Identifier
Created
Classification
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06DUSHANBE648
2006-04-11 10:12:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Dushanbe
Cable title:
TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS
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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 000648
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/11/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS
BARGAINING CHIP
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, Embassy
Dushanbe, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 000648
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/11/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS
BARGAINING CHIP
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, Embassy
Dushanbe, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic
Renaissance
Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) told PolOff April 6 President
Rahmonov likely
will stop the lawsuit filed by Dushanbe Vodokanal against IRPT
Chairman
Said Abdullo Nuri closer to the election in November.
2. (U) Dushanbe Vodokanal, the Dushanbe water utility company,
filed a
suit against Nuri accusing him of libel. According to news
reports,
Behruz Safarov, the director of Dushanbe Vodokanal, accuses Nuri
of
defaming his company. In an article published in December, Nuri
alluded
to the company engaging in bribery, but Safarov insists Nuri has
no
proof. A district court in Dushanbe is reviewing the libel
suit.
3. (C) Kabiri informed PolOff that Nuri is in Iran seeking
medical
treatment. Kabiri plans to discuss the suit with him this week
either
via telephone or in person in Iran to seek Nuri's instructions
on next
steps. The IRPT is not worried about the suit and dismisses it
as
frivolous. Kabiri predicts that Rahmonov will, at the last
minute, come
in to "save" the IRPT from the suit and have it dismissed prior
to the
November election. However, this will come at a price.
Rahmonov will
reportedly use this as a bargaining chip for Nuri to agree that
the IRPT
will not field a candidate to run against Rahmonov, or perhaps
even
convince the IRPT publicly and directly to support Rahmonov.
4. (C) COMMENT: Given Kabiri's forecast, it is not
inconceivable the
suit was planned by someone in Rahmonov's administration to give
Rahmonov this bargaining power with the IRPT. The IRPT is the
only
competing party with a real base. That said, it is unlikely that
Kabiri, or any other candidate, could effectively challenge
Rahmonov.
END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN
E.O. 12958: DECL: 4/11/2016
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KDEM TI
SUBJECT: TAJIKISTAN: IRPT SAYS RAHMONOV WILL USE LIBEL SUIT AS
BARGAINING CHIP
CLASSIFIED BY: Richard E. Hoagland, Ambassador, Embassy
Dushanbe, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Muhiddin Kabiri, the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic
Renaissance
Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) told PolOff April 6 President
Rahmonov likely
will stop the lawsuit filed by Dushanbe Vodokanal against IRPT
Chairman
Said Abdullo Nuri closer to the election in November.
2. (U) Dushanbe Vodokanal, the Dushanbe water utility company,
filed a
suit against Nuri accusing him of libel. According to news
reports,
Behruz Safarov, the director of Dushanbe Vodokanal, accuses Nuri
of
defaming his company. In an article published in December, Nuri
alluded
to the company engaging in bribery, but Safarov insists Nuri has
no
proof. A district court in Dushanbe is reviewing the libel
suit.
3. (C) Kabiri informed PolOff that Nuri is in Iran seeking
medical
treatment. Kabiri plans to discuss the suit with him this week
either
via telephone or in person in Iran to seek Nuri's instructions
on next
steps. The IRPT is not worried about the suit and dismisses it
as
frivolous. Kabiri predicts that Rahmonov will, at the last
minute, come
in to "save" the IRPT from the suit and have it dismissed prior
to the
November election. However, this will come at a price.
Rahmonov will
reportedly use this as a bargaining chip for Nuri to agree that
the IRPT
will not field a candidate to run against Rahmonov, or perhaps
even
convince the IRPT publicly and directly to support Rahmonov.
4. (C) COMMENT: Given Kabiri's forecast, it is not
inconceivable the
suit was planned by someone in Rahmonov's administration to give
Rahmonov this bargaining power with the IRPT. The IRPT is the
only
competing party with a real base. That said, it is unlikely that
Kabiri, or any other candidate, could effectively challenge
Rahmonov.
END COMMENT.
HOAGLAND