Junior Achievement program in Kuwait, and MEPI funding and ECA support in arranging a 4-6 week US work shadow program for non-elite Kuwaiti youth in the 16-23 age range during the summer of 2004. End summary. Junior Achievement [...] |
2003-11-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC KMPI KDEM KU |
| 03KUWAIT5735 |
REVISED DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT PROPOSAL FOR GENDER [...] This is a revised request of Reftel B from Embassy Kuwait for an NEA Democracy Small Grant to sponsor a gender-budgeting study to be carried out by the Kuwait Economic Society (KES). The revised funding request for this grant is $34,350.00 (see para 9). The KES has requested a specific outside [...] |
2003-12-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KU |
| 03LAGOS102 |
NIGERIA; A VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST - PART 1: ABIA [...] (C) Summary. Orji Kalu, dubbed the "Action Governor" by President Obasanjo for his aggressive style and ability to get programs and projects going in Abia state, recently won a year-long administrative and political tussle with his disgruntled Deputy Governor and half the State legislators. [...] |
2003-01-14 09:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS104 |
NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...] |
2003-01-14 10:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI |
| 03LAGOS1088 |
NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG), has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...] |
2003-05-23 10:43:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS1211 |
NIGERIA: YORUBA LEADER PA ADESANYA'S VIEWS ON [...] (U) Summary. Leader of Afenifere and member of the Patriot's group, Pa Abraham Adesanya, says that the April elections must be canceled and an interim government installed until "free and fair" elections can be held. He claims Afenifere is not seriously weakened after the defeat of many Allian [...] |
2003-06-16 11:37:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS1479 |
Attempted Coup in Anambra State: Harbinger of [...] (SBU) Summary. A mid-July attempt by a cadre of business and political leaders to surreptitiously unseat a recently-elected state governor has created an ongoing political imbroglio and leaves Nigerians and Nigeria watchers asking if, instead of the military coups of the past, leaders here no [...] |
2003-07-25 11:01:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS1833 |
NIGERIAN EDITOR BECOMES UNABASHED BUSH SISTER [...] Summary: Special Project participant Nkechinyere Nwosu returned to Nigeria excited about her program. She informed Post that she had a good experience and that the program helped change the misconceptions she had about the U.S., including the U.S. policies on Iraq and Africa. She said she lear [...] |
2003-09-03 10:12:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM OEXC SCUL NI |
| 03LAGOS1862 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2003 [...] (U) The Impeachment Panel set up by the Anambra State government to investigate Deputy Governor Okey Udeh's role in the July 10 failed attempt to forcefully remove Governor Chris Ngige from office has ignored an order of the federal High Court in Abuja restraining it from further consideration [...] |
2003-09-05 11:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ELAB PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS1899 |
NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), ChevronTexaco, [...] |
2003-09-10 11:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL |
| 03LAGOS1900 |
NIGERIA: GON AGREES TO INCREASE CIVIL SERVICE [...] On Friday, September 5, Laboff spoke to Chris Uyot, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Head of Information and Public Affairs, who confirmed that the GON agreed to implement sliding scale wage increases for all federal civil servants retroactive to July 1, 2003. While both sides are working o [...] |
2003-09-10 13:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS1930 |
ABIA STATE GOVERNOR ORJI KALU'S VISIT [...] (U) This is Post's response to Department's request for information on Abia State Governor Orji Kalu who is to meet with A/S Walter Kansteiner September,2003. 2. (U) Orji Uzor Kalu is 44 years old. Both he and his wife hold "green cards" and their two daughters are AmCits. Kalu and his [...] |
2003-09-15 12:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OVIP PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS1937 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 8, 2003 [...] (U) Almost exactly one year after the prominent husband and wife team of lawyers, Barnabas Chidi and Amaka Blessing Igwe, was hacked to death in the streets of Onitsha, a bail hearing was held in the Onitsha High Court for one of the prime suspects in the case. In an unusual move to get action [...] |
2003-09-16 12:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EPET SENV NI |
| 03LAGOS2043 |
NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...] The battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations throughout the country reflect speculation that the GON might announce further increases in fuel prices as early as October 1. 2. The Central Working Co [...] |
2003-10-02 10:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS2058 |
NLC PLANS TO BOYCOTT ALL AFRICA GAMES AS PART OF A [...] (U) On October 1, gas stations throughout the nation increased their prices from 34 naira per liter to 39.5 naira in Lagos and Abuja and as much as 60 naira per liter in several states in the east. While the majority of gas stations have raised prices (a handful of Nigerian National Petroleum [...] |
2003-10-03 15:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2069 |
Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...] |
2003-10-06 16:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM |
| 03LAGOS2080 |
NIGERIA: POLICE NOT PREPARED FOR OCTOBER 9 STRIKE [...] (C) Haruna John (PROTECT), Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) resident in Lagos State gave Pol/Econ Officer an update on police preparedness for the planned nationwide strike on October 9. According to John, the police force is not/not prepared to deal with potential problems that a strike ma [...] |
2003-10-08 17:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV NI |
| 03LAGOS2187 |
SOUTHERN SNAPSHOTS - OCTOBER 14 TO 24, 2003 [...] (U) Although most Nigerian and foreign election observers acknowledged that the Spring 2003 gubernatorial, National Assembly and Presidential elections were rife with fraud, all agreed and all urged disgruntled losing candidates and political parties to pursue their claims and complaints in t [...] |
2003-10-23 12:25:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS2322 |
NIGERIAN NATIONAL LABOUR CONGRESS OPPOSES [...] (U) The latest stage in the recurring disputes between the President and the National Labour Congress (NLC) was President Olusegun Obasanjo's submission of a bill to the National Assembly to revise laws governing trade unions. The bill seeks to amend Nigeria's Trade Unions Act by recognizing [...] |
2003-11-09 09:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS2349 |
OUT IN AFRICA: A VISIT TO EKITI STATE [...] (U) Summary. PolOffs made a one day familiarization visit to the tiny land-locked State of Ekiti. In April 2003, Ekiti, like its neighboring states in the southwest except Lagos, got rid of its Alliance for Democracy governor and elected a representative of the ruling Peoples Democratic Part [...] |
2003-11-13 12:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS2363 |
OBASANJO SHOULD RESIGN CLAIMS CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society organizations continue to agitate on the national scene in an attempt to realize public policy and institutional reform, but have yet to produce real movement in that direction. Calls for protest against the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) [...] |
2003-11-17 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NI XY |
| 03LAGOS239 |
NIGERIA: AD PARTY - CONSENSUS OF YORUBA NATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite recent factionalization, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Lagos State presented the public with a face of party consensus in their January 8 gubernatorial congress. Following his challengers' disqualification, incumbent Governor Bola Tinubu took the nomination unopposed. [...] |
