Identifier
Created
Classification
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09NIAMEY411
2009-06-03 13:03:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Niamey
Cable title:
Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare
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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM SOCI PNAT NG
SUBJECT: Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare
Draft Constitution
Ref: a) Niamey 378 b) Niamey 391 c) Niamey 357
UNCLAS NIAMEY 000411
DEPT FOR AF/W AND AF/RSA
PLS PASS TO USAID FOR AFR/W
ACCRA ALSO FOR USAID/WA
PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM SOCI PNAT NG
SUBJECT: Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare
Draft Constitution
Ref: a) Niamey 378 b) Niamey 391 c) Niamey 357
1. On June 1, President Mamadou Tandja created a five-person
"technical committee," tasked to prepare a draft constitution that
he intends to promote for a later constitutional referendum among
the different social, professional layers of society. This action
follows his dissolution of the National Assembly on May 26 (ref a)
and his May 29 address to the nation (ref b). The decree also
states "the committee may call upon any other person deemed
competent to assist with accomplishing its task."
2. The committee is composed of five lawyers and is under the
chairmanship of Issoufou Abba Moussa, a former president of the
Constitutional Court of Niamey. The committee's vice president is
the recently demoted Justice Minister Mamadou Dagra (ref c).
According to previous constitution, the first version of the draft
constitution requires extensive feedback from the Nigerien
population before validation.
Allen
DEPT FOR AF/W AND AF/RSA
PLS PASS TO USAID FOR AFR/W
ACCRA ALSO FOR USAID/WA
PARIS FOR AFRICA WATCHER
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV KDEM SOCI PNAT NG
SUBJECT: Niger: President Creates Technical Committee to Prepare
Draft Constitution
Ref: a) Niamey 378 b) Niamey 391 c) Niamey 357
1. On June 1, President Mamadou Tandja created a five-person
"technical committee," tasked to prepare a draft constitution that
he intends to promote for a later constitutional referendum among
the different social, professional layers of society. This action
follows his dissolution of the National Assembly on May 26 (ref a)
and his May 29 address to the nation (ref b). The decree also
states "the committee may call upon any other person deemed
competent to assist with accomplishing its task."
2. The committee is composed of five lawyers and is under the
chairmanship of Issoufou Abba Moussa, a former president of the
Constitutional Court of Niamey. The committee's vice president is
the recently demoted Justice Minister Mamadou Dagra (ref c).
According to previous constitution, the first version of the draft
constitution requires extensive feedback from the Nigerien
population before validation.
Allen