Identifier
Created
Classification
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08ASHGABAT1297
2008-09-29 14:02:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Ashgabat
Cable title:
TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER CHAIRMAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001297
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/2018
TAGS: PGOV PINR ECON TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER CHAIRMAN
ORCHESTRATES FIRING OF MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
REF: ASHGABAT 1242
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASHGABAT 001297
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/2018
TAGS: PGOV PINR ECON TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER CHAIRMAN
ORCHESTRATES FIRING OF MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
REF: ASHGABAT 1242
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons 1.
4 (B) and (D).
1. (C) Longtime, well-connected Embassy source, EU-Tacis
Advisor in Turkmenistan Michael Wilson (please protect),said
at a meeting on September 29 that Supreme Audit Chamber
Chairman Tuvakmammet Jepbarov was responsible for the
dismissal of Minister of Economy and Development Gurbanmyrat
Gurbanmyradov on September 12. Wilson said Jepbarov had
kompromat (incriminating material) on Gurbanmyradov and
passed it on to someone who had the authority to dismiss the
minister. Wilson said that Jepbarov and former Minister
Gurbanmyradov (reftel) were rivals when Jepbarov was First
Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, and Gurbanmyradov was
Deputy Minister. According to Wilson, Jepbarov is ambitious
and wants to get promoted quickly and "started to audit
people instead of organizations" in his role as chairman of
the Supreme Audit Chamber as a way of getting rid of his
competition.
2. (C) COMMENT: Digging up kompromat on rivals and others
perceived as threats is a time-honored tradition in
post-Soviet political circles. In all likelihood, Jepbarov
showed his evidence to President Berdimuhamedov, because it
is highly unlikely that anyone else has the authority to fire
a minister. END COMMENT.
CURRAN
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/CEN, EEB
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/2018
TAGS: PGOV PINR ECON TX
SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: SUPREME AUDIT CHAMBER CHAIRMAN
ORCHESTRATES FIRING OF MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT
REF: ASHGABAT 1242
Classified By: Charge d'Affaires a.i. Sylvia Reed Curran for reasons 1.
4 (B) and (D).
1. (C) Longtime, well-connected Embassy source, EU-Tacis
Advisor in Turkmenistan Michael Wilson (please protect),said
at a meeting on September 29 that Supreme Audit Chamber
Chairman Tuvakmammet Jepbarov was responsible for the
dismissal of Minister of Economy and Development Gurbanmyrat
Gurbanmyradov on September 12. Wilson said Jepbarov had
kompromat (incriminating material) on Gurbanmyradov and
passed it on to someone who had the authority to dismiss the
minister. Wilson said that Jepbarov and former Minister
Gurbanmyradov (reftel) were rivals when Jepbarov was First
Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, and Gurbanmyradov was
Deputy Minister. According to Wilson, Jepbarov is ambitious
and wants to get promoted quickly and "started to audit
people instead of organizations" in his role as chairman of
the Supreme Audit Chamber as a way of getting rid of his
competition.
2. (C) COMMENT: Digging up kompromat on rivals and others
perceived as threats is a time-honored tradition in
post-Soviet political circles. In all likelihood, Jepbarov
showed his evidence to President Berdimuhamedov, because it
is highly unlikely that anyone else has the authority to fire
a minister. END COMMENT.
CURRAN