2003-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI KWMN NI |
| 03LAGOS2399 |
NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...] |
2003-11-21 16:31:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS2464 |
CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...] |
2003-12-05 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI |
| 03LAGOS2606 |
NIGERIA: WHEN DOVES FIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and Economic Counselor met on December 1 with Femi Falana, former president of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) and well-known international human rights lawyer, to discuss the internal battle for power within the CDHR. CDHR executives have accused Fa [...] |
2003-12-19 11:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS2640 |
NIGERIA: TALE OF TWO CONVENTIONS [...] (U) The Alliance for Democracy (AD) party parted in two when opposing groups held separate national conventions in Lagos and Abuja last week. Plagued by infighting and the controversial self-appointment as party chairman of Ahmed Adamu Abdulkadir, President Obasanjo's Special Advisor on Manu [...] |
2003-12-24 10:36:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS309 |
NIGERIA: A VISIT TO FOUR SOUTHERN STATES: PART 2 - [...] (U) Summary. Once almost guaranteed re-election to the governorship of oil producing Bayelsa State, the incumbent, DSP Alamieyesiegha, is facing serious charges of corruption that have the possibility of disqualifying him. In the four years of his administration, the governor has had some v [...] |
2003-02-10 09:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR NI |
| 03LAGOS504 |
NIGERIA: WHO WAS MARSHALL HARRY? [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. Harry engendered bitter rivalries as a notorious power-player and strategist who aimed to shift power to South-south minorities, including Rivers S [...] |
2003-03-07 17:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS505 |
NIGERIA: HARRY'S MURDER FLAMES PORT HARCOURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Marshall Harry's death on March 5 is the latest in a series of murders regarded by southern Nigerians as political assassinations. His death has raised tensions in the Rivers State capital of Port Harcourt, where the leading opposition presidential candidate plns to hold a rall [...] |
2003-03-07 17:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS563 |
NIGERIA: SOUTH TENSE AS POLITICAL VIOLENCE RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Southern civic and media groups have diverse views of the coming elections, ranging from optimistic anticipation of leadership change to fear of ruthless power tactics. Some analysts predict "bloody" elections in Kwara and the South-South states, but relative calm in Lagos and [...] |
2003-03-17 11:42:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS630 |
NIGERIA: ETHNIC POLITICS AND NIGER DELTA CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The violent Ijaw confrontations of the Itsekiri in the oil-rich Escravos area result from their fierce political competition to control the South-west Warri Local Government. The chairmanship of this local government is seen as a lynchpin to the Ijaw's economic survival. If [...] |
2003-03-24 16:27:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC EPET ENRG PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 03LAGOS673 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NLC TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with the Acting President of the National Labour Congress (NLC), Joseph Akinlaja, on Thursday, March 27, 2003, to discuss, inter alia, NLC plans to begin a nationwide civil service strike on April 1. Akinlaja, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of Petr [...] |
2003-03-31 14:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV |
| 03LAGOS683 |
NIGERIA: APRIL FOOLS - NLC SUSPENDS STRIKE OF [...] SUMMARY: Joseph Akinlaja, General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, informed Laboff that the GON reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at approximately 0100 hours on April 1, 2003, hours before a nationwide civil service strike was sc [...] |
2003-04-01 14:24:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS813 |
NIGERIA: SOUTHWEST POLITICS UPENDED AS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The April 19 gubernatorial and presidential election will be a remarkable test of incumbent power-players and ethnic politics in the Southwest. After stunning defeats in the National Assembly elections on April 12, the Alliance for Democracy (AD) is fighting for its political l [...] |
2003-04-18 08:45:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KDEM ASEC CASC ECON NI |
| 03LAGOS886 |
NIGERIA: SOUTH-SOUTH ELECTION LOSERS PLAY WAITING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Nigeria's South-south, all six of the incumbent governors of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) had their reelection confirmed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after the April 19 election. The degree of election tampering varied starkly across [...] |
2003-04-28 12:18:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ASEC SOCI NI |
| 03LAGOS888 |
NIGERIA: YORUBA CONTROL OF SOUTHWEST POLITICS A [...] (U) Summary. Ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sweeps in recent legislative and gubernatorial elections show that rule of "old line" leaders of the mainly-Yoruba Alliance for Democracy Party and the Yoruba socio-cultural organization, Afenifere, has ended. Five of the six States in the [...] |
2003-04-28 14:40:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
| 03OTTAWA126 |
CANADA: ENGAGING ON VENEZUELA AT ECUADORAN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Jose Herran-Lima, Director of DFAIT's South American Division, and Renata Wielgosz, DFAIT's Inter-American Affairs Division Director, on January 10. Wielgosz indicated Canada is very interested in joining in discussions concerning Venezuela on the margins [...] |
2003-01-13 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL VE |
| 03OTTAWA1542 |
CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW ON ELECTION PROCESS IN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-05-30 13:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM CB CA |
| 03PRISTINA177 |
AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...] |
2003-02-06 17:18:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI |
| 03RANGOON1259 |
RAZALI'S RANGOON MEETINGS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Razali departed Rangoon on October 2nd, calling his trip a "total failure." Though he did not achieve any tangible results, his visit was important in assessing the degree of open mindedness on all sides for the SPDC's recently announced "road map to democracy." [...] |
2003-10-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BM |
| 03RANGOON1264 |
SECOND NATIONAL CONVENTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: By reviving a second defunct National Convention planning committee, and staffing it with government officials, the Burmese regime is moving nearer to realizing step one of its seven part democracy plan. Participation of ethnic minority, and other opposition groups, is still now [...] |
2003-10-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM BM |
| 03RANGOON248 |
USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY FOR BURMA [...] (SBU) The following draft report is provided in response to tasking contained in reftel. The text of the report has also been sent by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV. 2. (SBU) Begin report text: Embassy Rangoon Human Rights Strategy for Burma The United States has staked out a position in Burma [...] |
2003-02-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM BM |
| 03RANGOON517 |
EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and note taker spent over an hour and a half with Aung San Suu Kyi at her residence April 27 discussing a host of political issues. UN Special Envoy Razali's influenced was undermined, in the NLD leader's view, when Malaysian PM Mahathir bowed to the re [...] |
