Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LIMA861
2009-06-16 22:27:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Lima
Cable title:
PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES
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C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 000861
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
SUBJECT: PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES
REF: LIMA 856 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LIMA 000861
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
SUBJECT: PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES
REF: LIMA 856 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) Summary. PM Yehude Simon agreed with Amazon community
representatives June 15 to repeal the two recently
"suspended" legislative decrees and outlined the framework
for future negotiations to resolve the crisis (refs).
According to several congressional representatives, the PM's
agreement came as a complete surprise, and undermined both
the legislature's credibility and the government's authority.
Meanwhile, despite the agreement, protests and roadblocks
throughout the country continue. End Summary.
Next steps for dialogue
--------------
2. (C) In a major position shift, PM Simon signed an
agreement on June 15 with Amazon community representatives
promising to repeal the two recently "suspended" legislative
decrees (refs). In the agreement, the PM also outlined next
steps for dialogue and negotiation between indigenous
Amazonian communities and the GOP, establishing a working
group in which the presidents of Amazon regional governments
and four government Ministers will participate in
negotiations with at least ten Amazon community
representatives, including Aidesep. The HR Ombudsman and
Catholic Church will also be involved in the dialogue between
the GOP and indigenous groups. The PM pledged that the
working group would also review the other seven contested
decrees (994, 995, 1020, 1060, 1081, 1083, and 1089). In
addition, the commission will address environmental concerns,
implementation of ILO Convention 169, and issues of "previous
consultation" regarding a planned hydroelectric plant in
Paquizapango.
Congress caught by surprise
--------------
3. (C) Several congressional representatives, including
Keiko Fujimori, told us the PM's agreement came as a complete
surprise to Congress. They said the PM had folded fast
without seeking support for previous agreements or pressing
for any concessions, including an end to road blocks. This
further undermined the credibility of Congress, they said,
which had blocked a Nationalist Party effort to repeal the
decrees several days earlier and forged a difficult agreement
-- between the APRA, Unidad Nacional and the Fujimorista bloc
-- to suspend the decrees indefinitely as a way out of the
crisis. That agreement had been completely undercut by
Simon, they said. The Congressional representatives said the
government's authority too had been shattered by this
agreement, and one told us that PM Simon would be unlikely to
last more than a few more days in his position as a result.
(Note: On a National Radio program, Simon stated that he
would step aside as soon as the current crisis was overcome.
End note.)
Protesters: Seeing is believing
--------------
4. (C) Meanwhile, protests and roadblocks continue in
various parts of the country, despite the agreement. In
their meeting with PM Simon, indigenous leaders agreed to
lift a roadblock in Junin during four hours each day.
Roadblocks in Cusco, Puno, and Apurimac continued undeterred
by the agreement, with some protesters saying they would be
lifted only when the decrees were definitively repealed.
MCKINLEY
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/15/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE
SUBJECT: PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES
REF: LIMA 856 AND PREVIOUS
Classified By: Ambassador P. Michael McKinley for reasons 1.4(b) and (d
)
1. (C) Summary. PM Yehude Simon agreed with Amazon community
representatives June 15 to repeal the two recently
"suspended" legislative decrees and outlined the framework
for future negotiations to resolve the crisis (refs).
According to several congressional representatives, the PM's
agreement came as a complete surprise, and undermined both
the legislature's credibility and the government's authority.
Meanwhile, despite the agreement, protests and roadblocks
throughout the country continue. End Summary.
Next steps for dialogue
--------------
2. (C) In a major position shift, PM Simon signed an
agreement on June 15 with Amazon community representatives
promising to repeal the two recently "suspended" legislative
decrees (refs). In the agreement, the PM also outlined next
steps for dialogue and negotiation between indigenous
Amazonian communities and the GOP, establishing a working
group in which the presidents of Amazon regional governments
and four government Ministers will participate in
negotiations with at least ten Amazon community
representatives, including Aidesep. The HR Ombudsman and
Catholic Church will also be involved in the dialogue between
the GOP and indigenous groups. The PM pledged that the
working group would also review the other seven contested
decrees (994, 995, 1020, 1060, 1081, 1083, and 1089). In
addition, the commission will address environmental concerns,
implementation of ILO Convention 169, and issues of "previous
consultation" regarding a planned hydroelectric plant in
Paquizapango.
Congress caught by surprise
--------------
3. (C) Several congressional representatives, including
Keiko Fujimori, told us the PM's agreement came as a complete
surprise to Congress. They said the PM had folded fast
without seeking support for previous agreements or pressing
for any concessions, including an end to road blocks. This
further undermined the credibility of Congress, they said,
which had blocked a Nationalist Party effort to repeal the
decrees several days earlier and forged a difficult agreement
-- between the APRA, Unidad Nacional and the Fujimorista bloc
-- to suspend the decrees indefinitely as a way out of the
crisis. That agreement had been completely undercut by
Simon, they said. The Congressional representatives said the
government's authority too had been shattered by this
agreement, and one told us that PM Simon would be unlikely to
last more than a few more days in his position as a result.
(Note: On a National Radio program, Simon stated that he
would step aside as soon as the current crisis was overcome.
End note.)
Protesters: Seeing is believing
--------------
4. (C) Meanwhile, protests and roadblocks continue in
various parts of the country, despite the agreement. In
their meeting with PM Simon, indigenous leaders agreed to
lift a roadblock in Junin during four hours each day.
Roadblocks in Cusco, Puno, and Apurimac continued undeterred
by the agreement, with some protesters saying they would be
lifted only when the decrees were definitively repealed.
MCKINLEY