Identifier
Created
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06KINSHASA763
2006-05-12 11:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 000763
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
SUBJECT: DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS
BALLOTS SENT FOR PRINTING
REF: A. KINSHASA 676
B. KINSHASA 681
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000763
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
SUBJECT: DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS
BALLOTS SENT FOR PRINTING
REF: A. KINSHASA 676
B. KINSHASA 681
1. (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced
May 9 that it had received a first shipment of nearly 60 tons
of voting material to be used in the DRC's July 30 elections.
The elections kits, which were manufactured and delivered
from South Africa, contain such items as voting booths,
ballot boxes, and official forms and other material to be
used in the planned 53,000 voting stations across the
country. A similar shipment of elections material arrived in
Kisangani May 8, while another was delivered to Lubumbashi
May 10. A series of flights from South Africa will continue
deliveries to these three distribution points until May 16.
CEI officials have estimated it will take approximately six
weeks to deliver all 2,500 tons of material throughout the
DRC.
2. (U) Meanwhile, the CEI sent to South Africa on May 8 the
final design of the DRC's presidential ballot. The ballot
will be printed on one single page, with three columns of 11
candidates each. Each of the 33 candidates will be listed
with their photograph, name, party logo, and party name. The
CEI has said previously that the printing of the 25 million
ballots will take nearly five weeks, while an additional five
weeks will be necessary to deliver the printed ballots to all
voting stations.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
SUBJECT: DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS
BALLOTS SENT FOR PRINTING
REF: A. KINSHASA 676
B. KINSHASA 681
1. (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced
May 9 that it had received a first shipment of nearly 60 tons
of voting material to be used in the DRC's July 30 elections.
The elections kits, which were manufactured and delivered
from South Africa, contain such items as voting booths,
ballot boxes, and official forms and other material to be
used in the planned 53,000 voting stations across the
country. A similar shipment of elections material arrived in
Kisangani May 8, while another was delivered to Lubumbashi
May 10. A series of flights from South Africa will continue
deliveries to these three distribution points until May 16.
CEI officials have estimated it will take approximately six
weeks to deliver all 2,500 tons of material throughout the
DRC.
2. (U) Meanwhile, the CEI sent to South Africa on May 8 the
final design of the DRC's presidential ballot. The ballot
will be printed on one single page, with three columns of 11
candidates each. Each of the 33 candidates will be listed
with their photograph, name, party logo, and party name. The
CEI has said previously that the printing of the 25 million
ballots will take nearly five weeks, while an additional five
weeks will be necessary to deliver the printed ballots to all
voting stations.
MEECE