2003-04-30 00:46:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM BM NLD ASSK |
| 03RANGOON524 |
BURMA HRDF GRANT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Embassy Rangoon submits the four proposals described below in response to reftel request for projects promoting democracy and human rights. The projects were chosen because they directly support U.S. goals in Burma in regard to strengthening civil society and democratic principles. They [...] |
2003-04-30 09:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM BM |
| 03RANGOON543 |
JAPAN'S NEW BURMA POLICY: FULL ENGAGEMENT WITH NO [...] (C) Summary: The new Japanese "Three Pillars" strategy of humanitarian aid, economic reform, and democracy was officially unveiled on April 29. The Japanese ambassador in Rangoon explained the details and origin of this policy to the Chief of Mission (COM) during a lunch on May 5. Though he [...] |
2003-05-06 07:02:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KDEM BM |
| 03RANGOON623 |
THIRTEEN YEARS ON, NLD CALLS ON JUNTA TO HONOR [...] (U) Summary: At a ceremony honoring the 13th anniversary of multiparty elections in Burma, the National League for Democracy, which won 392 out of the 485 elected seats, called on the regime to honor the election's results. Citing the junta's pledges from the pre- and post-election period th [...] |
2003-05-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM BM NLD |
| 03RANGOON646 |
INSIDERS' VIEWS ON HOW TO INFLUENCE BURMA'S RULING [...] (S) Summary: Burma's businessmen have been telling us in no uncertain terms that neither economic sanctions nor constructive engagement will expedite political reform under the current circumstances. With surprising unanimity, these insiders have asserted that "coercive persuasion" is the only [...] |
2003-06-03 10:57:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PREL KDEM PGOV ETRD BM |
| 03RANGOON860 |
MP'S-ELECT SHARE THEIR POLITICAL VIEWS [...] (S) Summary: MPs-elect told us July 18 that they expect Aung San Suu Kyi to be released fairly soon, that the party remains strong and its members dedicated and loyal, and that they hope to avoid any "sporadic" anti-regime action that could serve as a pretext for an even tougher crackdown on [...] |
2003-07-18 08:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03RANGOON900 |
BURNING FOR BOOKS IN BURMA: HIGH SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: American Center publications and library programs are currently enjoying new highs of popularity. The military government of Burma censors the press, dictates radio and television broadcasts, limits access to the internet, and controls every educational institution across Burma, c [...] |
2003-07-29 09:14:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP KDEM PGOV BM |
| 03RANGOON919 |
UPDATE ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LOCATION; VISITS TO [...] (S) NLD insiders tell us Aung San Suu Kyi has recently been held in the house of a military officer on the complex of a counter-terrorism unit in Hlegu Township, a few miles north of Rangoon's international airport. We do not know if she is there permanently or was moved temporarily (from the [...] |
2003-08-01 09:26:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM BM ASSK NLD |
| 03SANAA1101 |
USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN [...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...] |
2003-05-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA166 |
SANAA RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON U.S. - MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) Summary: As the least developed country in the NEA region, Yemen is likely to show rapid, tangible results from well-conceived MEPI-funded programming. The ROYG has welcomed the initiative warmly and publicly, and Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi will send a letter to Secretary Powel [...] |
2003-01-23 13:27:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SCUL KDEM KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03SANAA2428 |
DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE NATIONAL WOMEN [...] Embassy Sanaa requests funding for a grant from the NEA Democracy Small Grants Program to the "National Women Committee/ Aden" to conduct the "Early Marriage Phenomenon Study and Awareness Workshop." 2. The National Women Committee is quasi-governmental and receives much of its funding fr [...] |
2003-09-28 12:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03SANAA2464 |
A/S BURNS IN YEMEN: MEPI AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS [...] (u) Summary: During his October 3-4 visit to Yemen, Assistant Secretary Burns experienced first-hand how development programs complement and support Post's counter-terrorism goals. Meetings with President Saleh and FM Qirbi reported in septels. A/S Burns received comprehensive briefings fro [...] |
2003-10-08 06:52:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA263 |
ROYG INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH A CODE OF CONDUCT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh this week proposed an initiative between the political parties to establish a Code of Conduct to ensure peaceful and fair elections. In a controversial move, Saleh appointed Sheikh Zindani, leader of the extremist wing of the Islah party, to the multi-party com [...] |
2003-02-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA2839 |
FURTHER DETAILS ON YEMEN-EU DEMOCRACY/HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Pol/Econ Deputy received updated information on the Sana'a Inter-Governmental Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Criminal Court to be held in January (reftels) from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) representative Niccolo Figa-Talamanca [...] |
2003-12-06 13:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA3009 |
PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/17 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In an extended 12/17 meeting with President Saleh, PM Senior Advisor Bodine welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and, along with the Ambassador, requested greater access for U.S. interrogation teams. Supporting U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development, Ambassador Bod [...] |
2003-12-23 11:12:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA3010 |
PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/18 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: During a 12/18/03 call on Foreign Minister Qirbi, PM Senior Advisor Bodine and Qirbi exchanged signed diplomatic notes to complete an Article 98 agreement, (ROYG has asked that this not/not be publicized, however.) Without setting a precise date, Qirbi responded positively to the [...] |
2003-12-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC PGOV PARM KDEM YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM |
| 03SANAA309 |
SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SHEIKH AL AHMAR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Within the scope of ongoing post meetings with senior political figures in the run-up to the April parliamentary elections, the Ambassador called on Speaker of Parliament (and leader of the Islamist-oriented Islah Party) Sheikh Abdullah Hussein al-Ahmar at his home on January 30 [...] |
2003-02-14 21:15:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA329 |
FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: The Women's Integration in Development Association (WIDA) conducted five workshops on "Democracy and Human Rights Integration in Local Councils" in five Governorates, Al-Baida, Taiz, Mahweet, Lahaj and Sanaa in accordance with the terms of their democracy small grant. Project's op [...] |
2003-02-19 07:39:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03SANAA331 |
FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE CIVIC [...] (U) Summary : The Civic Democratic Initiatives Foundation (CDF) conducted the "Democratic Initiatives Enhancement Program: Voter Registration Education Project". It was a media project campaign aimed to inform the people that their old voter registration cards were no longer valid and encourag [...] |
