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07KINSHASA79
2007-01-24 10:48:00
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Embassy Kinshasa
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SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS
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UNCLAS KINSHASA 000079
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SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS
REF: KINSHASA 66
UNCLAS KINSHASA 000079
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS
REF: KINSHASA 66
1. (U) South Kivu provincial deputies elected four Senators
January 19, including one from the RCD political party.
Despite lingering suspicion about the RCD among the South
Kivu population and no RCD representation in the assembly,
Boniface Balamange (RCD) received nine votes, the most
received among 44 candidates. Sanila Shenila, a former RCD
parliamentarian running as an independent followed with seven
votes. President Kabila's AMP coalition, which dominated
national elections, gained two Senators, Jean Luc Kuye-Ndondo
(MSR) and Michel Chiribagula, an independent.
2. (U) Three of the four Senators-elect were prominent
members of the Transitional Government. Balamange was
Minister of Labor, Shenila was an MP, and Kuye-Ndondo was the
chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Two
prominent unsuccessful candidates were transition Senator
Enock Sebineza and former South Kivu Vice Governor Aurelie
Bitondo.
3. (SBU) A MONUC-Bukavu political officer told us that some
South Kivu provincial deputies claim they are concerned about
their security in the wake of the vote. Some politicians and
media have accused them of bias and corruption in their
choice of Senators. On January 22, the youth wing of the
South Kivu Civil Society presented the Provincial Assembly
president, Emile Baleke, with a declaration claiming the
election was bringing to the Senate "certain undesirables who
had immersed this province in gunpowder and blood."
4. (SBU) Biographical Information:
Boniface Balamange Nkolo (RCD-G)
Balamange, 42, is an ethnic Havu from Idjwi Island. A lawyer
by training, he was Minister of Labor in the Transitional
Government. He is close to Transitional Vice President
Azarias Ruberwa and was one of the founders of the RCD.
Born April 18, 1964.
Sanila Shenila Mwanza (Independent)
Shenila, 44, is an ethnic Bembe from Fizi territory. A
businesswoman whose mother was a gold trader with ties to
Burundi and the RCD-G, she was an RCD-G member of the
Transitional National Assembly. She ran unsuccessfully as an
independent for the National Assembly in July. Born September
28, 1962.
Jean Luc Kuye-Ndondo (MSR)
Msgr. Kuye-Ndondo, 52, an ethnic Fulero from Uvira Territory.
A Catholic cleric with a doctorate in theology from Belgium,
he was a professor in universities in Brussels and Bukavu.
He took part in the Inter-Congolese Dialogue and was
appointed President of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission during the Transitional Government. Born April
24, 1954.
Michel Chiribagula Bululi Bogoye (Independent)
Chiribagula, 62, is an ethnic Shi from Mwenga territory. He
is a longtime civil servant and was Chief of Division at the
General Directory of Taxes in South Kivu. He ran
unsuccessfully for the National Assembly in July as a member
of the UPRDI party. Born April 24, 1944.
MEECE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS
REF: KINSHASA 66
1. (U) South Kivu provincial deputies elected four Senators
January 19, including one from the RCD political party.
Despite lingering suspicion about the RCD among the South
Kivu population and no RCD representation in the assembly,
Boniface Balamange (RCD) received nine votes, the most
received among 44 candidates. Sanila Shenila, a former RCD
parliamentarian running as an independent followed with seven
votes. President Kabila's AMP coalition, which dominated
national elections, gained two Senators, Jean Luc Kuye-Ndondo
(MSR) and Michel Chiribagula, an independent.
2. (U) Three of the four Senators-elect were prominent
members of the Transitional Government. Balamange was
Minister of Labor, Shenila was an MP, and Kuye-Ndondo was the
chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Two
prominent unsuccessful candidates were transition Senator
Enock Sebineza and former South Kivu Vice Governor Aurelie
Bitondo.
3. (SBU) A MONUC-Bukavu political officer told us that some
South Kivu provincial deputies claim they are concerned about
their security in the wake of the vote. Some politicians and
media have accused them of bias and corruption in their
choice of Senators. On January 22, the youth wing of the
South Kivu Civil Society presented the Provincial Assembly
president, Emile Baleke, with a declaration claiming the
election was bringing to the Senate "certain undesirables who
had immersed this province in gunpowder and blood."
4. (SBU) Biographical Information:
Boniface Balamange Nkolo (RCD-G)
Balamange, 42, is an ethnic Havu from Idjwi Island. A lawyer
by training, he was Minister of Labor in the Transitional
Government. He is close to Transitional Vice President
Azarias Ruberwa and was one of the founders of the RCD.
Born April 18, 1964.
Sanila Shenila Mwanza (Independent)
Shenila, 44, is an ethnic Bembe from Fizi territory. A
businesswoman whose mother was a gold trader with ties to
Burundi and the RCD-G, she was an RCD-G member of the
Transitional National Assembly. She ran unsuccessfully as an
independent for the National Assembly in July. Born September
28, 1962.
Jean Luc Kuye-Ndondo (MSR)
Msgr. Kuye-Ndondo, 52, an ethnic Fulero from Uvira Territory.
A Catholic cleric with a doctorate in theology from Belgium,
he was a professor in universities in Brussels and Bukavu.
He took part in the Inter-Congolese Dialogue and was
appointed President of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission during the Transitional Government. Born April
24, 1954.
Michel Chiribagula Bululi Bogoye (Independent)
Chiribagula, 62, is an ethnic Shi from Mwenga territory. He
is a longtime civil servant and was Chief of Division at the
General Directory of Taxes in South Kivu. He ran
unsuccessfully for the National Assembly in July as a member
of the UPRDI party. Born April 24, 1944.
MEECE