Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KINSHASA76
2007-01-23 15:57:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Kinshasa
Cable title:
OFFICIAL BENEFITS FOR DRC TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT AND
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 000076
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL BENEFITS FOR DRC TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENTS
REF: 06 Kinshasa 1725
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000076
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL BENEFITS FOR DRC TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENTS
REF: 06 Kinshasa 1725
1. (U) Six days after candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre
Bemba held their first meeting after the final round of presidential
elections (reftel),Kabila, in his capacity as Transitional
President, signed a decree formally articulating post-Transition
rights and privileges of the president and four vice presidents of
the 2003-06 Transition. The decree was dated November 13, 2006 and
published in the Official Journal of November 15, which has just
been released.
2. (U) The decree extends benefits to both Kabila and Bemba as well
as to the remaining three vice presidents of the Transition, Z'Aidi
Ngoma, Abdoulaye Yerodia and Azarias Ruberwa. They include: a
monthly allowance equal to three-quarters of their final salaries, a
residence, a vehicle, a security force provided by the national
police of 15 for the president and 12 for each vice-president, two
first- or business class international air tickets per year and
diplomatic passports for each of them and their wives, and free
medical care in-country or abroad for each of them and their
families. The decree states that these benefits will continue for
the duration of the post-Transition parliament.
3. (SBU) Comment. Details of the decree were not publicly known
until the release of this edition of the Official Journal. The
terms are generous. On past experience, convincing Bemba to limit
his personal guard to a police detachment after the new government
takes office will present challenges similar to those during the
Transition, when he maintained a large personal militia. For his
part, President Kabila will not doubt continue to rely on the
Presidential Guard for his personal security. End comment.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
SUBJECT: OFFICIAL BENEFITS FOR DRC TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENTS
REF: 06 Kinshasa 1725
1. (U) Six days after candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre
Bemba held their first meeting after the final round of presidential
elections (reftel),Kabila, in his capacity as Transitional
President, signed a decree formally articulating post-Transition
rights and privileges of the president and four vice presidents of
the 2003-06 Transition. The decree was dated November 13, 2006 and
published in the Official Journal of November 15, which has just
been released.
2. (U) The decree extends benefits to both Kabila and Bemba as well
as to the remaining three vice presidents of the Transition, Z'Aidi
Ngoma, Abdoulaye Yerodia and Azarias Ruberwa. They include: a
monthly allowance equal to three-quarters of their final salaries, a
residence, a vehicle, a security force provided by the national
police of 15 for the president and 12 for each vice-president, two
first- or business class international air tickets per year and
diplomatic passports for each of them and their wives, and free
medical care in-country or abroad for each of them and their
families. The decree states that these benefits will continue for
the duration of the post-Transition parliament.
3. (SBU) Comment. Details of the decree were not publicly known
until the release of this edition of the Official Journal. The
terms are generous. On past experience, convincing Bemba to limit
his personal guard to a police detachment after the new government
takes office will present challenges similar to those during the
Transition, when he maintained a large personal militia. For his
part, President Kabila will not doubt continue to rely on the
Presidential Guard for his personal security. End comment.
MEECE