2003-02-19 07:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA706 |
YEMEN'S ELECTION ADMINISTRATION TECHNICALLY SOUND [...] (U) Summary: Technical preparations for the April 27 parliamentary elections are significantly better than past efforts by the ROYG, which should increase citizen confidence in the outcome of the elections. Improvements include a more credible voter registration, increased transparency, be [...] |
2003-04-10 11:07:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA794 |
TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...] |
2003-04-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA818 |
SETTING THE STAGE FOR YEMEN,S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary elections should be the most competitive elections ever in Yemen. This third parliamentary election in Yemen's emerging democracy presents a challenge and an opportunity for Yemen to move forward. The potential for violence threatens to mar what obs [...] |
2003-04-17 12:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA875 |
STRONG ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORT TO ASSESS [...] Summary: Yemen's parliamentary election April 27 (refs and septel) will benefit from a well-organized election observation effort that will assess its outcome. Encouraged by the ROYG, political parties and NGOs, more than 30,000 international and domestic observers will deploy on election d [...] |
2003-04-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA881 |
YEMENI ELECTION HEATS UP [...] (U) Summary: With three days left in the campaign, Yemen's April 27 parliamentary elections dominate the political scene (refs b and c). The opposition Islah party looks likely to gain seats against the ruling General People's Congress (GPC), although no observers predict that the GPC will [...] |
2003-04-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA892 |
YEMENI ELECTION DAY PEACEFUL WITH HIGH TURNOUT [...] (U) Summary: Yemen enjoyed an overwhelmingly peaceful election day on April 27. Early results indicate that the GPC will maintain its parliamentary majority, with opposition parties increasing their seats. Voter turnout was very high, estimated to be at least 70%. Election administration [...] |
2003-04-28 12:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA955 |
YEMEN,S ELECTION: CITIZENS BET ON DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary election demonstrated significant progress in Yemen's democratic path despite some flaws. Obvious enthusiasm and interest by voters in the campaign, including more than 75% turnout on election day, indicate a healthy appetite for democracy in Yemen. [...] |
2003-05-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA969 |
DEMOCRACY YEMENI STYLE: TIDBITS FROM THE AFTERMATH [...] (U) Summary: Despite several irregularities in post-election procedures, the assessment of the April 27 elections remains generally positive, even among the opposition. Observers express concern that the make-up of the new parliament, with its overwhelming General People's Party (GPC) maj [...] |
2003-05-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4522 |
ECUADOR EX-PRESIDENT NOBOA NOW IN DOMINICAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GODR MFA has confirmed that former Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa arrived in the Dominican Republic on August 23 after being granted approval by the GOE to travel. He and his spouse have been staying at the Presidential retreat, but are arranging to rent their own apartm [...] |
2003-08-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR EC |
| 03SANTODOMINGO4763 |
GODR LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN AGAINST COMMERCIAL SEXUAL [...] On August 27 the GODR launched a hard-hitting campaign against commercial sexual exploitation of minors. Billboards in beach areas will bear the message, "In the Dominican Republic, we protect our treasures. Our beaches, mountains, monuments and our most precious treasure: our children." The [...] |
2003-09-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS DR |
| 03SANTODOMINGO5117 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO ATTEND DECENTRALIZATION [...] No summary [...] |
2003-09-22 21:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | DR KDEM PGOV PINS PREL |
| 03SANTODOMINGO6000 |
SPECIAL SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS INFORMATION [...] Reftel A and B points were delivered to Ambassador Francia Sencion, Director of the Americas Desk at the GODR Foreign Ministry, on October 22. GODR Ambassador Jesus Maria Hernandez, who was identified in Reftel A as Summit Coordinator, is out of the country and unavailable. Sencion will for [...] |
2003-10-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON KSUM KDEM XM XL DR |
| 03TEGUCIGALPA137 |
HONDURAN DELEGATION TO OAS CSBM MEETING [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. 2. MFA DG for Foreign Policy AMB Mario Fortin informed PolOff January 16 that the Honduran delegation to the OAS CSBM meeting would be AMB Policarpo Callejas, Advisor to the Foreign Minister, and AMB Salvador Redezno, OAS PermRep. Foreign Mini [...] |
2003-01-17 18:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KDEM HO |
| 03THEHAGUE2128 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DUTCH ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) DCM AND POLOFF MADE REFTEL POINTS TO DUTCH MFA OSCE TASK FORCE CHIEF AMB. DAAN EVERTS AND TASK FORCE STAFF IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS ON AUGUST 22. AMB. EVERTS TOLD DCM THAT DESPITE BEING "VERY DISAPPOINTED" WITH THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN GEORGIA, THE OSCE WOULD ENGAGE IN THE SELECTION OF TH [...] |
2003-08-22 16:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KDEM GG NL OSCE DU |
| 03THEHAGUE2567 |
DUTCH RESPONSE TO CHECHNYA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PolOff delivered demarche points on the Chechnya election (ref A) to Dutch MFA OSCE Task Force Senior Policy Officer Robert-Jan Siegert on October 6, 2003. Siegert said the Dutch agree with U.S. points, but the Dutch position varies slightly. He noted FM de Hoop Scheffer, in his c [...] |
2003-10-07 09:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV RS NL |
| 03VATICAN105 |
SUPPORTING OAS SYG GAVIRIAS' MISSION: VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR CARIBBEAN STATES MONS. GIORGIO LINGUA TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 7 THAT THE HOLY SEE'S MAIN CONCERN IN VENEZUELA IS TO SEE TENSIONS REDUCED AND THE PARTIES WORKING TOWARDS AN AUGUST 2003 REFERENDUM, AS PERMITTED BY THE VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTION. THE VENEZUELAN [...] |
2003-01-10 16:27:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE VT VTPREL |
| 03ZAGREB2296 |
ELECTION TIME IN DJULOVAC [...] (U) ON OCTOBER 22, WE VISITED DJULOVAC MUNICIPALITY TO OPEN A USAID AND EUCOMM FUNDED SCHOOL REHABILITATION PROJECT, A COMMUNITY CENTER, AND A ROAD PROJECT. SMILING VILLAGERS, SINGING STUDENTS, AND TABLES LADEN WITH LOCAL DELICACIES AND HOMEMADE BRANDIES GREETED US, THE LOCAL POLITICAL ESTABL [...] |
2003-10-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM HR |
| 04ABUDHABI1831 |
UAE - Talk of reform in advance of the G8 [...] (C) Summary: There is a lively dialogue about the need for political, economic, and educational reforms in the UAE. We read about it in the local press, hear about it from our contacts, and we may be contributing to it by sending Emiratis on Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. [...] |
2004-06-02 13:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV ECON NATO KMPI TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2044 |
UAE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT POSSIBLY BY 2004- [...] THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION, NOURA AL-SUWEIDI, TOLD POLCHIEF ON JUNE 21 THAT WOMEN COULD BE APPOINTED TO THE 40-MEMBER FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC) DURING THE 2004-05 SESSION THAT BEGINS IN THE FALL. AL-SUWEIDI MENTIONED THAT A LIST OF WOMEN NOMINATED BY RULERS OF [...] |
2004-06-22 11:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2096 |
UAE WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT POSSIBLY BY 2004-05 [...] THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE UAE GENERAL WOMEN'S UNION, NOURA AL-SUWEIDI, TOLD POLCHIEF ON JUNE 21 THAT WOMEN COULD BE APPOINTED TO THE 40-MEMBER FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL (FNC) DURING THE 2004-05 SESSION THAT BEGINS IN THE FALL. AL-SUWEIDI MENTIONED THAT A LIST OF WOMEN NOMINATED BY RULERS OF [...] |
2004-06-26 10:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2363 |
U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE 59TH UNGA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM UNGA UN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2382 |
UAE 'S STANDVIEW ON DISCRIMINATION AGAINST [...] THE MFA'S EMIRATES INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY, HOSTED DR. FATEMA'S AL-SAYEGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT UAE UNIVERSITY, FOR A SESSION , JULY 3-4, ON UAE HISTORY, CULTURE, TRADITION AND POLITICSAL SYSTEM, HELD FOR [...] |
2004-07-18 03:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2403 |
UAE WOMAN SCHOLAR SPEAKS UP [...] THE MFA INSTITUTE OF DIPLOMACY HOSTED DR. FATEMA AL- SAYEGH, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMAN OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT IN THE COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES AT UAE UNIVERSITY, FOR A SESSION ON UAE HISTORY, CULTURE, TRADITION AND POLITICS, HELD FOR NEW DIPLOMATS TO THE UAE ON JULY 3 [...] |
2004-07-18 10:32:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KWMN TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2524 |
MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...] |
2004-07-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL |
| 04ABUDHABI3210 |
LOCAL VIEWS ON PROSPECTS FOR UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This message was jointly drafted by Embassy Abu Dhabi and ConGen Dubai. 3. (C) SUMMARY: The slow but steady regional trend toward democratization has triggered some, albeit limited, discussion in Emirati c [...] |
2004-09-16 06:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KDEM KMPI TC SA |
| 04ABUDHABI3631 |
UAE: CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS [...] THE UAE WILL HOST A SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 25 TO HIGHLIGHT ISLAM'S TEACHINGS ABOUT TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THE GATHERING, CALLED "THE PROPHET'S WAY OF DAWA AND GUIDANCE", AIMS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAM AND ADDRESS THE QUES [...] |
2004-10-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PHUM KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3955 |
Cabinet reshuffle enhances stability ahead of [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late the evening November 1. The reshuffle further solidified the Al Nahyan control and rejuvenated the Cabinet with several younger technocrats, while retaining Dubai's Al Maktoum hierarchy in their titular federal roles. UAE [...] |
2004-11-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4025 |
ISLAM EXPERTS PROMOTE MODERATION, CONDEMN TERROR [...] Summary: The UAE hosted an international conference on Islam October 25-30 designed to encourage moderation in preaching and condemn extremism and terrorism. Through this conference, the UAEG hoped to clear "wrong" notions about Islam and show that Islam promotes peace and tolerance. The co [...] |
2004-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4186 |
NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN UAE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4415 |
UAE DELEGATION TO FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI ECON KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4445 |
UAE FINANCE MINISTRY DELEGATION TO FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2004-12-08 04:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PREL TC KMPI |
| 04ABUDHABI4467 |
UAE: U.S.-EU DIALOGUE [...] The U.S. and EU embassies in Abu Dhabi held a dialogue on reform in the Middle East December 8. At the request of the EU Ambassadors, the meeting was held at the DCM level. Fourteen EU missions sent representatives. (Note: This session followed a September 28 COM-level U.S.-EU meeting on the [...] |
2004-12-08 13:31:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KDEM PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI923 |
U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...] |
2004-03-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC |
| 04ABUJA1013 |
INEC SEEKS PARTY DE-REGISTRATION POWERS -- OR NOT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian press reported that INEC Permanent Secretary Abubakar Jauro on June 2 had asked the National Assembly to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the power to "de-register and sanction...erring political parties." Claiming that INEC had been una [...] |
2004-06-09 06:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KCOR EAID NI |
| 04ABUJA1118 |
PLATEAU STATE UPDATE: EMERGENCY POWERS APPROVED, [...] On June 1, both houses of the National Assembly approved President Obasanjo's petition to establish emergency powers under Plateau State's State of Emergency (SOE). Included in the petition are sections regarding detention of persons, curfew, processions and meetings, and control of arms and [...] |
2004-06-23 07:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV CASC KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1149 |
CONGO AND RWANDA RE-COMMIT TO PRETORIA AGREEMENT [...] (U) Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda held a four-hour closed-door meeting in Abuja on June 25. The meeting, initiated and chaired by President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, took place at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. According [...] |
2004-06-29 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1284 |
ELECTION NULLIFICATION OVERTURNED, KEEPING [...] (U) Summary. On July 5, an appeals court sitting in Jos overturned the March 24 election tribunal decision that had nullified the election of Adamawa State Governor Boni Haruna. The verdicts of the appeals court and the election tribunal differed so significantly on their findings of the rel [...] |
2004-07-23 07:19:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM NI ELECTIONS |
| 04ABUJA1318 |
GET LALONG, LITTLE DOGIES: PLATEAU SPEAKER [...] (C) Summary. On July 26, the Plateau State police commissioner declared that suspended Plateau State Assembly Speaker Simon B. Lalong was wanted for interrogation. Lalong, on a trip to London for medical treatment, returned to Nigeria on July 28, where he told Poloffs that he expected to be [...] |
2004-07-29 12:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1332 |
MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH - PCC REQUEST FOR STRATEGIES [...] Summary: Nigeria's large Muslim population is highly critical of US foreign policy and harbors many misconceptions and stereotypes about American society. Muslim media re-inforce these negative opinions. Our current Muslim outreach strategy is effective but needs vastly increased public an [...] |
2004-08-02 04:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PREL EAID PHUM PGOV OIIP OEXC |
| 04ABUJA1366 |
TAKE LALONG 'WAY HOME: PLATEAU STATE SPEAKER NO [...] (C) Suspended Plateau State House of Assembly Speaker Simon Lalong called Poloff to say that he had turned himself in to the Police Commissioner in Jos, who had announced that Lalong was "wanted" (reftel). The commissioner apologized and said it was "all a big misunderstanding." Lalong said h [...] |
2004-08-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1441 |
KANO KINGMAKER SUES TO OVERTURN FIRING, DRAGGING A [...] Summary. A member of the Kano kingmaking council, dismissed by the Emir of Kano, has challenged the Emir's decision in court. The kingmaking council is a group of senior advisors to a traditional ruler, charged with selecting a new king after a death or retirement. This is the first time a [...] |
2004-08-20 11:41:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PGOV NI |
| 04ABUJA1442 |
THE NIGERIA LABOR CONGRESS MOBILIZES AGAINST [...] Summary. The Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) has unveiled its plan to stop the passage of a trade union reform bill now before the national assembly. Proposed by the Presidency, the bill seeks to end the NLC's monopoly as the only recognized labor federation in Nigeria, stop automatic dues pa [...] |
2004-08-20 12:05:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PINR KDEM ECON NI |
| 04ABUJA1584 |
INTERNAL SQUABBLES THREATEN NIGERIA'S MAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ANPP, Nigeria's leading opposition party, issued a series of competing suspensions of senior leaders from the party last week in an replay of a theme all to common in Nigerian politics. For now, however, the suspensions have been lifted by the competing factions pending reco [...] |
2004-09-15 13:08:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1598 |
U.S./NIGERIA BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP: OBASANJO LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In a public speech given at a Nigeria-U.S. investment conference sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa/The Nigerian Economic Summit Group on September 16, President Obasanjo departed from his previously prepared text to lay down markers on the U.S./Nigeria bilateral relat [...] |
2004-09-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EFIN KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA167 |
SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...] |
2004-02-03 14:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1727 |
PARTIAL COMPLIANCE AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationwide sit-at-home strike called by the leadership of the NLC entered its second day October 12. In Abuja, most streets and markets were active, but the doors of most commercial banks and filling stations were closed to customers. In Lagos, the stock exchange and Cent [...] |
2004-10-12 13:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI |
| 04ABUJA1753 |
GON COMMITTEE SAYS ALMOST 54,000 KILLED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A committee appointed by the Plateau State Sole Administrator reported on October 7 that nearly 54,000 people have been killed in Plateau State since the September 7, 2001, riots in Jos. Until now, total casualties nationwide during President Obasanjo's regime have been estim [...] |
2004-10-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA1832 |
SENIOR NIGERIAN CORRUPTION TRIAL POSTPONED [...] The high-profile corruption case brought against five senior ex-GON officials, including the Labor Minister sacked over the scandal, by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) was postponed to December 9, 2004. After numerous delays and postponements, the trial had been scheduled [...] |
2004-10-29 11:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA192 |
GOMBE STATE: A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Gombe State calls itself "the jewel of the Savannah" and was well known as a commercial and agricultural center before it was made a state in 1996 by the Abacha regime. It is quickly becoming a real success story for development. Agricultural output is growing, especially in com [...] |
2004-02-06 11:54:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA2075 |
National PDP Chair warns of potential coup, [...] Summary. A recent heated exchange of letters between President Obasanjo and the chair of his ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) has dominated press headlines. This rift has been brewing since the 2003 elections, and the current crisis in Anambra has aggravated it. PDP chair Ogbeh warns [...] |
2004-12-16 04:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA2105 |
CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL: PARTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The longest case in Nigerian legal history closed with a three to one split decision on the 2003 Presidential elections. While the court declined to throw out the results nation-wide, elements of the decision were as good as the Buhari legal team expected. The dissenting justi [...] |
2004-12-21 10:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NI KDEM |
| 04ABUJA221 |
REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Nigeria's introduction of Sharia criminal law in 12 northern states beginning in 1999 remains a contentious issue in Nigeria. Consequently, Nigeria has experienced sporadic social and religious tensions - occasionally erupting in violence -- which have continued to impact negatively [...] |
2004-02-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL KDEM OIIP NI |
| 04ABUJA223 |
Meeting with INEC National Chairman Guobadia [...] (SBU) Summary: Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Dr. Abel Guobadia believes that the upcoming Local Government Area elections will go well and that the National Assembly will release budgeted funds to INEC sooner this year, allowing for proper funding of programs. The [...] |
2004-02-11 07:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL NI |
| 04ABUJA276 |
"CUSTOMS DUTY" HITS THE SMALL SCREEN [...] President Obasanjo announced in January that he was revamping the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) because it was thoroughly corrupt and neither collecting proper duties not keeping out items the President had banned from importation (reftels). The NCS Controller General was sacked along with se [...] |
2004-02-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR ETRD KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA328 |
BUDGET DEBATE MOVING AHEAD, GON PUBLISHES REVENUES [...] (U) Summary. The GON's budget was not passed within the ten days Finance Minister Ngozi expected (reftel), as the Senate and House both took unexpected vacations while requesting additional figures from the Presidency, but National Assembly (NA) members expect to pass it in March. The GON al [...] |
2004-02-26 11:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA380 |
OBASANJO APPOINTS NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) President Obasanjo named two new justices to Nigeria,s Supreme Court in a letter to the Senate on 9 February. These appointments were recommended to him by the National Judicial Council (NJC) on 27 November, 2003. 2. (U) The first appointee is George Adesola Oguntade, a judge on th [...] |
2004-03-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS NI |
| 04ABUJA405 |
PARTIES WALK OUT ON INEC CONFERENCE [...] Nigeria,s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) scheduled a "consultative" meeting with 28 of Nigeria,s currently registered 30 political parties on March 2 to discuss the national Local Government Area (LGA) elections coming March 27. Opposition parties reacted to INEC's excluding [...] |
2004-03-09 12:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA539 |
JUDGMENT OF YOLA -- PDP GOVERNOR'S ELECTION [...] (U) An election tribunal on March 24 nullified the election of PDP Governor Bonie Haruna, VP Atiku's protege, in Atiku's home Adamawa state. The judgment delivered in Yola amidst tight security and police intimidation was a unanimous decision of the five-judge panel that the April 19, 2003 el [...] |
2004-03-26 13:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA572 |
NIGERIA'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria held its long-postponed (reftel) national round of Local Government Area (LGA) elections March 27. Overwhelmingly, whatever party ruled the state government also won the LGA elections in each state, not surprising as the "State Independent Electoral Commissions" (SIECs [...] |
2004-04-02 05:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA581 |
POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS FROM A TO W -- WITH X, Y [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria has been rocked by a wave of assassinations since February, although political violence has been common since the return to civilian rule in 1999. We see two distinct patterns to the assassinations, those stemming from local political rivalries, and those seeking to [...] |
2004-04-05 11:15:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA582 |
THE DYNAMICS OF POLITICAL ASSASSINATIONS IN NIGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: While security in general is at its lowest point in recent memory, many of the recent wave of killings (septel) are attributable to two political trends, one local and one national. The majority of national politics incidents appear to stem from internal disputes in Obasanjo's [...] |
2004-04-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI |
| 04ABUJA588 |
VP ATIKU RAILS AGAINST ADAMAWA JUDGEMENT, SUFFERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the March 24 nullification of Boni Haruna's 2003 Adamawa gubernatorial victory by the Adamawa State Election Tribunal, Vice President Atiku Abubakar angrily voiced his opposition to the ruling at a People's Democratic Party (PDP) rally in Yola. Unfortunately for Atik [...] |
2004-04-07 05:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA635 |
THE ROLE OF A DEMOCRACY CAUCUS IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche April 13 on the Democracy Caucus to MFA Second United Nations Division Minister Counselor Alhassan A. Hussain. Hussain agreed that CD countries should work together to achieve common policy goals and said he would discuss the Democracy Caucus and the upcom [...] |
2004-04-14 14:18:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM NI PHUN |
| 04ABUJA709 |
WORRIES ABOUT SECURITY, NOT ABOUT STABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several press reports indicate that Nigerian security agencies are becoming increasingly worried about the potential of the opposition groups to create trouble on the streets, specifically a group of opposition politicians called the Coalition of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), [...] |
2004-04-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ELAB ASEC NI |
| 04ABUJA763 |
CNPP PROMISES MAY 3 DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) is moving ahead with its plans to stage a protest march on May 3, supported by civil society, religious, and ethnic organizations, and says the lack of police clearance will not stop the demonstration. The CNPP produ [...] |
2004-04-29 13:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM NI |
| 04ABUJA764 |
MINISTERIAL CORRPUTION TRIAL: NOISE, NOT ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Intrigues and suspicion -- but little action -- surround the snail-paced trial of former Nigerian ministers and other senior officials accused of receiving payoffs from a French company to facilitate winning of a multi-million dollar National Identity Card contract. The trial tha [...] |
2004-04-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA773 |
MAY 3 RALLY ORGANIZERS DEFY ARREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The detention of at least one CNPP organizer and attempts to detain others are the latest GON efforts to forestall a public demonstration against President Obasanjo scheduled for 3 May. Rally organizers say they are ready to move ahead, "regardless of the risk." The latest w [...] |
2004-04-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA972 |
VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA -- POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON [...] (U) Summary: Serious ethnic violence has continued for some time in various parts of Nigeria, most prominently in the Delta, Plateau State and Benue State. Various armed militias competing for resources and manipulated by politicians continue to fight there and elsewhere, while mobs have chan [...] |
2004-06-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC ASEC KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA974 |
GON WITHDRAWS MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] The Nigerian government's prosecutor withdrew the corruption charges against six senior ex-officials of the GON June 2, and Abuja High Court Judge Mudashiru Oniyangi dismissed the case. Labor Minister Husseini Akwanga had been indicted, then fired, in December 2003, clearing the way for Akwa [...] |
2004-06-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ABUJA979 |
ICPC REINSTATES MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION CHARGES, [...] (SBU) Soon after corruption charges were withdrawn against the five senior GON ex-officials on June 2 (reftel), they were re-arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). They were brought to the Abuja High Court on June 3, and indicted on a new 19-count charge. All of the [...] |
2004-06-04 03:52:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM NI |
| 04ACCRA1584 |
MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH -- GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the events of 9/11/01 Post has made special efforts to increase contacts with and outreach to Ghana's Muslim community. Post relations with most elements of this community, which is far from monolithic, are very good and, with some groups, they are excellent. We have foc [...] |
2004-08-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM OIIP OPRC PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO OEXC GH |
| 04ACCRA1631 |
GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] Summary. After 22 months of hearings, the National Reconciliation Commission wrapped up its formal hearings on July 13, with a few high-profile cases ensuring that the NRC's closing would not pass quietly. In spite of some rumblings from the opposition party, most agreed that the NRC had done [...] |
2004-08-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GH |
| 04ACCRA301 |
RAWLINGS AT NRC: BIG BUILD-UP, BIGGER LET-DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Former President Jerry Rawlings appeared before the National Reconciliation Commission on February 12. Intense media speculation preceded his appearance, which had been the occasion of considerable jockeying between the Commission and Rawlings' legal team. He answered a sho [...] |
2004-02-13 10:12:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM GH |
| 04AMMAN10141 |
PARLIAMENT RESPONDS TO KING'S CALL FOR [...] (C) In response to King Abdullah's speech opening Parliament (reftel), the leaders of the Lower House and the Senate pledged support for the King's calls for continued development, modernization and security. Both men agreed with the King's emphasis on translating economic growth into improv [...] |
2004-12-23 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
| 04AMMAN10217 |
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT FOCUSES ON GENDER VIOLENCE [...] Post sponsored a Human Rights Day event on December 13. The program featured a panel discussion of four prominent women activists who discussed gender violence in Jordan, including honor crimes. The audience of approximately 45 included activists, NGOs, GOJ officials, local press, and members [...] |
2004-12-28 14:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO |
| 04AMMAN1232 |
RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING [...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...] |
2004-02-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO |
| 04AMMAN1280 |
JORDANIAN MPS ADDRESS IRAQI OIL BRIBES & PUBLIC [...] (C) The Jordanian Parliament grappled in recent weeks with a variety of political topics. In addition to debating the government's proposed budget and controversial price hikes (reported septel), the Parliament addressed allegations of Iraqi oil "bribes" under Saddam Hussein, approved a cont [...] |
2004-02-19 17:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL PHUM IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN1737 |
JORDANIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REPS QUESTION U.S. STAYING [...] Jordanian civil society reps told U/S Grossman March 3 that they supported reforms in the Middle East, but saw deep mistrust of U.S. motives among Arabs. Most doubted the ability of the U.S. to carry through on its commitments to democratic reform. Many asked that the U.S. not impose ideas [...] |
2004-03-08 16:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
| 04AMMAN1784 |
IMPENDING PRICE AND TAX HIKES THREATEN PUBLIC [...] (C) The GOJ has publicly confirmed that it will raise the general sales tax rate and the prices of oil derivatives as early as April. Despite the GOJ's efforts to prepare the country for these increases, Jordanian public opinion remains overwhelmingly opposed to price hikes. Prime Minister Fa [...] |
2004-03-09 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM ECON JO |
| 04AMMAN181 |
MEPI WOMEN AND THE LAW WORKSHOP [...] With reference to the MEPI "Women and Law" conference to be held in Amman on February 16-18, 2004: Post understands that the following Jordanians will be asked to take part in the Conference program: Dr. Rateb Thaher - Panel: The Role of the Legal Framework Dr. Hamdi Murad - Panel: The Rol [...] |
2004-01-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS PHUM KPAO SCUL JO |
| 04AMMAN1968 |
DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON MOVING TOWARD A DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Muasher, PolCouns covered ref points March 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Ayed thanked PolCouns for the presentation, noting that Jordan remains very concerned with the situation in Iraq. He asked that the USG continu [...] |
2004-03-15 16:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PARM IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN2004 |
KING ABDULLAH TO CODEL STEVENS ON HIS CONCERN [...] (C) King Abdullah told CODEL Stevens that Iraqi security forces will not be ready for a July 1 handover of authority, and expressed continuing concern over what he sees as Iranian influence among the Shia in southern Iraq. He was pessimistic about prospects for progress on the MEPP before t [...] |
2004-03-17 09:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2277 |
FOMIN MUASHER DISCUSSES WITH AMB. JONES "BUMPY" [...] (C) Summary. FonMin Muasher has proposed to Iraqi FM Zebari that they form and chair a bilateral committee to resolve irritants in the relationship. End Summary. JORDAN-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS "BUMPY" -------------------------------------- 2. (C) In a meeting with visiting Deputy CPA Ad [...] |
2004-03-25 22:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2552 |
JORDANIAN WOMEN ACTIVISTS AT ODDS OVER NATIONAL [...] (C) Infighting among Jordanian women's groups has hindered development of a coordinated national strategy for advancing women's rights in Jordan. Several leading women's groups boycotted a recent conference to discuss women's role in political development, saying that the organizing group -- [...] |
2004-04-01 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV KDEM JO |
| 04AMMAN2729 |
PARTIAL JORDANIAN DOMESTIC REFORM PLAN IN DRAFT, [...] (SBU) The Jordanians are continuing their efforts to give the reform effort a local flavor, in both the regional and their domestic agendas. Jordan is already a regional leader in innovative economic reform and liberalization. The GOJ itself has recently been more forward leaning in its calls [...] |
2004-04-08 16:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM ECON KMDR JO |
| 04AMMAN3227 |
JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: U.S. [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cred [...] |
2004-04-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
| 04AMMAN3231 |
JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO GME INITIATIVE: [...] (U) In response to ref, Post solicited feedback from our interlocutors within the GOJ, academia, and the NGO community about the G-8 Greater Middle East Initiative papers. The response was generally favorable, but activists cautioned that implementation will be difficult given low U.S. cre [...] |
2004-04-27 17:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
| 04AMMAN3348 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...] |
2004-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3733 |
GOJ PROGRESSING ON PLAN OF ACTION FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ministry of Political Development recently distributed a draft strategy and plan of action for political reform to selected diplomatic missions, members of Parliament (MPs), journalists and NGOs. The plan is relatively forthright in its assessment of the obstacles to the development [...] |
2004-05-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM JO |
| 04AMMAN389 |
OPPOSITION ATTACKS GOJ MINISTERS, POLICIES AS NEW [...] (S) Recent royal and government statements encouraging greater political openness have led to new and more open public and private debate on important public policy issues, including school curriculum reform, contemplated price increases, and government spending on social programs. The deba [...] |
2004-01-15 19:21:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM JO |
| 04AMMAN4061 |
EMBASSY AMMAN PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy Amman is pleased to submit a project proposal for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor's (DRL's) consideration. Per the invitation in reftel B, post seeks funding for this proposal from DRL's FY2004 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). This proposal would build on post's [...] |
2004-05-20 15:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM EAID KDEM JO |
| 04AMMAN4230 |
POSITIVE JORDANIAN REACTION TO G-8 REFORM PLAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman has continued its consultations with Jordanian government officials and civil society leaders on the G-8 reform plan (refs). Feedback has been constructive, highlighting weaknesses of the civil society movement and Jordanian government strictures that could affect reform i [...] |
2004-05-27 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV JO |
| 04AMMAN4238 |
FONMIN MUASHER ON REGIONAL REFORM, ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) FonMin Muasher expressed pleasure May 26 with the results of the Tunis Arab League summit on the subjects of Arab League reform, Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and regional reform. He said the reform resolution is a good basis for a dialogue between the G-8 and Arab states on refo [...] |
2004-05-27 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM JO |
| 04AMMAN4667 |
SCENE SETTER FOR KING ABDULLAH'S VISIT TO U.S. [...] (C) King Abdullah is very pleased to have been invited to attend the G-8 Summit to discuss reform in Jordan, as well as in the Middle East. The King sees himself as a leader in the region on reform and will attempt to speak for other reform-minded Arabs during his visit. The King, however, [...] |
2004-06-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL ECON KDEM KPAL MASS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN5684 |
ACTIVISTS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST GOJ SECURITY [...] (C) Media reports of King Abdullah's purported readiness to send troops to Iraq elicited a quick "clarification" by the Foreign Ministry while prompting opposition activists to launch a petition campaign against the government's Iraq policy. One of the campaign organizers accused the King and [...] |
2004-07-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN5725 |
GOJ APPROVAL RATING RISES IN POLL, BUT HOW LONG [...] (C) The government of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez enjoyed a rise in public approval ratings, according to an opinion poll conducted 200 days after the government's formation. The poll director attributed this development to low initial expectations and a combination of one-time factors, a [...] |
2004-07-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ECON JO |
| 04AMMAN5784 |
TALES OF CORRUPTION CIRCULATE AROUND AMMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amman is rife with rumors of high-level manipulation and alleged official corruption, with stories of a multi-million dollar theft of royal jewelry in shipment from Europe and a multi-layered Kuwait oil deal that gives Palace and GID slush funds -- not just the Treasury -- part [...] |
2004-07-12 07:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM JO |
| 04AMMAN5892 |
JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT AND U.S. INITIATIVES FOR [...] Manar Dabbas, USA action officer in Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's private office, told PolCouns July 13 that FonMin Muasher will lead the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA. Muasher plans to arrive in New York on September 19 and stay through September 30. Dabbas said that Muasher would l [...] |
2004-07-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM |