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03ABUJA719	NIGERIA: TENSIONS MOUNT LEADING TO THE APRIL 19 [...] (C) Summary: Despite a crowded house of 19 Presidential candidates, the April 19 contest boils down to President Obasanjo and ANPP candidate Muhammadu Buhari. Holding the ace of incumbency, Obasanjo is the likely, but not guaranteed, victor. He has been put on the defensive by recent events [...]	2003-04-17 23:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM NI ELECTIONS

04ABUJA1284	ELECTION NULLIFICATION OVERTURNED, KEEPING [...] (U) Summary. On July 5, an appeals court sitting in Jos overturned the March 24 election tribunal decision that had nullified the election of Adamawa State Governor Boni Haruna. The verdicts of the appeals court and the election tribunal differed so significantly on their findings of the rel [...]	2004-07-23 07:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM NI ELECTIONS
04ABUJA1552	2007 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BUBA MARWA [...] (C) Ambassador lunched August 29 with retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, an announced candidate for president in 2007 whose posters already adorn Abuja and other cities. Marwa is quite confident of winning in 2007, believing that two of his three main potential rivals will not enter the rac [...]	2004-09-08 11:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI ELECTIONS
04BRATISLAVA149	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADER FICO [...] (U) ROBERT FICO, CHAIRMAN OF SMER, MET WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON FEBRUARY 2. THEY DISCUSSED A WIDE VARIETY OF TOPICS RANGING FROM THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO THE REFERENDUM ON EARLY ELECTIONS TO COALITION POLITICS. SMER TO SUPPORT SCHUSTER IN THE FINAL HOUR -------------------- [...]	2004-02-13 09:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LO ELECTIONS
04ROME2123	WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT MEANS FOR BERLUSCONI [...] (S) The President's visit to Rome takes place one week before Italians vote for their 78 representatives to the European parliament and some local officials on June 12-13. The results of the vote will be interpreted as an early test of how Berlusconi is likely to fare in national elections t [...]	2004-06-01 17:28:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT IZ PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME22	PRODI LAUNCHES UNOFFICIAL CANDIDACY FOR ITALIAN PM [...] (U) ROMANO PRODI IN A JANUARY 2 INTERVIEW WITH THE CENTER-LEFT DAILY LA REPUBBLICA LAMBASTED THE BERLUSCONI GOVERNMENT FOR ITS HANDLING OF ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY SEMESTER. TAKING OFF THE KID GLOVES HE HAD KEPT LOOSELY TIED SINCE LAST JULY, PRODI BLAMED THE CENTER-RIGHT COALITION FOR CONTRIBU [...]	2004-01-07 09:04:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2245	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI AND BERLUSCONI IN THE [...] (U) Italy's June 12-13 European Parliament and local elections are the latest contest, albeit indirect, between Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his once and likely future challenger, European Commission President Romano Prodi. Italy's next national elections will almost certainly not o [...]	2004-06-10 17:08:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME2280	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: A SETBACK FOR BOTH BERLUSCONI [...] (SBU) Based on close-to-final results from the European Parliament and local elections, center-right and center-left ran almost a dead heat in Italy, with vote shifts occurring within coalitions. Voters rebuked Prime Minister Berlusconi; his Forza Italia party dropped fairly significantly. [...]	2004-06-14 16:57:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
04ROME4544	IRAQI DEFENSE MINISTER TELLS ITALIANS THAT [...] (C) Summary. In November 29 meetings with Italian government officials, Iraq Defense Minister Hazim al Shalam expressed security concerns about the upcoming elections in Iraq, going so far as to advocate their postponement. Italian officials told DCM that Italy will continue to support the Ir [...]	2004-11-30 16:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IT NATO IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1129	SUPREME COURT SET TO DECIDE 2003 ELECTIONS CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The two-year saga of Nigeria's 2003 elections is due to close its final legal chapter on or about July 1 when the Supreme Court is slated to announce its decision in the case brought by ANPP candidate Buhari against PDP's President Obasanjo over abuse of security forces, lapses [...]	2005-06-24 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1172	ON DAY OF SUPREME COURT DECISION ON 2003 [...] With the Supreme Court due to deliver its judgment today, July 1, in the suit filed by 2003 ANPP presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari against the April 2003 re-election of President Olusegun Obasanjo, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command warned yesterday that it woul [...]	2005-07-01 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1181	SUPREME COURT UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES OUTCOME OF [...] (SBU) On the morning of July 1, the Supreme Court unanimously and strongly rejected the challenge to the 2003 election filed by All Nigerian People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari. The Court found that the election was in "substantial compliance" with the election law [...]	2005-07-01 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1184	ON THE EVE OF THE DECISION ON THE 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Intrigue, politics, and mudslinging have taken center stage at Nigerian Supreme Court. On June 21, a few days before delivering a judgment on the conduct of 2003 Nigerian presidential elections, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Muhammadu Uwais was accused of receiving bribes from a par [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1497	SUPREME COURT VERDICT UPHOLDING 2003 ELECTION [...] (SBU) A month after the Supreme Court judgment upheld President Obasanjo's 2003 election, Nigeria is calm, with no reports of violence related to the verdict. The media provided only modest coverage of the judgment. Ordinary Nigerians have been more interested in discussing other issues suc [...]	2005-08-12 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA1635	ATIKU DISCUSSES 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a two-hour meeting, a relaxed Vice President Atiku Abubakar expressed little concern about the search of his Potomac, Maryland residence and offered his insights on President Obasanjo and PDP party politics. He also expressed concerns about new INEC chairman Maurice Iwu and [...]	2005-09-01 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2037	INEC'S PROMISES RAISE QUESTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rhetoric-heavy and superficial one-hour presentation to the donor's election support group, Independent National Elections Commission (INEC) chair, Professor Maurice M. Iwu, laid out his strategy to organize a high tech enabled election that would cost $66 Billion Naira, " [...]	2005-10-24 08:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2148	NIGERIA: DEMOCRACY AT THE TIPPING POINT [...] (C) With the shadow of the 2007 elections looming and a democracy scorecard that is mixed at best, Nigeria finds itself at a critical tipping point. There is great concern about whether the GON has the political will to implement the political reforms needed to increase transparency and enhance [...]	2005-11-09 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2244	SCENARIOS FOR 2007 ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Though potential candidates are already flinging mud and jockeying for position, there is no clear front-runner for Nigeria's 2007 presidential election. The role that President Obasanjo will play is still an important and open question. Will he be a kingmaker, eventually anoi [...]	2005-11-17 13:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS
05ABUJA2289	PRES. OBASANJO CONSOLIDATES HIS GRIP ON RULING [...] (C) President Obasanjo continues to consolidate his grip on the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in preparation for its national convention early next year. The results of the latest regional (zonal) congresses of the PDP confirm Obasanjo's control over party machinery. Success in c [...]	2005-11-23 06:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL NI ELECTIONS
05ROME1125	ITALY: CENTER-LEFT'S PRODI NOT PREDICTING 2006 [...] (C) At a farewell dinner hosted by the Ambassador, center-left leader Romano Prodi predicted his coalition would take at least three additional regions in April 3-4 regional voting. He surprised the Ambassador by not predicting his own victory in next year's national balloting. Despite eff [...]	2005-04-01 17:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IT EUN MEPP ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1127	EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...]	2005-04-04 07:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1263	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON MAYOR OF ROME [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell call on Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome, the Ambassador lauded the city's handling of the Pope's funeral and its support for the Embassy over the years. On the political front, Veltroni, a member of the Democrats of the Left (DS) and potential center-left candida [...]	2005-04-14 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IT MGMT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1291	ITALY: UDC WITHDRAWS ITS MINISTERS FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The centrist Union of Christian Democrats of the Center (UDC) announced on April 15 that it would withdraw its ministers from the Berlusconi Government. UDC leader Marco Follini assured the Government that his party would continue to support the majority from outside the coal [...]	2005-04-15 14:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME1442	ITALY: BERLUSCONI ANNOUNCES MAY 2006 ELECTIONS, [...] PM Berlusconi told journalists April 26 that Italy's next national elections would be held in May 2006. Berlusconi said he had already discussed the date with President Ciampi. In fact, if the current Parliament completes its full term, Italy in 2006 will face an unprecedented situation, wit [...]	2005-04-28 14:29:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME1785	ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...]	2005-05-25 12:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME2178	ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...]	2005-06-27 12:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME249	IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...]	2005-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME29	IRAQ: ITALY NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Iraq officer Daniano Francovigh (speaking on behalf of Iraq Office Director and Task Force Director Luigi Maccotta) on January 4 regarding Ref A demarche. Francovigh said that because of time and financial restraints, Italy will not be able to support the IMIE for Ir [...]	2005-01-05 09:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP PHUM IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME3081	THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition),poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...]	2005-09-15 10:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3179	ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...]	2005-09-23 11:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3276	ITALY: SENATE PRESIDENT PERA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with Senate President Marcello Pera at Pera's request. Pera was pessimistic about PM Silvio Berlusconi's ability to win next year's general elections, but believes there "is still time" to pull off a victory. He criticized Berlusconi's failure to [...]	2005-09-30 13:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3290	ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...]	2005-09-30 16:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME3467	ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...]	2005-10-17 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3585	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...]	2005-10-26 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3936	ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...]	2005-11-30 16:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME3996	ELECTORAL REFORM CREATES INTRA-COALITION BATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political strategists tell us that electoral reform legislation likely to be approved by the Italian Senate in the coming weeks will force coalition members to run against each other in the 2006 electoral campaign. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centrist coalition pa [...]	2005-12-06 08:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4064	PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...]	2005-12-15 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME4071	IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) PM Berlusconi issued a statement on December 15 praising the Iraqi elections as a further step on the road to democracy. Noting that first indications suggested a significant Sunni turnout, Berlusconi said the vote also marked a strike against the insurgents. The statement also noted It [...]	2005-12-16 14:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2060	EL SALVADOR: POORLY-ATTENDED FMLN "PRIMARIES" [...] (C) Although FMLN leaders were hesitant to provide exact numbers of voters at each polling place, it appeared that only about one-third of eligible party activists bothered to participate in Sunday's primaries for March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections. In San Salvador, it wa [...]	2005-07-19 20:09:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2507	EL SALVADOR: SIX MONTHS FROM ELECTIONS, ARENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months away from March 12, 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections and fifteen months into his five-year term, President Saca continues to enjoy high approval ratings unprecedented in El Salvador's postwar history. Recent polls rate Saca highest in infrastructure- [...]	2005-09-09 15:31:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR2929	ARENA'S SAN SALVADOR MAYORAL CANDIDATE LEADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With little more than four months to go until the March 2006 municipal and Legislative Assembly elections, the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) party is making a serious effort at regaining the San Salvador mayoralty, held by the left for nearly a decade. A San Salvador [...]	2005-10-27 19:38:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR3215	EL SALVADOR: FDR LOSES BATTLE FOR OFFICIAL STATUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Council (TSE) threw out some 12,000 invalid signatures out of approximately 49,000 total signatures obtained by the moderate FMLN splinter group Revolutionary Democratic Front (FDR) in its efforts to obtain legal recognition as a pa [...]	2005-11-14 23:00:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	ES PGOV PREL KCOR ELECTIONS
05SANSALVADOR3505	EL SALVADOR: THREE MONTHS FROM ELECTION, ARENA'S [...] (SBU) Leading daily La Prensa Grafica publicized a CID-Gallup poll taken November 30-December 5 that involved 1,212 interviews nationwide. President Saca's approval rating remained at 72 percent overall, tying his rating of August, and scarcely lower than the 74 percent approval recorded at [...]	2005-12-16 20:43:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS
05TELAVIV6247	SHARON POSTPONES PROBLEMATIC KNESSET VOTE ON [...] (C) Summary: With only hours to go before an October 31 Knesset vote on -- and possible defeat of -- his Cabinet nominations of three Likud loyalists, including Ehud Olmert as finance minister, Prime Minister Sharon postponed the vote by a week in order to rally support and gauge his next step [...]	2005-10-31 17:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS KDEM ELECTIONS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6279	VPM OLMERT PREDICTS HIS OWN POLITICAL FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 31 introductory meeting Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (who also is acting Minister of Finance and Minister of Industry, Trade, and Labor) told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy was performing well, and that his challenge was to figure out how to spend a r [...]	2005-11-03 07:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN KIPR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV6353	PERES MAY NEED SECOND ROUND VOTE TO TAKE LABOR [...] (C) Summary: A November 3 poll and Labor Party sources indicate that Shimon Peres' anticipated first-round victory over contender Amir Peretz in the November 9 Labor Party primaries could be in jeopardy absent a high voter turnout and the withdrawal of the two other contenders. Rattled by Pe [...]	2005-11-04 14:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6357	LIVNI DISCUSSES THIRD PARTY, HAMAS, OUTPOSTS, AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador on November 3 that, although "the numbers do not show it yet," Sharon will find a majority for his ministerial nominations because most Likud members do not want new elections. She said that it is significant that Israel has ac [...]	2005-11-04 16:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6385	SHARON PICKS SHOWDOWN WITH LIKUD REBELS [...] (C) Prime Minister Sharon brought dissension in Likud to a head November 7 when he knowingly pushed forward his package of Cabinet nominations to predictable defeat in the Knesset. In a -- notably -- prepared speech to the Knesset after it voted down the nominations of Ehud Olmert, Roni Bar- [...]	2005-11-08 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6460	PERETZ VICTORY TO BRING LABOR VOTE ON COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than 12 hours after Amir Peretz's surprise victory over Shimon Peres for the Labor Party chairmanship, the party leadership is moving ahead November 10 with plans for a meeting in two weeks of the party's 3,000-member Central Committee to vote on whether to remain in Prime M [...]	2005-11-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6532	SHARON, PERETZ TENTATIVELY AGREE ON EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz and Prime Minister Sharon tentatively agreed November 17 to call for national elections sometime between the end of February and the end of March, with both seeking to capitalize on their current political strength in the polls and move forward with their [...]	2005-11-17 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6550	(C) LABOR MINISTER SAYS LABOR WILL LOSE TO SHARON; [...] (C) Labor MK and Science Minister Matan Vilnai told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 16 that "thousands" of Labor Party members will vote for Prime Minister Sharon in 2006 elections rather than support new Labor Chair Amir Peretz. Vilnai said the "Peretz revolution" was "too much from the left" a [...]	2005-11-18 08:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6552	AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]	2005-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6576	SHARON QUITS LIKUD EN ROUTE TO MARCH ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: Prime Minister Sharon resigned from the Likud Party at mid-day November 21, announcing that he will head a new party that observers anticipate will carry him to a new four-year term as prime minister. The resignation came only hours after Sharon asked President Katsav to dissolve th [...]	2005-11-21 10:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6580	LIVNI PONDERS LIKUD INTERNAL POLITICS AND HAMAS' [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG PTER IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6624	KATSAV SETS MARCH 28 ELECTIONS, GIVES SHARON ROOM [...] Summary: Knesset representatives and President Katsav agreed November 23 to schedule elections for March 28, and to dissolve the Knesset by presidential decree, a measure that will allow Prime Minister Sharon to appoint new ministers during the period until elections without Knesset approval. [...]	2005-11-23 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6673	"KADIMA" ATTRACTING CROSS-SECTION OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: Prime Minister Sharon continues to court national and local politicians from across the political spectrum to join his new party, "Kadima." Former Labor Party Leader Shimon Peres is considering whether to join Sharon and is to announce his decision on November 30. Sharon currently [...]	2005-11-28 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV6710	KADIMA TAKES BITE OUT OF THREE PARTIES; PLATFORM [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's Kadima Party continues to siphon off high-profile politicians from other parties, and its support in the polls is climbing. Labor Party MK and Shimon Peres's close confidante, Dalia Yitzik, announced late November 28 that she is joining Kadima. The natio [...]	2005-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6920	PHANTOM EFFORT TOWARD NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) The Israeli press is decimating forests and spewing ink in its speculation over the claimed efforts of mostly unnamed -- but apparently desperate -- Likud MKs to garner support for a new government in the 15 days remaining before the Knesset's December 29 dissolution. For such an effort t [...]	2005-12-14 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7008	SHARON'S HEALTH BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon's hospitalization December 18 for a mild stroke has raised questions of age and health in the current pre-election political climate and raised differing preliminary views as to what effect Sharon's health problems will have on the Kadima party's future. Pol [...]	2005-12-19 14:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7016	NETANYAHU LEADS A WEAK, RIGHT-LEANING LIKUD AS [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu will likely call for a party decision as to whether Likud should quit the government, and may still try to recruit 61 MKs to create an alternative government to avoid early elections. Observers assess that the latter has littl [...]	2005-12-20 14:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7113	A PRE-ELECTIONS PRIMER: PARTY PRIMARIES, POLLS AND [...] Summary: Less than ninety days ahead of Israel's general elections, the political landscape the three major parties will maneuver through is clear. December 29 marks the passage of the statutory 21 days since publication of the presidential order to dissolve the 16th Knesset, a formality th [...]	2005-12-30 16:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR KDEM IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06ABUJA1370	ELECTORAL BILL PASSED, ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly passed the Electoral Act (2006) on May 31, finally clarifying the rules of the game for Nigeria's 2007 general election. The long-awaited law sets new limits on campaign finance, regulates registration of parties and nomination of candidates, and determin [...]	2006-06-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1427	ON THE ROAD TO 2007: REVENGE OR RECONCILIATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigerian political environment has undergone a seismic upheaval in the past two weeks and the aftershocks are still reverberating through the political landscape. Three issues are at the center of this rapidly evolving situation: whether President Obasanjo will seek reven [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1726	COALITION OF OPPOSITION PARTIES THREATEN BOYCOTT [...] (U) Citing a lack of confidence in the Independent Election Commission's (INEC) ability to organize free and fair elections, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) threatened to boycott the 2007 elections unless major changes were made to the composition of the election commissio [...]	2006-07-06 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1727	ATIKU TO CAMPAIGN FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION, BUHARI [...] (C) In a meeting with PolCouns, a long-time aide to Vice President Atiku Abubakar described Atiku's campaign plans and said that the Vice President was ready to "beat (President Olusegun) Obasanjo at his own game." He also described 2003 ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari as "the ma [...]	2006-07-06 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1934	INFORMAL PRESIDENTIAL POLL: ATIKU DOESN'T MAKE THE [...] On July 24, the Daily Champion newspaper published an informal poll of possible presidential candidates in Nigeria. The poll question was "Who do you want to be the next president?" The poll ran from May 29 to July 22 and was widely publicized on popular radio stations. To participate, Nig [...]	2006-07-26 12:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1954	BUHARI TO RUN ON ANPP TICKET [...] (U) One of Buhari's political advisors, Sule Yahaya Hamma, told the press on July 25 that 2003 Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari would run again in 2007 on the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) platform. He said the The Buhari Organization (TBO) had continued to work for the past sever [...]	2006-07-28 08:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2077	UPDATE ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's political space has opened significantly since the defeat of the third term proposal in May. There are now over 40 registered parties and many potential candidates are testing the waters. However, the political scene remains chaotic with a shifting constellation of p [...]	2006-08-11 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2129	BENUE STATE GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO INTENDS TO STAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Benue State Governor George Akume paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador August 16. Also present were two of Akume's advisors, House of Representatives member Tengu Tsegba, and PolOff. Akume's central message was that President Obasanjo intends to stay in office but could be pe [...]	2006-08-17 13:17:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS THIRDTERM
06ABUJA2181	GOVERNOR HARUNA PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and PolOff met with Governor Boni Haruna of Adamawa State on August 21. Haruna is supporting Atiku's presidential bid and says he is confident Atiku will win if there is "a level playing field." Haruna complained that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EF [...]	2006-08-22 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PINR NI THIRDTERM ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2198	IWU SAYS THAT ELECTIONS ARE ON TRACK [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 16:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2349	OBASANJO MOVES TO IMPEACH ATIKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 6, the results of an investigation requested by President Olusegun Obasanjo into alleged corrupt practices by Vice President Atiku Abubakar were presented to Senate President Ken Nnamani with a request to the Senate to take "appropriate action." The assumed ac [...]	2006-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2465	ATIKU NOT CONCERNED BY IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 19. He was relaxed, confident, and betrayed no particular anxiety about the impeachment proceedings which have been brought against him. While he studiously avoided comment on the veracity of the charges, he [...]	2006-09-20 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NI PGOV PHUM PINR ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2521	NIGERIA LURCHES TOWARD VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: INEC continues to prepare for voter registration using handheld computers for direct data capture beginning October 7. However, there are only 150 registration machines in country, there are software problems with two vendors' equipment, and training on use of the machines is i [...]	2006-09-25 18:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2555	POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palpable tension has gripped Nigeria over the recent spate of political murders. The trend is not new. High profile killings have been a hallmark of Nigerian politics for years, though the rate clearly is accelerating as election season approaches. In late July, Funsho Williams, [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2684	ATIKU STILL UPBEAT, BUT MORE SUBDUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vice President Atiku Abubakar met with the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 29, 2006. While his general mood remains upbeat, he was more subdued than in his last two meetings with the ambassador (reftels). He continues to use the courts to fight the corruption charges agai [...]	2006-10-12 09:52:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ELECTIONS NI
06ABUJA2816	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise move, both chambers of the National Assembly voted October 26 to approve the state of emergency declared by the President in Ekiti State. While the press reports that the Senate vote was unanimous, Embassy contacts indicate that the results were questionable and p [...]	2006-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ELECTIONS THIRDTERM NI
06ABUJA2842	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE LOOMS LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to USG elections partners, INEC is poised to miss the December voter registration deadline while a lack of planning for the election cycle is likely to severely damage INEC's reputation and further fuel conspiracy theories about election delays. With insufficient number [...]	2006-10-31 09:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2865	ELECTION REGISTRATION FALTERING IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) PolOff and PolFSN went to Jos in Plateau State October 29-31. During the trip, we visited the local headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and of the Independent National Electoral Institute (INEC). Both of these visits suggested that election preparations are going p [...]	2006-10-31 15:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2870	NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A visit by PolOff and PolFSN October 29-31 suggests that the political situation in Plateau State is growing increasingly difficult for Governor Joshua Dariye. A close reading of the Nigerian constitution reveals that even a truncated state assembly of 8 members can vote to remo [...]	2006-11-01 13:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2890	IWU ENDORSES USG STATEMENTS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of INEC Maurice Iwu painted a rosy picture of preparations for Nigeria's 2007 elections, singling out statements from the Embassy as helpful to the process. He said that the earlier registration practice runs had been successful and that the main registration process w [...]	2006-11-03 12:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2917	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS [...] (SBU) In an attempt to convey the local environment in the lead up to 2007 elections, Post plans to submit a series of elections snapshots. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertinent anecdotes or f [...]	2006-11-08 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2973	ECOWAS ON NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas on November 13 to discuss SIPDIS Nigeria's 2007 elections. Dr. Chambas said that ECOWAS plans to observe the elections next year and that a pre-election assesment team, led by former President Soglo of Be [...]	2006-11-14 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2981	US ACADEMIC "WORRIED" ABOUT ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador hosted a lunch for a U.S.-based academic with over forty years of Nigerian experience to exchange views on the preparations for Nigeria's widely-anticipated April, 2007 election. The academic said that in all the years of visiting Nigeria, the mood had "never been so negative [...]	2006-11-15 13:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3031	YAR'ADUA: THE LATEST ANOINTED SUCCESSOR? [...] (C) As the race for the presidency in the 2007 elections intensifies, there are indications that Katsina Governor Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua may be the latest "Crown Prince." Yar'Adua is the latest on the list of candidates reportedly "anointed" by the villa to replace President Obasanjo in May 2 [...]	2006-11-22 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3032	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTION SCENARIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 20 luncheon for civil society elections-related organizations, participants discussed possible scenarios for Nigeria's presidential transition and the status of elections preparations. Participants maintained Obasanjo hopes to continue his rule of Nigeria -- either [...]	2006-11-24 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3061	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #2 [...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a series of elections snapshots intended to provide a sense of the local environment in the lead up to the 2007 elections. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertin [...]	2006-11-28 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3153	VOTER REGISTRATION IN ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Pol assistant traveled to Enugu state in mid-November and met with INEC, the PDP, journalists, and civil society activists to discuss voter registration and the pre-election climate. Voter registration in Enugu was off to a slow start with only 52 of 750 required dire [...]	2006-12-08 10:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3154	IRI TEAM SAYS ELECTIONS PREPARATION "DEFICIENT" [...] (U) Summary: The International Republican Institute sent a 9-member delegation to Abuja to assess the overall readiness of Nigeria for the 2007 election. The delegation, led by former Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, concluded that "while the government has expressed its intention to condu [...]	2006-12-08 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3155	IRREGULARITIES IN PLATEAU STATE BYE-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Fourteen members of the Plateau State House of Assembly were removed for leaving the ruling PDP (reftels),a decision inconsistent with the decision in Jigawa State and elsewhere, where INEC allowed those who had changed parties to join the PDP to retain their seats. Lawsuits continue to [...]	2006-12-08 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3163	INEC OFFICIAL CLAIMS IWU AND OBASANJO BEHIND [...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior official in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discussed the current confusion in voters registration and elections preparation with PolCouns. He suggested that a "Plan B" already presented to the President and to the INEC Chairman could salvage the [...]	2006-12-11 07:50:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION IN KWARA STATE [...] (SBU) Poloff visited Kwara State and met with INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner Ayo Adakeji on November 28 to discuss elections preparations in the state. Adakeji reported 59 voter registration machines (up from 44 as of November 26) to cover the 1,872 registration centers in the state, wi [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3193	VICE PRESIDENT PREDICTS SUPPORT FROM IBB, BUHARI [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on December 8, Vice President Atiku Abubakar continued his discussion of his Presidential prospects. Much of his discussion centered on well-worn topics and provided little insight into any evolution in the Vice President's thinking. Atiku appeared relative [...]	2006-12-13 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3196	PDP STALWART WARNS OF CONTINUING TERM EXTENSION [...] (C) Founding member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) and a member of its Board of Trustees Isyaku Ibrahim discussed the continued interest of President Obasanjo in extending his term in the press and privately with PolCouns. He predicted that no elections would take place in 20 [...]	2006-12-14 12:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3216	NIGERIA ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #3 [...] (SBU) This cable is the third in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pe [...]	2006-12-15 11:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3217	ANPP AND AC TO PRESENT SINGLE CANDIDATE IN 2007 [...] (U) The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Action Congress (AC) announced an alliance for the 2007 elections on December 13, signing a memorandum of understanding. The Chairman of the ANPP Chief Edwin Ume-Ezeoke and his counterpart from the AC Chief Bisi Akande (former AD governor) "vow [...]	2006-12-15 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3227	PDP PRIMARY: YAR'ADUA / JONATHAN TICKET [...] (C) SUMMARY. The December 17 announcement of the landslide victory of Obasanjo's pick as presidential candidate, Umaru Yar'Adua, in the PDP convention seemed inevitable; however, Yar'Adua's announcement on December 18 of Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan, who has never declared aspirations [...]	2006-12-18 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3230	ANPP PRIMARY: BUHARI WINS BY CONSENSUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the December 18 All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) Convention, General Muhammadu Buhari secured the Presidential nomination after all other candidates successively conceded. Throngs of Buhari supporters surrounded Eagle Square and cheered on as his motorcade approached, highl [...]	2006-12-19 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV ELECTIONS NI

06ABUJA3247	ATIKU TO SEEK AC NOMINATION: WORRIED ABOUT REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Vice President will actively seek the nomination of the Action Congress (AC) on December 20 in Lagos, according to one of his closest advisers. But Atiku is also deeply concerned that President Obasanjo will react swiftly by declaring his seat vacant and replacing him with c [...]	2006-12-20 11:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06KINSHAA1386	DRC ELECTIONS PPRD, INDEPENDENTS STILL LEADING IN [...] (U) Summary.The latest legislative election results releasedby the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show the People's Party for Recostruction and Development (PPRD) leading all other parties with 26 percent of the 250 seats awarded to date. A total of 39 independent candidates have won s [...]	2006-08-31 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1025	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 13,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced June 22 the provisional list of candidates for the DRC's provincial legislatures. According to the CEI, 13,371 candidate dossiers were accepted for the 632 seats nationwide; 466 potential candidacies were declared inadmissible. The DRC's [...]	2006-06-28 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1032	ON CAMPAIGN EVE: INCONCLUSIVE ROUND 2 MEETING OF [...] (C) Summary: Key officials of the DRC Transition, including Vice Presidents, members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),the Independent Election Commission (CEI) President, and others gathered the afternoon of June 28 to continue last June 21's session (reftel) [...]	2006-06-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1033	DRC ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN OFFICIALLY BEGINS [...] (U) The official campaign period for the DRC's presidential and legislative elections commenced June 29, marking the beginning of the final electoral phase before the country's July 30 elections. In total, 33 presidential candidates are running for office, as well as 9,709 candidates (from 213 [...]	2006-06-29 13:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1036	KABILA ANNOUNCES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] The recent spate of political alliances, including presidential candidate (and Mobutu-era Central Bank Governor) Pierre Pay Pay's CODECO and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's RENACO (ref A) continued with the June 24 announcement of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP). Presiden [...]	2006-06-29 15:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1064	JUNE 30 IN DRC PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR INCIDENT [...] (U) The DRC celebrated June 30 its 46th anniversary of independence without major security problems despite expectations of civil disturbances from political opposition parties protesting the continuation of the country's transitional government. The DRC's National Day, which coincided with th [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1078	KABILA'S CAMPAIGN -- HE'S OFF AND RUNNING [...] President Kabila inaugurated his official run for the presidency on June 30 with two strategically-placed appearances in the first days of the presidential campaign. In rallies held in Butembo and Goma, two key cities of North Kivu, Kabila appeared in front of sizeable crowds -- groups made u [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1102	FORMER UDPS OFFICIAL GEARING UP FOR LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Former UDPS member Eve Bazaiba -- the only publicly-declared member of the opposition party running in the DRC's elections -- has officially begun her campaign for a seat in the National Assembly, despite threats being made against her. Bazaiba, running as an independent, said she [...]	2006-07-10 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1124	CAMPAIGN UPDATE: BEMBA'S MLC [...] (C) Summary: With the presidential campaign well underway, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's campaign as the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC)'s candidate is among the most visible in Kinshasa. The theme of Bemba's campaign posters, as well as his party literature, is "securit [...]	2006-07-12 10:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1131	MOBUTISTS CLAIM SECRET TO DRC GOVERNANCE: PAYOFFS [...] (C) Summary. During a June 7 meeting with poloff officials of the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR),one of two self-proclaimed Mobutist groups, demanded American support and claimed they alone held the secret to successfully governing the DRC. Following a lengthy rant against alle [...]	2006-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1153	DRC ELECTIONS: LAST-MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENTS ADDING TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced July 15 that it has been able to verify some 24.4 million legitimately registered voters in the DRC, a number slightly below the original figure of 25.7 million. The CEI has estimated, however, that those 1.27 million "missing" [...]	2006-07-19 09:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1154	BEMBA'S ACTIONS DON'T MATCH HIS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) A planned CODECO rally at Bukavu's town stadium on Monday, July 16 was the forum for a display of bullying by Vice President Bemba. Pierre Pay Pay, presidential candidate under the CODECO banner, had reserved the stadium for Monday's coveted 1300 time slot for a political rally. Befor [...]	2006-07-19 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1155	SHOOTOUT AT NORTH KIVU ELECTIONS RALLY [...] (C) Violence erupted at an elections rally for Independent National Assembly candidate Jean-Luc Mutokambali in Rugarama, North Kivu on June 17. Mutokambali, a Hutu from a prominent area family, had attracted a crowd of 100-200 supporters in the town (bordering Uganda) in North Kivu's volati [...]	2006-07-19 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1161	PPRD: EVEN IF KABILA WINS, CAN HIS PARTY SURVIVE? [...] (C) Summary: Although President Kabila is one of the most visible and strongest presidential candidates in the DRC's upcoming election, his ostensible party, the PPRD, is in organizational disarray and showing structural flaws which could pose serious concerns for the future. Unless the par [...]	2006-07-20 09:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1179	PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL NYAMWISI THROWS VOTES TO [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Mbusa Nyamwisi confirmed in an interview July 23 with Radio France Internationale (RFI) that he was urging his supporters to vote for incumbent President Joseph Kabila. The interview confirmed growing speculation that the one-time RCD-K/ML rebel leader's lacklus [...]	2006-07-25 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1181	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIANS HOLDING THEIR BREATH AS [...] (C) Summary: As the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections draw closer, the prevailing attitude among Kasaians towards the electoral process is largely one of profound mistrust. Fueled by the belief that their region has been ignored and exploited by the central government for ye [...]	2006-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1185	DRC ELECTIONS: UDPS A WANING THREAT IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) -- which continues to boycott the DRC's July 30 elections -- remains a dominant presence in its traditional strongholds of Western and Eastern Kasai provinces. UDPS support and influence, however, are slowly declining i [...]	2006-07-26 10:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1195	BEMBA'S SECURITY FORCES FIRE WEAPONS DURING VP'S [...] (C) As Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba made his way on foot from Kinshasa's airport to the city's soccer stadium for an anticipated political rally, his security forces reportedly fired their weapons into the air as jet aircraft flew overhead. The planes, dispatched by Air Force Chief of Staf [...]	2006-07-27 14:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1206	DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS IN THE KASAIS [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces have long been political flashpoints in the DRC due largely to the influence of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). Rallies and demonstrations in both provinces have in the past often devolved into violent clashes between politic [...]	2006-07-28 09:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1208	DRC ELECTIONS: POLITICAL LEADERS URGE CALM AFTER [...] (C) The atmosphere in Kinshasa is largely calm two days before the scheduled July 30 presidential and legislative elections, despite several outbreaks of violence in the city July 27. As reported reftel, some security forces of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba (Movement for the Liberation of C [...]	2006-07-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1209	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 1 [...] (U) The Democratic Republic of Congo remains largely calm on the eve of the July 30 presidential and legislative elections. A few isolated security incidents have taken place in Kinshasa and Mbuji Mayi in the past day, but they have not kept election workers nationwide from completing last-minu [...]	2006-07-29 18:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1210	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 2 [...] (U) Polls in the Democratic Republic of Congo opened largely on time for the historic July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Turnout is reportedly high in the east and moderate in Kinshasa, and numbers could rise after morning church services. Observers report surprisingly well-or [...]	2006-07-30 08:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1211	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 3: SMOOTH OPERATIONS [...] By late afternoon, most areas of the country have reported large but orderly numbers of voters, competent poll workers, and helpful police. Report after report has described patient lines of Congolese voters, some dressed in their Sunday best, but devoting this particular Sunday to participa [...]	2006-07-30 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1212	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 4: VOTING ENDS, COUNTING [...] According to reports from international elections observers countrywide, voting officially ended in all polling stations on time and with few reported problems. While the voting process itself has benefited from a variety of "lessons learned" from the constitutional referendum in December 20 [...]	2006-07-30 19:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1213	DRC ELECTIONS: THE DAY AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Despite some expected technical and logistical difficulties, coupled with isolated incidents of violence and intimidation in the Kasai provinces, the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were held in a largely calm and orderly fashion. Voter turnout nationwide appe [...]	2006-07-31 14:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1220	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER "HOPEFUL" ABOUT VOTE [...] (U) The Carter Center's election observation mission released a preliminary statement August 1 on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that polling stations were "well-organized" and that election officials "competently fulfilled" their duties. In a Kinshasa press conference, the Carter Center' [...]	2006-08-02 12:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1223	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA CLAIMING VICTORY ABSENT [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has already begun claiming victory in the DRC's July 30 presidential elections, broadcasting purported results via television and radio stations he owns. Before polls even closed, the Bemba-owned station CCTV began reporting "results" from polling sites thr [...]	2006-08-03 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1231	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA ALLEGES VOTE "MARRED BY [...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa and his party, the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD),alleged the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "marred by irregularities." In a six-page statement released July 31 by the RCD's secretary general, the party lays out a series of a [...]	2006-08-03 16:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1233	DRC ELECTIONS: EU MISSION DECLARES VOTE MANAGED [...] (U) The European Union's Election Observation Mission (MOEUE) released August 2 its preliminary statement on the DRC's July 30 elections, noting that the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) managed the vote "efficiently" despite political tension and certain inequalities observed during the [...]	2006-08-04 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1236	DRC ELECTIONS: CEI PROMISES INVESTIGATION AFTER [...] (C) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu promised August 4 that the Commission will investigate the burning of an unknown number of marked ballots and vote tally sheets at an election liaison office in Kinshasa. In a meeting with the Ambassador and Repres [...]	2006-08-04 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1237	ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BUNIA [...] Summary: (U) Pol Intern traveled to Bunia (Ituri District) to observe the DRC's July 30 elections. Visits to over ten different voting centers and approximately 100 individual stations revealed no significant evidence of irregularities. Despite sometimes long and cumbersome voting lines, the d [...]	2006-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1238	DRC ELECTIONS: CIAT DISMAYED BY POLITICIZATION OF [...] (U) The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a declaration August 3 expressing its "dismay" over the "flagrant politicization" of the vote counting process after the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. The CIAT statement comes after a similar comm [...]	2006-08-04 13:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1241	ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BAS-CONGO [...] (U) Summary. Elections in Bas-Congo proceeded calmly and with high voter turnout. EconOff observed election and post-election procedures at numerous polling sites July 28-August 1. EconOff witnessed no evidence of fraud, but did observe many procedural irregularities, most of which appeared to [...]	2006-08-04 16:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1249	DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS GIVE [...] (U) Summary: Several African election observation missions have released their preliminary statements regarding the DRC's July 30 president and legislative elections. While noting the logistical challenges poll workers faced, most African missions declared the vote to have been conducted succe [...]	2006-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1250	RELIGIOUS GROUPS CONGRATULATE CONGOLESE ON [...] (U) In an August 5 statement, the leaders of five of the DRC's largest religious communities lauded the success of the July 30 elections. The statement was signed by Monsignor Pierre Marini of the Congolese Christian Church, Sheik Abd'allah Mangala of the Islamic Community, Monsignor Simon Nz [...]	2006-08-07 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1251	DRC ELECTIONS: KASHALA SEES HIMSELF AS CONGO'S NEW [...] (C) Summary: Oscar Kashala is declaring himself an "emerging leader" and "power broker" capable of deciding the eventual winner of the Congo's presidency. Basing his claims on an apparently strong showing in the Kasai provinces and in Kinshasa, Kashala said he will come in third behind Presiden [...]	2006-08-08 08:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1255	DRC ELECTIONS: MARKETING BEMBA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba on August 3. During the meeting, Bemba disingenuously said all the right things and gave all the right responses as he pretended to distance himself from the effo [...]	2006-08-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1256	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA STILL CRYING FOUL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with Vice President (and presidential candidate) Azarias Ruberwa on August 2. During the meeting, Ruberwa repeated his allegations of "widespread fraud" and promised to pursue his complaints through the appropriate legal channels [...]	2006-08-09 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1257	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEADING BEMBA IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) With just five percent of all electoral districts nationwide having reported their ballot counts, incumbent President Joseph Kabila has taken a large and early lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Six of the eight districts reporting, however, are in eastern DRC, where Kabila was [...]	2006-08-09 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1264	DRC ELECTIONS: AN INSIDE LOOK AT KINSHASA'S [...] (U) Summary: Following the enormous logistical challenge of organizing the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections comes an equally daunting task: the collection, compilation and verification of tens of millions of ballots from some 50,000 polling stations nationwide. In Kinshasa, [...]	2006-08-11 07:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1265	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA CONFIDENT, UPBEAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Congressman Donald Payne met with President (and presidential candidate) Joseph Kabila on August 5. Kabila noted that managing the responses of losing candidates and the high expectations from the Congolese people will be the most important challenges for th [...]	2006-08-11 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1267	DRC ELECTIONS: OBSERVATION IN THE KIVUS [...] (U) Summary: The July 30 elections saw high turnout among North Kivu's 2.5 million and South Kivu's 1.6 million registered voters. Reports from EmbOffs who served as observers in the east indicate that despite logistical and voter education problems, elections in the Kivus were generally w [...]	2006-08-11 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1269	DRC ELECTIONS: EARLY RESULTS SHOW KABILA IN LEAD [...] (U) With nearly 20 percent of the DRC's electoral districts reporting their presidential results, Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) figures show that incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 48 to 20 percent. As of August 10, 32 of the country's 169 di [...]	2006-08-11 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1277	DRC ELECTIONS: WITH 46 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS [...] (U) As of August 14, 46 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported results from the DRC July 30 presidential election. In the 78 of 169 districts having announced results, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 55 to 17 percent. Nzanga Mobutu, [...]	2006-08-14 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1278	DRC ELECTIONS: EMINENT PERSONS GROUP URGES CALM [...] (U) The International Committee of Wise Men ("Comite des Sages") issued August 12 a declaration congratulating the Congolese people and authorities for the calm and peaceful manner in which the country's July 30 elections were held. The Committee urged political candidates and the population t [...]	2006-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1280	DRC ELECTIONS: RELIGIOUS GROUPS CALL FOR PEACE AND [...] (U) The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and the leaders of the five largest religious communities released August 12 separate statements congratulating the Congolese people for their maturity and calm during the July 30 election, and appealing to all Congolese to remain tolerant [...]	2006-08-14 17:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1293	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 60 [...] (U) Preliminary vote tallies from the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) through August 16 show 60 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have reported their presidential results. In the 101 of 169 districts having finished compiling ballots, incumbent President Joseph Kabila is leading [...]	2006-08-16 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1300	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA LEAD SLIPPING BELOW 50 [...] (SBU) As of August 17, initial voting results from approximately 63 percent of the DRC's electoral districts show incumbent President Joseph Kabila's lead narrowing over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. According to the results posted from 107 of the 169 districts, Kabila leads Bemba 48.5 to [...]	2006-08-17 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1307	DRC HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ISSUES REPORT ON [...] (U) Summary: The National Observatory for Human Rights (ONDH),one of the five "citizen institutions" of the DRC's transitional government, issued August 12 a report detailing its findings concerning campaign-related violence in the month leading up to the country's July 30 presidential and le [...]	2006-08-18 12:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA131	MLC VS. OLIVIER KAMITATU [...] (SBU) The intraparty battle within the MLC has now moved to the courts. Olivier Kamitatu, the former MLC Secretary General and current Speaker of the National Assembly, has filed suit against the MLC for expelling him from his party post and attempting to remove him as Speaker. Kamitatu's No [...]	2006-01-26 13:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1310	DRC ELECTIONS: GIZENGA AN EMERGING FORCE [...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga, secretary general of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),met with the Ambassador August 17. The long-time opposition figure, who almost certainly will likely place third in the first round of presidential voting and is the potential kingmaker in a second round, sa [...]	2006-08-18 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1311	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA, BEMBA MOVE TO SECOND ROUND [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced the evening of August 20 official provisional results from the DRC's July 30 presidential election. According to CEI figures, incumbent President Joseph Kabila won 44.81 percent of the votes cast to Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 20.0 [...]	2006-08-21 09:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1345	DRC ELECTIONS: CHALLENGE PERIOD EXTENDED DUE TO [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has extended the period for bringing challenges to the provisional presidential election results announced August 20. CEI spokesman Dieudonne Mirimo said political parties and independent candidates -- the two groups authorized to raise challenge [...]	2006-08-24 13:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1370	DRC ELECTIONS: PPRD HOLDS SLIM PLURALITY IN [...] (U) With approximately half of the DRC's electoral districts reporting, initial election results for the National Assembly show the Kabila-affiliated People's Party for Reconstruction and Development (PPRD) currently leading all other political parties. No results, however, have yet been poste [...]	2006-08-30 13:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1378	MIXED COMMISSION BEGINS WORK ON INVESTIGATING [...] (U) The first session of the newly established Mixed Commission -- bringing together representatives of President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba -- was held August 29 at MONUC headquarters. As reported reftels, the goals of the Commission are to facilitate a dialogue between the K [...]	2006-08-30 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1406	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1407	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1408	DRC ELECTIONS: VALIDATION OF FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Supreme Court has delayed rendering its decision on the country's first-round presidential results due to a debate surrounding the timing of the second round of voting. The Court had been scheduled September 5 to make public its decision, which would have validated the r [...]	2006-09-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1409	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER CONCLUDES FIRST-ROUND [...] (U) Summary: The Carter Center concluded in a September 1 statement that the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections were "credible," despite important procedural and logistical flaws. While voting and the counting process were generally successful, the Center noted certain irregul [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1412	DRC ELECTIONS: PROVISIONAL LEGISLATIVE RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: National provisional results released September 7 by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the DRC's next National Assembly show no political party or coalition controlling a majority of the chamber's 500 seats. According to the CEI figures, the People's Party for Reconst [...]	2006-09-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1427	CIAT ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST WEAPONS, [...] (U) With the approach of presidential (second round) and provincial elections, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a strong statement of concern September 11 about the presence of weapons and armed men in Kinshasa. According to the statement, the CIAT and the [...]	2006-09-12 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS MARR PREL CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1434	BEMBA MEDIA IS BACK AND ALREADY SANCTIONED BY HAM [...] (U) Summary. One day after recommencing their broadcast operations, two television stations owned by Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba were sanctioned by the High Media Authority (HAM) for violating the media code of conduct. The two stations had broadcast scenes from Bemba's political [...]	2006-09-13 17:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1438	OCTOBER 29 REMAINS LIKELY SECOND-ROUND DRC [...] (U) The DR Congo Supreme Court of Justice ruled September 13 that the October 29 date set by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for the second round presidential run-off election was unconstitutional. Citing the new constitution approved by voters in December, 2005 the Court declared th [...]	2006-09-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1451	SUPREME COURT ALLOWS OCTOBER 29 DR CONGO ELECTION [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled September 15 that the October 29 date for the second-round presidential run-off election can stand. Responding to a September 5 appeal filed by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),the Court declared that it is "technically impossible" to organize elec [...]	2006-09-15 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1465	DRC LEADERSHIP GAP LOOMS: A VIEW FROM THE ECONOMY [...] (U) As reported in reftel B, the GDRC is about to face serious leadership voids in several ministries and in some state enterprises. Several current ministers, vice ministers and parastatal managers who have won seats in the National Assembly must now decide if they will resign their positions [...]	2006-09-19 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1471	KABILA ALLIES CLAIM DRC PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY [...] (U) Officials of a coalition of political parties that support DR Congo President Joseph Kabila claim to have assembled a majority in the newly-elected National Assembly. In a September 19 declaration, Coordinator Andre-Philippe Futa of the Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) said the [...]	2006-09-20 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1472	BEMBA,S MEN FAN THE FLAMES IN THE WAKE OF [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's political party issued a strongly-worded statement September 19 charging that the fire that knocked his media outlets off the air the day before was a "criminal act" designed to prevent him from conducting campaigning. Bemba's political allian [...]	2006-09-20 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1481	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 09:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1484	SECOND ROUND DR CONGO PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) DR Congo's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has set the dates for official campaigning in the October 29 second-round presidential and provincial assembly elections. CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced that the presidential campaign will last 15 days, from October 13 [...]	2006-09-22 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1485	GIZENGA'S PARTY MAKES COMMON CAUSE WITH KABILA IN [...] (C) Summary: Antoine Gizenga's Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU) announced September 21 it would join a parliamentary coalition of the Kabila-affiliated Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP),and will support President Kabila in the October 29 presidential run-off. While such an alliance [...]	2006-09-22 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1487	UDPS STRUGGLING TO SAVE ITS FUTURE IN LATEST [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have been quietly negotiating with representatives of both President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba since DR Congo's July 30 first-round elections. They say talks with Kabila's People's Pa [...]	2006-09-22 12:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1505	DRC'S BEMBA FORMS NEW ALLIANCE TO COUNTER KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: DR Congo Vice President Bemba announced September 23 the creation of a new political alliance, the Union for the Nation (UN). It appears unlikely to bolster significantly his electoral prospects in the October 29 presidential vote. End summary. 2. (U) Congolese Vice Presid [...]	2006-09-27 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1508	UDPS SHOWS PUBLIC SPLIT OVER POSSIBLE ALLIANCE [...] (U) Summary. Infighting among members of DR Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) party spilled over into the public September 26 when several members issued a communique supporting the presidential candidacy of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba's Movement for the Liber [...]	2006-09-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1521	CAMPAIGN OPENS FOR DR CONGO'S PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Campaigning officially began at midnight September 28 for the DRC's provincial assembly elections. The 11 assemblies constitute a new level of government for the DRC, and are granted considerable authority under its new constitution. The new DRC constitution stipulates that the central gov [...]	2006-09-29 11:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1529	GIZENGA OFFICIALLY SIGNS ON TO SUPPORT KABILA, [...] (U) Summary: PALU leader Antoine Gizenga formalized his support September 30 for President Joseph Kabila in the second round of DR Congo's presidential elections in an agreement that also guarantees PALU the position of Prime Minister. The agreement also commits PALU and Kabila,s AMP to a co [...]	2006-10-02 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1540	OSCAR KASHALA -- NOT THE FORCE HE THOUGHT HE WAS [...] (C) Summary: Former DR Congo presidential candidate (and American citizen) Oscar Kashala, who once claimed to be the next "power broker" in Congolese politics (reftel),has proven little more than a flash in the pan. He won less than four percent of the vote in the July 30 presidential elect [...]	2006-10-05 15:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1557	POLITICAL FIGURE NGOY RUNS AFOUL OF MEDIA AUTHORITY [...] (U) Pastor Theodore Ngoy, a minor opposition figure arrested in 2005 for offending the president, has made headlines again by violating the Code of Good Conduct for Political Parties and the Media. During an October 3 political broadcast on Canal Congo Television (CCTV),which is owned by V [...]	2006-10-11 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELECTIONS CG
06KINSHASA1558	CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR MASSIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) The influential National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) called upon all Congolese to vote in massive numbers in the upcoming October 29 presidential runoff and provincial assembly elections, but maintained that the Catholic Church (as well as CENCO itself) will remain neutral in the [...]	2006-10-11 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1559	MONUC TO CONTINUE JOINT PATROLS IN KINSHASA AFTER [...] (U) In an October 7 interview with Radio Okapi, SRSG William Swing confirmed that MONUC will continue operating joint patrols in Kinshasa -- comprising MONUC peacekeepers and police forces, Congolese national police (PNC),and EUFOR troops -- beyond the October 29 election and the immediate p [...]	2006-10-11 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1562	UDPS LEADERS IN EASTERN KASAI URGE VOTERS TO HEAD [...] (U) Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) leaders in Eastern Kasai province -- the stronghold of the party and home province of its president Etienne Tshisekedi -- issued a communique October 6 encouraging all Congolese to participate "massively" in the October 29 presidential runoff a [...]	2006-10-11 17:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1573	DRC ELECTIONS: RUBERWA DECLARES HIMSELF NEUTRAL [...] (U) Vice President Azarias Ruberwa announced October 12 that he and his party -- the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) -- will remain neutral in the upcoming presidential runoff election between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. The RCD's Founder's College release [...]	2006-10-13 12:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1575	DRC ELECTIONS: MEDIA AUTHORITY SETS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The DRC's High Media Authority (HAM) has proposed for October 26 the one and only planned presidential debate between President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Neither Kabila nor Bemba participated in the handful of televised debates held among the 32 candidates who ran [...]	2006-10-13 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1578	DRC ELECTIONS: SECOND-ROUND PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (U) Campaigning for the DRC's second-round presidential race officially begins at midnight local time October 13. President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba, the top two finishers among the 32 contenders in the first round on July 30, will have just fifteen days for their cam [...]	2006-10-13 19:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1591	EASTERN KASAI GOVERNOR REJECTS ASSEMBLY SEAT: [...] (C) Summary: Dominique Kanku, the governor of Eastern Kasai province, has declined to take his seat in the DRC's new National Assembly, opting instead to remain in his current position. Kanku is the first high-level GDRC official elected to parliament on July 30 to make it known he intends to [...]	2006-10-17 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1601	EMINENT PERSONS COMMITTEE URGES ALL TO CONTRIBUTE [...] (U) The Eminent Persons Committee, chaired by former Mozambique president Joachim Chissano, issued a statement October 14 calling on all Congolese to contribute to the stability of the DRC's electoral process. The statement followed a series of meetings by the Committee with political officia [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1602	TSHISEKEDI EXPELS UDPS MEMBERS ADVOCATING ALLIANCE [...] (U) Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) President Etienne Tshisekedi issued two decisions October 16 effectively expelling several high-ranking members of the party who have been advocating an alliance with presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba. Those named were members of the p [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1603	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Four days into the DRC's second-round presidential campaign, preparations are on track for the October 29 vote. Ballots and voting materials are being delivered, while training of poll workers is entering its final stages. The general mood of the country remains calm, although [...]	2006-10-18 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1616	FINAL WAVE OF APPOINTMENTS IN TRANSITIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following President Kabila's ruling faction appointments of replacements for newly elected National Assembly members who were required to retire from their government posts on October 11 (ref A),the remaining transitional factions followed suit by naming their own replacements [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1618	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA AND NZANGA MOBUTU FORMALIZE [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila and Nzanga Mobutu, sons of two bitter enemies, signed an accord October 17 in Kinshasa to ally their parties for the October 29 presidential run-off election and in the new National Assembly. Nzanga, head of the Union of Mobutuist Democrats (UDEMO),had announced hi [...]	2006-10-19 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1622	DRC CAMPAIGN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have signed an agreement detailing the code of conduct for the presidential campaign. There is not yet agreement, however, regarding the adoption of a post-electoral accord providing certain guarantee [...]	2006-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1635	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: With five days remaining until the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial assembly elections, logistical aspects remain on track. A post-election agreement governing the status of the electoral loser has yet to be agreed upon, with advisers to President Kabila calling such a [...]	2006-10-24 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1642	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIANS SHOWING GREATER [...] (C) Summary: With the DRC's second-round presidential elections taking place October 29, attitudes towards the electoral process in the provinces of Western and Eastern Kasai are changing. Kasaian in the strongholds of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) have been to some degree [...]	2006-10-25 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1644	DRC ELECTIONS: KASHALA ENDORSES BEMBA FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Former DRC presidential candidate Oscar Kashala officially endorsed Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba for president October 24. Kashala will begin campaigning immediately on Bemba's behalf, beginning with a trip to Western and Eastern Kasai provinces, followed by visits to Lubumbashi, Nor [...]	2006-10-25 11:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1652	DRC ELECTIONS: KASAIAN VOTES WILL BE KEY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces are a key battleground in the October 29 presidential election. The over two million voters who abstained in the July 30 first round could be crucial to victory for President Joseph Kabila or Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. Neither obtained a [...]	2006-10-25 18:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1654	DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Plans for a debate between President Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba have been scrapped because neither camp could agree on the format for the encounter. Neither Kabila nor Bemba has personally campaigned as the official campaign period comes to a close, although Bemba [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1658	LEADERSHIP GAP IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES [...] (SBU) In its final months, the transitional government is facing a large economic leadership void. On October 14 a presidential decree announced several new ministers and vice ministers, as well as the resignation of numerous parastatal managers. All positions affected are held by factions of [...]	2006-10-26 15:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PINR PGOV PDEM KCOR CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1663	DRC ELECTIONS: SECURITY CONCERNS MINIMAL IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Western and Eastern Kasai provinces witnessed acts of politically-related violence before and during the July 30 elections. The potential for isolated incidents remains, but security and political officials in the region do not foresee problems that could derail the October 29 ele [...]	2006-10-27 10:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1666	DRC PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF: SITREP 10/27 [...] (U) Campaigning for the October 29 DRC vote ends October 27 at midnight. Voters will elect delegates to the new provincial assemblies, which will later elect senators and governors, but the race dominating the public eye is the second round presidential runoff between transitional President [...]	2006-10-27 12:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1667	DRC ELECTIONS: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS [...] (U) The following is a series of frequently asked questions and answers regarding the DRC's October 29 presidential run-off and provincial assembly elections. ----------------------------------------- Q: WHAT IS THE OCTOBER 29 ELECTION ABOUT? ----------------------------------------- 2. [...]	2006-10-27 12:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS

06KINSHASA1668	DRC ELECTIONS: PALU CONFIDENT ITS MEMBERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Close advisers to Antoine Gizenga, the Secretary General of the Unified Lumumbist Party (PALU),said SIPDIS they are confident the party's supporters will vote for President Joseph Kabila in the October 29 run-off election. They confirmed that Gizenga himself will not campaign f [...]	2006-10-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1669	DRC ELECTIONS: MLC LEADERS ON CAMPAIGN AND [...] (C) Summary: Key officials of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) say they are confident that Bemba will hold key strongholds in the October 29 presidential election and increase his tally elsewhere. They complain that MLC supporters are being harassed [...]	2006-10-28 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1670	DRC ELECTIONS SITREP 10/28, 1200 [...] (U) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo remains calm on the eve of the October 29 presidential and provincial elections. Official campaigning ended at midnight October 27 and there have been no reports since of serious incidents in Kinshasa or elsewhere. Voting will begin at 0600 local ti [...]	2006-10-28 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1671	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 1, 10/29 1000 [...] Senior representatives from the Kabila and Bemba camps issued a joint appeal October 28 requesting their followers to vote with "the same calm, order and serenity" as they did in the first round. A copy of the statement has been transmitted to AF/C and S/ES-O. An unofficial translation of p [...]	2006-10-29 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1672	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 2, 10/29 1230 [...] Despite isolated problems, observers continue to report generally smooth, orderly voting throughout the country in the October 29 DRC elections. Without exception, voters seem to be familiar with the process, which has helped reduce the amount of time people are spending waiting to vote. [...]	2006-10-29 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1673	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 3, 10/29 1600 [...] (U) The heavy rain that began early this morning in Kinshasa stopped around 1400 local time. Embassy observers in the capital report that voter turnout since midday has slowly and steadily increased as the rain abated. The Ambassador and DAS Don Yamamoto are leading a 15-member team of Embassy [...]	2006-10-29 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1674	DRC ELECTION DAY: SITREP 4, 10/29 2130 [...] Kabila and Bemba reached agreement late this afternoon on a Declaration of Post-Electoral Intentions that includes commitments for both the winner and loser in the October 29 presidential election. The declaration, signed by Samba Kaputo for Kabila and Thomas Luhaka for Bemba and witnessed b [...]	2006-10-29 21:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1675	SITREP 5: INITIAL OBSERVATIONS: PEACEFUL AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Preliminary conversations with representatives of several of the international observer missions in DR Congo for the October 29 elections generally reflected U.S. Mission reports of mostly peaceful and efficient voting in all areas of the country. Missions will release officia [...]	2006-10-30 11:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1677	DRC ELECTIONS: VOTING COMPLETED, COMPILATION BEGINS [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's October 29 presidential run-off and provincial assembly elections generally passed smoothly and peacefully, with only a few logistical problems and isolated incidents of violence reported. Officials with the major political parties have expressed their overall satisfactio [...]	2006-10-30 13:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1679	DRC ELECTIONS: MLC POST-ELECTION PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior officials of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) party said before the October 29 election that a Bemba-led government would work closely with President Kabila's PPRD. They say the immediate focus would be on reform of the security [...]	2006-10-31 08:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1683	DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOT COMPILATION UNDERWAY WITH [...] (U) Summary: AF DAS Yamamoto emphasized to the Congolese press strong U.S. interest in working with a freely-elected Congolese government after heading the U.S. observer team for the October 29 DRC elections. One of two Kinshasa television stations owned by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba is a [...]	2006-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1686	SOUTH AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS CALLS DRC [...] (U) The South African Observer Mission (SAOM) characterized the DRC's October 29 presidential and provincial elections as "democratic, peaceful, credible, and transparent." The 108-member observer mission was deployed in all eleven provinces, with an average of three teams in each. It was le [...]	2006-11-01 09:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SA CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1687	DRC ELECTIONS: CDCE/EURAC OBSERVERS PRAISE CONDUCT [...] (U) A joint observation mission of the Civil Society Framework for Cooperation in Election Observation (CDCE) and the European Network for Central Africa (EURAC) praised the conduct of second-round DRC elections in a statement released October 31. The mission, which included more than 50,000 [...]	2006-11-01 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1689	BEMBA MEDIA STILL OFF THE AIR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political and technical problems have kept media owned by presidential contender Jean-Pierre Bemba off the air for most of the last few days, both before and after the October 29 voting. MONUC is reportedly mediating this issue in an attempt to restore the signals. The High Media [...]	2006-11-01 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1692	DRC ELECTIONS: CARTER CENTER COMMENDS "ORDERLY AND [...] (U) Former Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark released a preliminary statement by the Carter Center on the October 29 DRC elections at a press conference November 1 in Kinshasa. The Carter Center congratulated the Congolese people for an orderly and peaceful vote, and credited the Independent [...]	2006-11-02 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1694	DRC ELECTIONS: FATAKI RE-VOTE ON FOR TODAY, BALLOT [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced November 1 it had delayed by one day a scheduled re-vote in the distant Ituri District town of Fataki. The CEI had ordered a re-vote at 43 polling sites after a mob destroyed ballots and other material following the killing of two CEI wo [...]	2006-11-02 13:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1697	ELECTION RELATED DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Malu Malu provided a briefing to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) at the regular weekly CIAT meeting November 2. Among the highlights of his presentation: a) Work to tabulate results from the Octob [...]	2006-11-03 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1701	DRC ELECTION AUTHORITIES SEEKS TO AVOID ABUSE OF PARTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of presidential candidates Kabila and Bemba signed an agreement November 1 not to publish partial election results. Two newspapers have been suspended by the High Media Authority (HAM) for abusive extrapolation of partial results. HAM President Mutinga has report [...]	2006-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1702	DRC ELECTIONS: 18 PERCENT OF POLLING STATIONS [...] (U) DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Apollinaire Malu Malu said in a November 2 press conference that results from more than 9,000 of the DRC's 50,045 polling stations have been compiled. Although this represents 18 percent of all stations, the CEI has not yet released any [...]	2006-11-03 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1703	DRC ELECTIONS: EU PRAISES CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS [...] (U) The European Union Electoral Mission released a preliminary statement regarding the October 29 DRC election on November 1. It praised the elections as peaceful and orderly, and highlighted the organizational effectiveness of the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). The EU mission depl [...]	2006-11-03 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1709	DRC ELECTIONS: EIGHT OBSERVER MISSIONS ISSUE [...] (U) On November 2, eight international observer missions issued a positive joint statement on the October 29 DRC provincial and second-round presidential elections. The missions collectively deployed teams in all eleven provinces, including the capital, Kinshasa. They represented the Carter [...]	2006-11-06 10:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1712	DRC ELECTIONS: FIRST RESULTS SHOW KABILA WITH [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) posted on its website November 5 the first official vote tallies from the October 29 presidential election. The numbers represent only six percent of the country's electoral districts and give President Joseph Kabila a lead over Vice Preside [...]	2006-11-06 15:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1714	DRC ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT REMOVES BEMBA ALLY [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court overturned the July 30 election to the National Assembly of a close ally of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba November 2 on grounds of voter intimidation and fraud. Roger Lumbala, president of the RCD/N political party, had his victory annulled after the Court found [...]	2006-11-06 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1715	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Presidential security adviser (and newly-elected parliamentarian) Guillaume Samba Kaputo believes that President Kabila comfortably won the second round of presidential elections on October 29 with as much as 60% of the vote. Though not discounting the possibility of violence onc [...]	2006-11-06 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO ECON CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1716	DRC ELECTIONS: AFRICAN OBSERVER MISSIONS ECHO [...] (U) Summary. Interim statements on the October 29 DRC elections released this week by four African observer missions echoed the conclusions of other international observers (reftels): the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) conduct of elections improved from the July 30 first-round, poll [...]	2006-11-07 10:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1719	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD OVER BEMBA IN [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) on November 7 released results from five additional electoral districts from the October 29 presidential election. Seventeen electoral districts, ten percent of the country's total, have been reported to date and give President Joseph Kabila [...]	2006-11-07 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1724	DRC ELECTIONS: KABILA MAINTAINS LEAD WITH 26 [...] (U) With results from 26 percent of the DRC's electoral districts now tabulated, President Joseph Kabila maintains a preliminary lead over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba in the October 29 DRC presidential vote. The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) released results from 27 additional el [...]	2006-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1725	KABILA AND BEMBA HOLD FIRST POST-ELECTION MEETING [...] (U) Presidential candidates Joseph Kabila and Jean-Pierre Bemba met November 7 for the first time since the October 29 run-off vote. The meeting, at the Presidential Palace in Kinshasa, was only the second time the two have been seen in public together since the August 20-22 shootout between th [...]	2006-11-08 17:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1729	DRC ELECTIONS: 57 PERCENT OF DISTRICTS REPORTING, [...] (U) Votes from 57 percent of the DRC's electoral districts have now been tabulated. President Joseph Kabila has received 62.3 percent of the votes counted, Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba 37.7 percent. More than half these votes come from Kabila's eastern strongholds. The total number of valid [...]	2006-11-09 14:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1730	MEDIA REGULATORY BODY BARS POLITICIANS FROM THE AIR, [...] (U) Summary: Over the past week, the High Media Authority (HAM) sanctioned or warned several politicians for proclaiming the victory of either presidential candidate, and for other provocative speech. Three newspapers were suspended for election-related infractions. A number of television and [...]	2006-11-09 14:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1732	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA ALLEGES DISCREPANCIES IN VOTE [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has charged that the vote counts for the October 29 election being released by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) differ significantly from those provided by his MLC party's witnesses. In a November 8 letter to CEI President Apollinaire Malu Malu, [...]	2006-11-10 09:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1736	DRC ELECTIONS: VOTE COUNT NEARLY COMPLETE [...] (U) As of November 13, preliminary figures released by the DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI),accounting for 90 percent of the country's electoral districts, place President Joseph Kabila ahead of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.8 to 41.2 percent. Approximately 2.5 million vo [...]	2006-11-13 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1740	VIOLENCE QUELLED, BUT KINSHASA TENSELY AWAITING [...] (U) Summary: Three hours of violence erupted in the Gombe district of central Kinshasa late in the morning on Saturday, November 11. Most of the fighting occurred near the official residence of Vice President Bemba on Gombe's main thoroughfare, and near Bemba's private riverside residence. [...]	2006-11-14 09:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CG KPKO CASC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1742	DRC ELECTIONS: 94 PERCENT OF ELECTORAL DISTRICTS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila leads Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 59.3 to 40.7 percent of votes thus far counted by the DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI). As of November 14, the CEI has reported preliminary results from 159 of the country's 169 electoral districts, nearly 94 per [...]	2006-11-14 10:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1743	BEMBA FOCUSING ON POLITICAL FUTURE IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba has effectively recognized he has lost the October 29 DRC elections, but is laying the groundwork for claiming electoral fraud. Nonetheless, he increasingly is focusing on his political future. He told the Ambassador he and his troops plan to m [...]	2006-11-14 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1746	CATHOLIC CARDINAL ISSUES INCENDIARY STATEMENT RE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Catholic Cardinal of Kinshasa, Frederic Etsou, conducted a November 13 interview from Paris with Radio France International(RFI)where he is being treated for illness , and issued a written statement, attacking the integrity of the DRC elections and accusing the West of seek [...]	2006-11-14 17:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA175	VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA STILL CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) During a January 25 discussion, VP Azarias Ruberwa (President of the Rally for Congolese Democracy party) told PolCouns that he is confident of his chances to win election as president of the DRC. (Note: Ruberwa was unanimously nominated as his party's presidential candidate during the p [...]	2006-02-01 17:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1751	DRC ELECTIONS: UNOFFICIAL TALLIES COMPLETE [...] (SBU) With 100 percent of electoral districts reporting as of November 15, unofficial tallies released by the DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) show President Joseph Kabila with 58.07 percent of the vote versus Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's 41.93 percent. CEI spokesman Dieudonne [...]	2006-11-15 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1752	FAILED CANDIDATES DENOUNCE PRESIDENTIAL VOTE [...] (SBU) Fifteen members of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's presidential campaign alliance, including Oscar Kashala, issued a statement November 14 denouncing the DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for releasing fraudulent vote tallies. All except Roger Lumbala, whose election to pa [...]	2006-11-15 15:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1754	CARTER CENTER ISSUES SECOND POST-ELECTION STATEMENT [...] (SBU) In the aftermath of the incendiary claims in a November 13 statement from Cardinal Etsou attacking the integrity of the DRC elections (reftel),several international election observer groups are issuing statements of their own reasserting the positive assessments of the electoral proces [...]	2006-11-15 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1755	PROVISIONAL RESULTS GIVE KABILA WIN IN DRC [...] (U) The DRC Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) released provisional results of the October 29 presidential runoff giving Transitional President Joseph Kabila a victory over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.05 to 41.95 percent. CEI President Apollinaire Malu Malu announced the resul [...]	2006-11-16 09:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1757	DRC ELECTIONS: THE NATIONWIDE STATISTICS [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced provisional presidential election results November 15, giving President Kabila victory over Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba by 58.05 to 41.95 percent. A total of 16.2 million valid votes were cast, with a nationwide participation [...]	2006-11-16 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1759	VOTES BY SPECIAL DISPENSATION -- A REAL ISSUE? [...] (U) Summary: DRC presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba and his alliance have raised concerns about the large number of ballots by special dispensation ("derogation") in the October 29 election. They claim these votes were cast fraudulently by supporters of rival Joseph Kabila. Vote brea [...]	2006-11-17 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1762	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA SAYS HE WILL CHALLENGE [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said November 16 that he cannot accept the results of the DRC's October 29 presidential election and that he will use legal means to challenge the outcome. Bemba read a statement in both French and Lingala in a special broadcast on one of the Kinshasa-based [...]	2006-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1774	CEI RESPONSES TO BEMBA'S COMPLAINTS [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba, in his capacity as President of the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),filed six separate complaints with electoral authorities of alleged irregularities in the DRC's October 29 election. Most were general and not backed up [...]	2006-11-21 09:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1777	VIOLENCE STRIKES COURTHOUSE, DELIBERATIONS AND [...] (U) Summary: Supporters of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba clashed with police November 21 at the Supreme Court building on the initial day of hearings on Bemba's chalenges to provisional presidential election resuls announced on November 15. No American citizens ere involved, altho [...]	2006-11-22 11:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1778	EU ANALYSIS FINDS NO SUPPORT FOR BEMBA FRAUD CLAIMS [...] (U) An analysis by the European Union (EU) Electoral Observer Mission of votes cast in the October 29 presidential election does not support charges of widespread fraud raised by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and his supporters in complaints to the Independent Electoral Commission (ref A) [...]	2006-11-22 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1779	MEDIA REPORT MISTAKES TRIBAL CONFLICT FOR [...] (U) Summary. A November 20 wire service report erred in describing a conflict in Bolobo, 175 miles north of Kinshasa, as fighting between Kabila and Bemba supporters. In fact, the violence was a flare-up of a longstanding inter-tribal dispute over land-use rights and had nothing to do with [...]	2006-11-22 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1780	BEMBA ADVISER PREDICTS COURT LOSS, PROVINCIAL WINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Delly Sesanga, a key member of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC),expects Bemba's Supreme Court challenge of the October 29 presidential vote will not succeed. He claimed that early vote tallies indicated the MLC will control at [...]	2006-11-24 09:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1781	BEMBA TOLD TO MOVE GUARD FORCES OUTSIDE CITY [...] (U) Approximately 50 members of Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's personal guard were transported from Kinshasa to a military camp November 23. SRSG Swing confirmed to the Ambassador that the troops traveled in Congolese army vehicles from Bemba's private residence on the Congo River, and [...]	2006-11-24 09:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1782	DRC ELECTIONS: SUPREME COURT BEHIND SCHEDULE IN [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Supreme Court has fallen behind schedule in ruling on legal challenges to the results of the July 30 legislative elections. The DRC's electoral law stipulates the Court has two months to deliberate and rule on electoral complaints. As of November 18, however, the Court h [...]	2006-11-24 10:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1788	DRC ELECTIONS: PRO-KABILA COALITION AHEAD IN AT [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has announced results for 472 of the 632 provincial assembly seats in the October 29 election. According to CEI tallies, President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition has won majorities in four of [...]	2006-11-27 14:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1789	SUPREME COURT RULING ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (U) The DRC Supreme Court, after its deliberations were disrupted by violence at the Court on November 21 (reftel),resumed hearing arguments November 24 and 25 on Jean-Pierre Bemba's electoral challenge, and resumed reviewing the provisional presidential election results announced on November [...]	2006-11-27 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1791	KABILA DECLARED PRESIDENT; SUPREME COURT THROWS [...] (U) Summary: The Supreme Court on November 27 certified the provisional results of the October 29 presidential runoff by declaring Joseph Kabila the victor of the DRC's first democratic presidential election in over 40 years. The Court also dismissed each of Jean-Pierre Bemba's eight elector [...]	2006-11-28 12:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1795	KINSHASA GOVERNOR PROMISES POLICE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. Kinshasa Governor Baudouin Liwanga reviewed issues November 22 raised by the Supreme Court riot by Bemba supporters the day before. He acknowledged that the lack of discipline by police who fled the scene was a serious problem, and took note of the Ambassador's concern about the [...]	2006-11-28 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1802	DRC ELECTIONS: BEMBA PLEDGES TO LEAD POLITICAL [...] (U) Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba said November 28 he will remain a member of the DRC's political opposition. In a nationally televised address November 28, Bemba said in the larger interest of the nation and of the necessity to preserve peace and prevent violence, he will undertake the res [...]	2006-11-29 13:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1824	RUBERWA LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. In a private meeting, Vice President Azarias Ruberwa emphasized the need to address the security, political and judicial concerns of defeated presidential candidate and fellow Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. He declared himself open to working with President Joseph Kabila as [...]	2006-12-04 12:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1827	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) has won majorities in at least five of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, according to provisional figures announced December 1. The pro-Bemba Union for the Nation (UN) coalition has won control of at least two. Pr [...]	2006-12-04 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1833	KABILA INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD [...] Summary: Joseph Kabila was inaugurated as the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 6. Numerous African heads of state as well as high level international delegations attended the ceremony in Kinshasa. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao headed the USG Presidential Delegation [...]	2006-12-07 14:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1848	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION EXTENDS [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has extended the registration deadline for candidates running for provincial governors and vice governors through December 12. The CEI had originally planned to end enrollment December 8. According to CEI spokesman Dieudonne Mirimo, the exten [...]	2006-12-11 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1853	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION PUBLISHES LIST [...] (U) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) published December 12 the provisional list of 1,127 candidates running for the 108 seats available in the national Senate. Former Vice Presidents Jean-Pierre Bemba and Abdoulaye Yerodia, along with several former presidential candid [...]	2006-12-13 17:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1856	UNRESOLVED POLITICAL QUESTIONS, BEHIND-THE-SCENES [...] (C) Summary. Longtime Congolese political figure Antoine Gizenga is expected to be named as prime minister in the new government of President Joseph Kabila. Kabila has been presented with recommendations for ministerial appointments, but has announced no nominations. Formal installation o [...]	2006-12-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1890	ELECTIONS UPDATE: MOMENTUM IN MOVING TOWARD [...] Summary. Antoine Gizenga, widely expected to become Prime Minister, was named government "informateur" on December 19 and is charged with determining if a majority can be found in the National Assembly. The Supreme Court will soon announce its certification of the National Assembly's Intern [...]	2006-12-21 17:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1895	ELECTIONS UPDATE: SUPREME COURT APPROVES NATIONAL [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court approved the Internal Rules for the National Assembly on December 21, two days ahead of the deadline (reftel). According to the Constitution, each parliamentary chamber's first duty is to draft internal rules which must be reviewed for constitutionality by the Supr [...]	2006-12-22 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1928	PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE: DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's new National Assembly will elect its new leadership ("Permanent Bureau") by December 28. Vital Kamerhe is expected to be elected the assembly's president. Election of the new parliamentary leadership should be closely followed by the announcement of the prime ministe [...]	2006-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1939	ELECTIONS UPDATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 09:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA197	DRC: SUPREME COURT CERTIFIES REFERENDUM RESULTS, [...] (U) The Supreme Court on February 3 certified the results of the December 18-19 constitutional referendum. As reported reftel, the referendum passed with 84 percent of the vote in favor and 16 percent against. The constitution will become effective after being promulgated by President Joseph Ka [...]	2006-02-06 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA210	ABSENTEE CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila's political party, the PPRD, is winding up a general convention in Kinshasa (to be reported septel). The primary purpose of the gathering is to energize the party and nominate Joseph Kabila as the party's candidate in presidential elections expected in coming mon [...]	2006-02-08 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA222	PPRD NOMINATES KABILA FOR PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) February 6 nominated President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for the DRC's presidential elections in 2006. During a disorganized party congress in Kinshasa, the PPRD lauded Kabila's efforts to bring peace and stability [...]	2006-02-09 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA228	DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: LAST REGISTRATION CENTERS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced February 9 that the last remaining voter registration centers, located in Bandundu and Equateur provinces, will close February 10, bringing an end to enrollment efforts nationwide. Though the official enrollment period ended December 15, [...]	2006-02-10 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA23	UDPS, TSHISEKEDI ASSERT CHANGE IN DIRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an ostensible reversal of its political strategy, the Union for Democratic and Social Progress (UDPS) announced it will participate in the DRC's 2006 elections, with UDPS leader Etienne Tshisekedi running as a candidate for president. As with previous messages from Tshisekedi [...]	2006-01-05 13:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA247	UDPS MOVES TOWARDS ELECTIONS KICKING AND SCREAMING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings, Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) officials said the long-time opposition party will participate in the upcoming national DRC elections and is planning to hold a national congress in February. These same officials, however, complained bitterly [...]	2006-02-14 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA268	UDPS SECRETARY GENERAL PREPARING FOR THE END [...] (C) UDPS Secretary General Remy Masamba is simultaneously laying the groundwork for his party's conference and preparing for its demise. Invitations to national UDPS members to come to Kinshasa for the conference -- which would be held sometime between February 28 and March 2 -- are ready to b [...]	2006-02-17 10:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA292	IMF MISSION LOOKS AT DRC 2005 PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. An IMF team was in Kinshasa January 24 to February 3 to review the DRC's performance in the third and fourth quarters of 2005. The IMF was generally satisfied with macroeconomic stability during the last half of 2005. Their principal concern was GDRC overspending in some budget [...]	2006-02-22 16:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG CIAT EAC ELECTIONS IMF
06KINSHASA342	MAI MAI RESISTANCE PATRIOTS PARTY SUPPORTS KABILA [...] (SBU) At its congress February 14-15 in Kinshasa, the Mai Mai Resistance Patriots Party (CRM) endorsed current President Joseph Kabila as its candidate for president. Party members also agreed to seek alliances with other parties in order to be part of a legislative majority with a say in the [...]	2006-03-01 15:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA39	ELECTORAL COMMISSION SAYS NO TO UDPS DEMANDS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced January 7 that it would not reopen registration centers for the convenience of UDPS members who boycotted the registration process from June to December 2005. CEI Director Abbe Malu Malu noted that the time constraints of the electoral [...]	2006-01-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA58	CONSTITUTION APPROVED; PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced January 11 that Congolese voters approved the DRC's new constitution by a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent. The CEI said that 62 percent of the DRC's 25 million voters participated in the December 18 re [...]	2006-01-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA785	EASTERN DRC VOTERS REJECT MONSENGWO'S CALL FOR NEW [...] (C) During a May 4-10 visit to several towns in eastern DRC, PolOff discovered strong disagreement to the appeal by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo to launch a new national political dialogue in order to achieve a "consensus" on the DRC's political calendar (ref A) -- if, in fact, such a dialogue [...]	2006-05-18 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA788	ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...]	2006-05-18 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA793	ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]	2006-05-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA826	DRC ELECTIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 23 that it will extend until May 26 the registration period for candidates for provincial legislatures. According to the previously released electoral calendar, provincial registration was to have ended May 22 (after starting May 2). [...]	2006-05-24 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA827	ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FACES MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As it organizes the DRC's first free elections in more than 40 years, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) faces significant logistical challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country. The lack of an adequate transportation infrastructure makes delivering votin [...]	2006-05-24 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA834	MONSENGWO CONTINUES TO PUSH POLITICAL "DIALOGUE" [...] (U) In an interview published May 22 by the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belge," Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO),reiterated his appeal for a political "dialogue" to reach a national consensus [...]	2006-05-26 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA837	POLICE SURROUND HOMES OF FOUR DRC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Kinshasa homes of four DRC presidential candidates, as well as those of other prominent political personalities, were temporarily surrounded by elements of the Congolese police beginning the night of May 23. Among the presidential candidates involved were Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga (Conventi [...]	2006-05-26 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA862	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 11,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has released figures showing that 11,044 candidates registered to run for 632 available seats in the DRC's 26 provincial legislatures. (Note: More than 9,700 candidates registered for the 500 National Assembly seats. End note.) According to CEI Pr [...]	2006-05-31 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA863	KABILA CONTINUES TALKING TO FOREIGN PRESS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila continued talking to the foreign press with an interview published in the May 25 edition of the French newspaper "Le Monde." In the article, Kabila presented himself as a true Congolese who is ready to work to rebuild and reunify the Congo. Kabila also said the work [...]	2006-06-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA897	DRC'S ELECTION CALENDAR: LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Summary: While there are still many hurdles to clear to ensure a successful July 30 first-round election as scheduled, the Independent Election Commission (CEI) and the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) have initiated detailed planning for the second round, and the [...]	2006-06-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO GC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA918	PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...]	2006-06-09 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA920	CARTER CENTER CONFIDENT IN DRC ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (U) The Carter Center's elections observation mission in the DRC announced June 6 it is confident the country's July 30 elections can be conducted successfully and that the electoral calendar published by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) can be met. The Center noted the extremely [...]	2006-06-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA937	MANAGING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has reportedly agreed to fund a much-reduced budget, which would allow the High Media Authority (HAM) to provide for minimal fair media coverage to the 33 presidential candidates. The more than 9,700 legislative and 12,300 provincial candidates, however, will likely be [...]	2006-06-14 08:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA938	FIRST SHIPMENT OF BALLOTS ARRIVES IN DRC [...] (U) The first shipment of presidential and legislative ballots for the DRC's July 30 elections arrived in Kinshasa June 10 from printers in South Africa. The legislative ballots were subsequently delivered to Kananga, the capital of Western Kasai province, for delivery to voting centers there. [...]	2006-06-14 09:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA942	UNSC SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE: ELECTIONS MUST TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Following a three-day visit in the DRC, a delegation from the UN Security Council (UNSC) announced it was "encouraged" by the country's political progress and rebuffed calls for a "dialogue" that would delay July 30 elections or lead to a re-negotiation of transitional institution [...]	2006-06-14 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM UNSC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA954	AJELLO STUMBLES IN PREMATURE ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) During a June 13 press conference in Brussels, European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Aldo Ajello reportedly presented what he claimed was the calendar for the second phase of the DRC's elections. According to Ajello, the results from the first round of elections (to b [...]	2006-06-15 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA963	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...]	2006-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA965	PRESIDENT KABILA WEDS [...] (U) President Kabila June 16 wed his long-time partner Olive Lembe in a civil ceremony at his official residence in Kinshasa. The civil ceremony was followed June 17 by a religious marriage, presided over by Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou and Protestant Monsignor Pierre Marini (who is also P [...]	2006-06-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA969	MLC LAUNCHES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] (U) The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC),the political party of Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba, has entered into a new political alliance with a host of smaller Congolese political parties. MLC Secretary General (and Minister of Budget) Francois Mwamba [...]	2006-06-20 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA972	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR KASHALA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate (and AmCit oncologist) Oscar Kashala believes he is well positioned for July 30 elections, having forged an alliance with minor political parties that could lead to direct cooperation with Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and/or UDPS leader Etienne Tshiseke [...]	2006-06-21 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA976	SLOGGING TOWARD JULY 30 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila, the four GDRC Vice Presidents, other senior officials and members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met for four and a half hours June 21 to discuss election planning and the post-June 30 future. The Independent Election Committee [...]	2006-06-22 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA988	UDPS SAYS VIOLENCE "INEVITABLE" AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: A top-ranking official with the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) said June 21 that violence will be "inevitable" in the DRC after the country's elections, and that his party will take "no responsibility" for what will take place. Claiming that the internat [...]	2006-06-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA998	EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE FORMALLY LAUNCHED [...] (U) Summary: In the first of what will reportedly be weekly press conferences, on June 22 the initial phase of the European Union election support/peacekeeping operation force was formally introduced by Aldo Ajello, EU Special Rep to the Great Lakes, and Gen. Karlheinz Viereck (Germany),comma [...]	2006-06-27 06:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS

06LAGOS1396	ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...]	2006-12-04 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06NAPLES102	LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...]	2006-03-29 15:47:00	Consulate Naples	UNCLASSIFIED	IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1019	BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1034	ITALY'S POST ELECTION LOTTO-MINISTRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Italy's April 9-10 national elections begin a political process that probably will not produce a new government until mid-May to mid-June. Presidents of the two legislative houses must be elected followed by a replacement for President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi before [...]	2006-04-05 13:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1083	TRADE VICE MINISTER PLANS "COURAGEOUS" TRADE OFFER [...] (C) Summary. During an April 3 courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli, Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso was cautiously optimistic of a narrow center-right victory in this week's elections. He admitted that GOI positions on trade and the WTO have been driven by politics until now, but said a cent [...]	2006-04-10 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME1162	ITALY: CERTIFIED VOTE RESULTS EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) A consensus is developing that the Italian Court of Cassation will issue certified election results next Tuesday, April 18, though reports that the recount could take a few days longer persist. UDC Party Secretary Lorenzo Cesa told the press that election results would not change, and FI [...]	2006-04-14 14:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1183	ITALIAN CASSATION DECLARES RESULTS OFFICIAL: PRODI [...] (SBU) Italy's Court of Cassation finished verification procedures for Italy's contested parliamentary elections, confirming center-left challenger Romano Prodi's electoral victory over incumbent PM Silvio Berlusconi in the critical Chamber of Deputies. Though Berlusconi might continue to prot [...]	2006-04-19 17:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME1203	ITALY: CODEL HYDE HEARS PLANS FOR A ROBUST [...] (C) Summary. Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta told a visiting Codel Hyde delegation April 19 that, given a strong second-place showing in the elections, the center-right would play the part of a particularly robust opposition party when the new center-left government took office. He predicted t [...]	2006-04-21 10:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME122	AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...]	2006-01-13 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME141	ITALY: ELECTORAL REFORM COULD BRING DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to impacts reported REF A and B, Italy's controversial electoral reform law introduces different systems for calculating results in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the Chamber of Deputies, the winning coalition receives a majority premium guaranteeing that [...]	2006-01-17 09:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME173	SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...]	2006-01-18 16:18:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN
06ROME276	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI LEADING THE RACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent polls show that PM Silvio Berlusconi's center-right (CR) coalition has gained on Romano Prodi's center-left (CL) coalition. Prodi's lead has slipped from 8 percentage points last summer to 4.5 percentage points in January. In the last month, Berlusconi has set the tone of [...]	2006-01-31 12:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME361	TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION [...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...]	2006-02-07 16:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME371	ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]	2006-02-08 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME439	DISPOSITION OF ELK RIVER SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On February 6, the Ambassador received a letter from Gianni Letta, Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers requesting assistance SIPDIS to return to the United States 64 thorium-uranium bundles of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) originally from the Elk River, [...]	2006-02-13 17:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP KSTC IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME453	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...]	2006-02-15 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME466	ITALY: ELECTION FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE ON EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 08:43:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME502	ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...]	2006-02-18 10:27:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME536	CARTOON-WEARING MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Reforms Minister resigned February 18 following violent protests against the Italian consulate in Benghazi. The minister, Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, had won notoriety for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons that had triggered protests in Islamic co [...]	2006-02-21 18:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME550	ITALY: AN SPOKESPERSON SEES CENTER-RIGHT CLOSING [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 15 with National Alliance (AN) Party Spokesperson Andrea Ronchi. Ronchi told the Ambassador he was optimistic about the center-right's electoral chances and claimed they are only trailing the center-left by one or two percentage points. Ronchi said AN was firm [...]	2006-02-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME584	ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON [...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...]	2006-02-24 15:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME698	SURVEY OF ITALIANS' VIEWS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] Against the backdrop of April's national elections and a four-year drop in foreign assistance, Inter Press Service News Agency reported the results of a recent survey February 17 indicating most Italians favor using Italian budgetary resources to fight global poverty, rather than increasing m [...]	2006-03-07 08:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME725	ITALY: POLLSTERS GIVE EDGE TO PRODI BUT DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: A collection of five Milan-based pollsters agreed that PM Berlusconi's effective campaign had closed much of the gap with opposition leader Romano Prodi, even if they were split over whether this momentum would carry Berlusconi to victory on election day. Recent polls give Prodi [...]	2006-03-09 06:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME768	ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...]	2006-03-10 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME798	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN BATTLEGROUND [...] (C) Puglia, on Italy's southern heel, is a battleground region in Italy's April 9 elections. Although a traditional stronghold of the Center Right, it is an area where voters have handed Center Left politicians dramatic electoral gains in recent municipal and regional voting. Local pundits [...]	2006-03-14 12:00:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME839	ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...]	2006-03-16 16:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME85	ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF [...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...]	2006-01-10 15:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME863	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF [...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...]	2006-03-17 17:34:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME864	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS? [...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...]	2006-03-17 17:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME904	IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS [...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...]	2006-03-22 15:56:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME927	POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...]	2006-03-24 16:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME996	The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...]	2006-04-03 08:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR315	EL SALVADOR: FIVE WEEKS FROM ELECTION, ARENA LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Latest polls indicate that the Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) retains the lead in both mayoral and Legislative Assembly races, but its lead over the opposition Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) has narrowed slightly. There is no indication thus far that [...]	2006-02-07 21:37:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR447	FMLN INVOLVES CUBA AND VENEZUELA IN SALVADORAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: President Saca and other high-ranking GOES officials have recently raised concerns with Ambassador and other Embassy contacts that Cuba and Venezuela are helping the FMLN in the March 12 national elections for deputies and mayors. There are now clear indications tha [...]	2006-02-22 20:06:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER VE CU ES ELECTIONS
06SANSALVADOR455	SALVADORAN PRESIDENT SACA DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) During a lengthy February 23 evening meeting with Polcouns, one Saca cabinet member and two key presidential advisers recounted how stressed Saca is over the March 12 national elections and over recent polls showing Saca and his ARENA party are not faring as well as they expected. Asked [...]	2006-02-23 15:47:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ES ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1049	WITHOUT ARIK, MORE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING VOTERS SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israel's Russian-speaking electorate, which numbers close to one million, represents one of the most important target populations in the upcoming elections, one that could determine an allocation of some 15 to 20 of the 120 Knesset seats, according to academics and [...]	2006-03-15 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1057	OLMERT'S SUCCESSFUL JERICHO MISSION COMES AT A [...] (SBU) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's successful March 14 Jericho prison operation will likely stabilize Kadima's standing in the polls and may yield additional seats in the March 28 Knesset elections. One pollster gauged that, since, as she assesses, Kadima's support had alr [...]	2006-03-15 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1061	C-NE6-00442 KADIMA'S CAMPAIGN FOR CONTROL OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Less than two weeks before Israel's elections, the Kadima Party is on course to win a plurality of seats in the next Knesset despite minor up and down swings in the weekly polls. Kadima's broadly accepted political goal of unilaterally defining Israel's borders will allow the pa [...]	2006-03-16 11:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS KDEM GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1086	PERETZ, THE SHEPHERD WHO AWAITS THE RETURN OF HIS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Chairman Amir Peretz told the Ambassador and DCM March 17 that he believes that the large number of still undecided voters will be pivotal on election day. Peretz speculated that Labor's real public support may be larger than current polls indicate as traditional Laborites [...]	2006-03-17 17:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1164	BIBI SAYS UNDECIDEDS, TURNOUT RATE MAKE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Likud Chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu told the Ambassador and DCM March 22 that the main factors to consider in this election are the continuing high number of undecided voters so close to election day and the possibility of a low voter turnout. Netanyahu underlined his concer [...]	2006-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1181	ISRAELI MARKETS STABLE IN FACE OF ELECTION [...] (C) Israel's three main parties have all responded to the unusual attention being paid to social-economic issues in this election campaign. They have devoted considerable attention in their platforms to the need to narrow the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. The Labor Party, [...]	2006-03-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN ELAB PINR IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1183	ISRAEL'S ELECTIONS AT THE HOME STRETCH: KADIMA [...] (C) Summary: The March 28 Israeli election will cement the long-predicted victory of the new, centrist Kadima party by a dominant plurality of the votes, with its sparring partners, Labor and Likud, most likely coming in distant second and third places, respectively. Neither Labor nor Likud [...]	2006-03-24 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1184	A CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE PRIMER ON MARCH 28 [...] Summary. The chairperson of the Israeli Central Elections Committee (CEC),Supreme Court Judge Dorit Beinisch, told the Ambassador March 22 that she is confident of the solid organization of Israeli elections, and explained details of the voting process as it will unfold on Election Day. Ex [...]	2006-03-24 17:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1193	ISRAELI-ARAB PARTIES APPEAR SET TO REMAIN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent polls show that rising Israeli-Arab interest in the March 28 elections, possibly prompted by fears of a growing right-wing Jewish vote, may yield up to 10 Knesset seats for Israeli-Arab parties, up two seats from the current Knesset. Until this past week, polls have proj [...]	2006-03-27 14:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1197	BIG PARTIES SPEND BIG BUCKS ON BIG DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Kadima and Likud have budgets for election day at least 50 percent larger than that of the Labor Party, Labor will draw on an extensive and experienced organizational network at the local level. Kadima party organizers say they must work particularly hard to get out the [...]	2006-03-27 17:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IS PINR GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1198	A CALM ELECTION DAY IN ISRAEL -- SHOPPING, [...] Summary: Entering the evening hours of election day in Israel, the prognosticators of voter apathy are claiming victory. Only 47 percent of the electorate had voted as of 1800 (local time),by which time -- historically speaking -- well over half the electorate usually would have cast their [...]	2006-03-28 17:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1218	ELECTION RESULTS OFFER MANY OPTIONS FOR OLMERT [...] Summary: The March 28 election results confirmed a Kadima plurality, the status quo of Labor, the relative demise of Likud and less so of the religious Zionist parties, the stability of the ultra-Orthodox and Arab parties, the surprise electoral success of the Pensioners' Party, and the long [...]	2006-03-30 04:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV145	PERES TELLS CODEL BAYH THAT OLMERT WILL BE NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 6 meeting, former Vice Premier Shimon Peres told Senator Evan Bayh, that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chances of returning to political power are ""nil,"" and that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be the next Prime Minister of Israel. Peres discussed the fu [...]	2006-01-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR IS KPAL PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV180	SHINUI LEADER LAPID TO CODEL OBAMA: OLMERT LIKELY [...] (C) Shinui leader Tommy Lapid told Senator Barack Obama and the Ambassador January 10 that he believes that the most likely scenario will be that Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be elected as Prime Minister in the March 28 elections, provided he can hold the newly established Kadima [...]	2006-01-12 14:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV214	PRIMARIES SHAKE UP SHINUI, LIKUD; OLMERT TO NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: Surprise results in the Shinui January 12 primaries for the party's Knesset list have led to a split in the party, with at least six Shinui MKs -- and perhaps party leader Tommy Lapid -- poised to form a new party that could be eligible to take on Shinui's name and its budget. [...]	2006-01-13 15:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV230	OLMERT SHUFFLES THE KADIMA CARDS IN HIS CABINET [...] On January 18, Alternate PM Ehud Olmert's Cabinet approved the appointment of three Kadima ministers to fill the Foreign Affairs, Agriculture/Rural Development, Education and Health portfolios in his transitional government vacated following the January 15 resignation of four Likud ministers [...]	2006-01-19 16:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV282	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI [...] Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named Kadima MK Tzipi Livni, who continues to hold the Justice and Immigration portfolios, to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the departure of Likud Minister Silvan Shalom. This decision, which the cabinet approved on January 18 (septel [...]	2006-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV349	OLMERT TACKS TO THE CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Candidate" Olmert used his first major public address as acting prime minister and Kadima party leader to nudge his party's platform further toward the center, reprising the role he played as Sharon's stalking horse for unilateral disengagement, and once again moving beyond whe [...]	2006-01-25 13:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV390	LABOR'S NUMBER TWO: ELECTIONS WILL BE A FIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Labor Party MK Itzhak Herzog told NEA DAS Robert Danin January 25 that Kadima, Labor, and Likud will be battling over the some 80 Knesset seats that he assesses will go to the political center, as well as for the Russian vote. Herzog expressed resignation that Labor would not win [...]	2006-01-27 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV53	CONTINUITY OF ISRAELI GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP [...] The powers of the Prime Minister have been transferred to Kadima minister Ehud Olmert in his capacity as Alternate Prime Minister, in accordance with Israel's Basic Law. Should Sharon die, Olmert is almost certain to be chosen as acting prime minister to serve until the forthcoming elections. [...]	2006-01-05 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV894	RELIGIOUS ZIONIST LEADER SPECULATES RIGHT-WING [...] (C) Summary: National Union (NU) leader MK Benny Elon asserted to the Ambassador March 1 that the right-of-center parties will gain enough seats in the March 28 elections that they could (in the unlikely event they were asked to do so) form a government. He called Kadima an artificial politic [...]	2006-03-03 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAL KWBG EG IS JA GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV990	BAR-ON DISCUSSES POLITICAL SCENE, COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: National Infrastructures Minister Ronnie Bar-On told the Ambassador on March 9 that Likud and Labor officials are attacking Kadima because they do not have a political vision of their own. He characterized Binyamin Netanyahu as unelectable, and said that Amir Peretz is a "non-i [...]	2006-03-10 17:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06ZAGREB1260	FAR RIGHT POSITIONS ITSELF FOR 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and comment: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) has consolidated its status as a major right-wing political party and gained greater acceptability as a democratic political entity, although some statements made by its leaders occasionally echo its extreme nationalist past. Domestica [...]	2006-10-18 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1057	IMAM ATTACKED BY WORSHIPPERS AT KADUNA MOSQUE [...] (U) BBC radio reported that the Imam at the Suleiman Bello Mosque in Kaduna, one of the city's prominent mosques, was attacked and beaten by worshippers at the Friday prayers on May 18. 2. (C) A contact from Kaduna who was at the mosque described the incident to PolCouns as politically [...]	2007-05-25 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1065	PDP POLICY RALLY FOR THE NEWLY ELECTED [...] (C) On May 19, Poloff attended the PDP Policy Retreat for the newly elected members of the PDP held in Abuja at the International Conference Center. The Keynote speaker was former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and current lobbyist/chairman of Goodworks International Andrew Young. The [...]	2007-05-30 13:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NI PGOV ELECTIONS
07ABUJA112	CHIEFS OF MISSION ON ELECTIONS, DELTA SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the Ambassador met with a small group of Chiefs of Mission (COMs) to discuss preparations and outlook for the April elections and the security situation in the Delta. All present agreed that preparation for a credible April election is deficient, though it was no [...]	2007-01-18 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA131	NIGERIA ELECTION SNAPSHOTS #4 [...] (SBU) This cable is the fourth in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for April 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interestin [...]	2007-01-23 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1440	NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART II) - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The results of the April 14 gubernatorial elections are being contested in specially established state election tribunals (Ref. A). While most gubernatorial election tribunals have yet to convene, petitions from aggrieved candidates and parties, including the ruling People's D [...]	2007-07-06 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1467	NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART III) - [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with a legal advisor to Buhari and Atiku, former Kaduna High Court Justice Usman Mohammed (strictly protect) who provided insight into the legal strategies Buhari and Atiku's counsels are employing as they head to the Presidential Election Tribunal, currently underway [...]	2007-07-11 11:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA155	PDP LEADERS COMMIT TO APRIL POLLS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting AF/W Deputy Director Donald Heflin and Poloffs paid a courtesy call on People's Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman Dr. Amadu Ali, National Secretary Chief Ojo Maduekwe, and other party leaders January 23. The PDP leaders talked about the new party manifesto which [...]	2007-01-24 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA156	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON ELECTIONS, INEC [...] (C) At a January 23 reception, Chairman Hamisu Mu'azu Shira of the Nigerian House Committee on Electoral Matters told Poloffs the House is committed to smooth elections and a smooth transition of power this spring. Shira indicated he heard the Senate passed the first reading of a bill extendin [...]	2007-01-24 16:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA163	BUYING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY. House of Representatives member Saudatu A. Sani, strictly protect, told Poloffs on January 23 that she bought her PDP nomination to return to the House for approximately 1 million Naira (USD 7,812). Sani maintained that the party primaries are the most corrupt segment of the ele [...]	2007-01-25 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KCOR EAGR EFIN NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1642	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY PUSHES FOR ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Three months after Nigeria's deeply flawed elections, civil society is keeping the pressure on the new administration to acknowledge the failures of the 2007 elections and reform the electoral process. The week of July 23, civil society held two events: (1) a citizens' electora [...]	2007-07-31 15:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA179	MAKARFI ON YAR'ADUA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting AF/W Deputy Director Donald Heflin paid a January 24 courtesy call on Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi. Although previously considered the leading contender for the PDP presidential nomination, Makarfi is now weighing his options with his eyes on t [...]	2007-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA182	ELECTIONS PARTNERS -- KEEPING PREPARATIONS ON TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with representatives of IFES, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and PACT Nigeria on January 25 to discuss ongoing elections preparations efforts. INEC continues to register large numbers of voters in the final weeks of the registration exercise, claiming [...]	2007-01-26 11:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA189	BUHARI ON OBJ, ALLIANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 24, Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting AF/W Deputy Director Donald Heflin met with All Nigeria Peoples' Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari at his Kaduna residence. Buhari opined about the current Obasanjo-Atiku impasse, characterizing it as another [...]	2007-01-26 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA200	CRITERIA TO EVALUATE NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) This cable suggests the criteria by which USG might evaluate the credibility of Nigeria's 2007 elections. The criteria take into account relevant international standards such as the ECOWAS Democracy Charter, SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections, and the Inter-Par [...]	2007-01-30 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA215	INSIDER'S VIEW OF ABUJA MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 31, PolOff met with Abuja-based Imam and 2005 International Visitor Program grantee Fouad Adeyemi, founder and director of al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society. Imam Fouad disclosed that he is presently teaching a course on the fundamentals of Islamic worship and belief to m [...]	2007-02-02 08:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM SOCI SCUL OEXC NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA231	FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: With three months to go before elections, members of the Nigerian National Assembly are increasingly anxious about elections. This sentiment in the Assembly is rooted in a widely held skepticism about the intentions of President Obasanjo, coupled with the belief that INEC is woe [...]	2007-02-05 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA232	INEC CHAIRMAN UPBEAT ON NIGERIA,S ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maurice Iwu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is upbeat about the current voter registration process but also about preparations for polling. As in the past, he asked for no additional assistance from donor countries. He identified Sokoto, Anam [...]	2007-02-05 14:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA233	ELECTION PARTNERS: SKEPTICISM OVER VOTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with representatives of IFES, the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI) and PACT Nigeria on February 1 to discuss ongoing elections preparations efforts. Though INEC extended the voters registration exercise to Febru [...]	2007-02-05 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA263	DPP'S BAFARAWA ON CAMPAIGN, POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Sokoto State Governor Attahiru Bafarawa offered his take on the presidential race, his own campaign as the Democratic Peoples' Party (DPP) candidate, and widening his political base of support to include northern Christians. Bafarawa [...]	2007-02-12 11:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA449	PTDF - THE DISSENTING SENATE REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In conjunction with the Senate report on the PTDF, Senator Titus Olapitan issued an independent report taking issue with the scope of the investigation, the Committee's impartiality, and several of the specific conclusions. Both houses of the National Assembly have established n [...]	2007-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA518	NIGERIA: DISSENTING SENATOR ON PTDF, ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Titus Olupitan, author of the dissenting Senate report on PTDF activities, says he expects the Review Committee charged with completing the PTDF investigation and addressing unanswered questions will not fulfill its mandate. He held out hope that failure by the Review Co [...]	2007-03-15 16:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA582	MISSION PLANS TO OBSERVE NIGERIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Nigerians are scheduled to vote for Governors and State Assembly members on April 14 and for the President and National Assembly members on April 21. These elections will mark the first transition of power from one civilian government to another in Nigeria's history. Election [...]	2007-03-26 13:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA583	ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #5 [...] (SBU) This cable is the fifth in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for April 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting [...]	2007-03-26 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA597	SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTION - [...] (U) Following is an assessment of the current state of Nigeria's election preparations, keyed to REF A approved criteria. This is the first of four initial responses and updates as required. A. Pre-Election Technical Preparations (1) (U) Is the revised electoral law considered to be [...]	2007-03-27 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA61	NIGERIA: PDP EDUCATES CANDIDATES ON PLATFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an attempt to communicate a unified party ideology in the campaigning for the 2007 elections, the PDP party held a three-day retreat for all its candidates. The retreat focused on educating the candidates on the PDP Manifesto, a fifty-page policy document outlining objectives [...]	2007-01-11 15:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA629	COULD CANDIDATE'S DEATH DELAY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) The March 29 death of Alliance for Democracy (AD) presidential candidate Chief Adebayo Adefarati raised serious legal and constitutional questions relating to the timing of the April 21 presidential elections. INEC's Director of Public Affairs made statements on March 29 that the death wo [...]	2007-03-30 15:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA630	A SUMMARY OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Political violence has increased over the past several months and many fear this trend will only worsen before the April elections. The driving force is a desire to capture power and control of state resources at all costs. Nigeria,s rampant corruption and patronage-based system support [...]	2007-03-30 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA669	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS PREP - THE SIX STATE TOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloffs visited Enugu, Anambra, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina and Bauchi states over the period of March 20 to 30, meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (where possible),NGOs, local media, and other stakeholders in the elections process. With only two weeks to elections, our P [...]	2007-04-11 06:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA697	SNAPSHOT OF KEY NORTHERN GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Similar to the Presidential contest, most Northern gubernatorial elections will be fought between the two major parties in Nigeria, the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP). The only formidable challenge the Action Congress (AC) presen [...]	2007-04-12 14:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA706	NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA707	NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 1 - [...] SUMMARY: Polling in Nigeria got off to a slow start for the April 14 round of state elections. Most observers reported that polling began by about 9:30 vice the 8:00 beginning time. Problems observed thus far include voters registers missing or in two different versions, untrained poll wor [...]	2007-04-14 10:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA708	NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 2 [...] SUMMARY: With a couple of hours to go before the close of polls, confusion continues in the Gubernatorial elections in Nigeria. As of noon, mission, international and domestic observers report that the majority of polling stations have yet to receive materials. As the day wears on, more sec [...]	2007-04-14 13:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA709	NIGERIAN GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 3 [...] SUMMARY: The appointed hour for the close of polls has passed, but many polling stations remain open. Throughout the country, the elections were delayed for a minimum of two hours and in some places polling did not begin until after 1400 hrs., primarily due to absence of voting materials. I [...]	2007-04-14 19:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA716	NIGERIA'S ELECTIONS: HOPES TO HOLD ROUND TWO [...] (C) Nigeria's April 14 Gubernatorial and State elections were held amid much confusion and problems throughout the country. Across Nigeria, polls opened late, were staffed by inadequately trained officials who lacked enough and/or proper voting materials and possessed either incomplete or i [...]	2007-04-16 16:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA717	NNAMANI-- THE WORST ELECTION IN ENUGU'S HISTORY [...] (U) Summary: Senate President Ken Nnamani summoned Poloff to his Enugu home late in the afternoon April 14. He pronounced Saturday's poll to be "the worst election in the history of the state" and reported that most of the people of Enugu (including the Senator and his family) had been dise [...]	2007-04-16 16:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA725	DOMESTIC MONITORS RAISE CONCERN, REJECT RESULTS OF [...] (U) A coalition of Nigerian civil society organizations including the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG),Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria (FOMWAN),Labor Monitoring Team (LEMT),Women Environmental Program (WEP),Muslim League for Accountability (MULAC),Center for Democracy [...]	2007-04-17 15:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA746	OBSERVATION OF GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS: A REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A single characterization of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly elections across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones is impossible. Observations cover the full range -- from parts of Enugu and the Niger Delta regions where elections were simply never held, to some areas [...]	2007-04-19 15:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA747	RELIGIOUS AND LABOR GROUPS SPEAK OUT ON 4/14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Strong public statements were issued on April 17 by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and on April 18 jointly by the two predominant Muslim and Christian organizations (the Nigerian Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN)). Bo [...]	2007-04-19 15:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA749	VIOLENCE AND POLITICAL CLAMPDOWN AFTER SATURDAY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the April 14 elections, Nigeria's Inspector General of Police has banned all public demonstration, political rallies and protests and issued "shoot-to-kill" orders to policemen throughout the nation in cases of arson or attacks on police stations. Excluding the apparent [...]	2007-04-19 15:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA753	EL-RUFAI: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS DESTROYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: FCT Minister el-Rufai, depressed, complained about the greed of the PDP in the April 14 elections and acknowledged "some problems" with the elections. But, he said the failure of Nigeria's elections would be the "fault of the international community" for undermining Nigerians' [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA754	ATIKU HEADS TO ELECTIONS, BUT EXPECTS INTERIM [...] (C) Vice President Atiku Abubakar updated the Ambassador on his view of the state of the nation following the April 14 elections and his victory in the Supreme Court that ensured his place on the Presidential ballot on April 21. Recovering from knee surgery for a torn tendon, he arrived at t [...]	2007-04-20 14:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA757	NIGERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 1 [...] (U) SUMMARY: General balloting in Nigeria's Presidential and National Assembly elections is yet to get underway as of 1130 local time. Some stations report a few ballots cast, but others report only the potential for balloting later in the day. No serious security incidents reported at th [...]	2007-04-21 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS

07ABUJA758	NIGERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 2 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The balloting in Nigeria's Presidential and National Assembly elections is generally underway as of 1430 local time. Many stations report ballots cast, but others have yet to commence. There continue to be no serious security incidents reported, but more sporadic and isolated [...]	2007-04-21 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA759	NIGERIA'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - SITREP 3 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The balloting in Nigeria's Presidential and National Assembly elections has been plagued by logistical shortcomings and voter apathy Our observers report overall turnout throughout the nation was no more than 25 percent of registered voters. Most polls are closing, but Missio [...]	2007-04-21 19:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA78	NIGERIA: ASSESSING PROGRESS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With April elections drawing ever nearer and the deadline for voter registration at the end of January, USAID elections partners remain pessimistic, though IFES notes that completion of the voter registration exercise on time is not entirely impossible. INEC continues to maintain [...]	2007-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA786	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF THE 2007 NIGERIA ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Nigeria's April 14 (governors and state legislators) and April 21 (the Presidency and the National Assembly) elections were characterized by logistical and procedural shortcomings and by fraud. The announced results of the presidential, gubernatorial and Assembly races cannot be [...]	2007-04-25 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA787	OBSERVATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The April 21 presidential and National Assembly elections were marred with irregularities similar to those of the April 14 gubernatorial and state assembly polls (Ref. C). However, in some instances, irregularities observed were significantly worse than the previous weekend's [...]	2007-04-25 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA791	NIGERIA: LABOR CALLS ON GON TO REJECT ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on its strong April 17 statement on the Gubernatorial and state assembly elections (reftel),the National Labor Congress (NLC) issued a statement on April 24 that "the long-term interests of our nation will be better served by rejecting these elections." The statem [...]	2007-04-26 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA807	INEC HOLDS ELECTIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY [...] Nigeria's National Electoral Commission (INEC) initially claimed that elections were successfully conducted in Nigeria with minor exceptions, but the rescheduled elections will hold in 28 out of the 36 states of Nigeria on April 28. The elections will hold for various offices across the six g [...]	2007-04-27 14:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA808	PRESIDENT SPEAKS TO THE NATION ABOUT ELECTORAL [...] In a nationwide radio and television broadcast on April 24, President Olusegun Obasanjo admitted problems in the conduct of the elections, but advised aggrieved parties "to avail themselves of the laid down constitutional procedure for seeking redress in electoral matters." In his 15-minute s [...]	2007-04-27 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA809	BUHARI'S CHALLENGE "IN THE INTEREST OF DEMOCRACY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari discussed his view of Nigeria's future with the Ambassador on April 27 just before leaving for Kaduna. END SUMMARY. ELECTIONS AND THE PDP --------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador began the conversation by expressing concern [...]	2007-04-27 15:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA820	ACF UNHAPPILY ACCEPTS THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: PolOffs met with Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Chairman Chief Sunday Awoniyi at his Abuja residence on April 26. The Kaduna-based ACF is an umbrella organization advocating the political, economic, and cultural interests of the 19 states constituting northern Nigeria. Wh [...]	2007-04-30 13:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA841	SUPREME COURT'S MOOD COLORED BY ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In upcoming weeks, the mood of the Supreme Court may well be an important factor in determining how many of the recently concluded "elections" stand. In the past three weeks its rulings on the myriad lawsuits brought by President Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku in their poli [...]	2007-04-30 15:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA852	LABOR CONDEMNS ELECTIONS AT MAY DAY CELEBRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a joint National Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) May Day celebration in Abuja, labor leaders condemned the April 2007 state and national elections and voiced displeasure with the failure of the Obasanjo administration to address basic issues affecting la [...]	2007-05-02 15:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA864	MARWA ON ELECTIONS, AIRLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Buba Marwa (rtd.) discussed Nigeria's recent elections immediately following the official ceremony where INEC Chairman Iwu handed over the victory certificate to PDP Presidential candidate Yar'Adua. Marwa speculated that the "embarrassing" results of the Presidential po [...]	2007-05-03 14:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA865	KWARA GOVERNOR DEFENDS ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the re-elected PDP Governor of Kwara state Bukola Saraki and stressed that the USG was concerned about the conduct of the elections, violence was not acceptable, and the tribunals were critical to the final phase of the electoral process. Saraki defended th [...]	2007-05-03 16:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA869	PRESIDENT-ELECT YAR'ADUA: BIO INFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nigeria's president-elect Umaru Musa Yar'adua is relatively unknown both within and outside the country. Yar'adua (a soft-spoken, introvert) is now faced with the daunting task of uniting the country following elections termed as the worst in Nigerian history and disproving the po [...]	2007-05-04 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA911	NIGERIA: SUGGESTIONS ON FUTURE POLICY [...] (S) Summary: In the aftermath of Nigeria's deeply flawed 2007 elections, we need to consider how best to engage with the future Yar'adua government. Post suggests that the USG should reaffirm its commitment to electoral reform in Nigeria, publicly support the electoral tribunals and other j [...]	2007-05-10 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA922	NIGERIA'S ELECTION TRIBUNALS - LAST HOPE OR CATCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. As international and domestic observers hang their hopes for redemption of Nigeria's electoral process on the electoral tribunals and their hearing of appeals, new concerns emerge regarding the timeliness of convening the tribunals and the ability of petitioners to meet the strin [...]	2007-05-11 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KREL NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA923	ARRESTS, INTIMIDATION SUCCESSFULLY QUASH PROTESTS [...] Despite harsh rhetoric by Nigerian opposition candidates, labor leaders, and civil society, promises of mass action to protest the Nigerian elections have largely gone unfilled. Labor rallies were held on May 1 (reftel),but were tightly controlled and largely peaceful. Civil society issued a [...]	2007-05-11 13:43:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA945	YAR'ADUA VIEWED AS ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT, LEFT-LEANING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professor Akin Mabogunje (strictly protect) told Poloff and Econoff that President Obasanjo chose Yar'adua as the PDP candidate and successor as president because of Yar'adua's ability to remain outside the political establishment. Mabogunje views Yar'adua as in the unique posit [...]	2007-05-15 14:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA969	KANO GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, TERM AGENDA [...] (C) During a May 10 meeting with PolOffs, newly re-elected Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau discussed the conduct and outcome of the April polls and provided insight into his agenda for the next term. Governor Shekarau expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the April 14 and 21 electio [...]	2007-05-18 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07FREETOWN79	SIERRA LEONE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS: SETTING THE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables intended to set the context for the July 28, 2007 Presidential and Parliamentary elections, only the fifth multiparty elections in Sierra Leone since its independence in 1961. Post welcomes any comments or suggestions. ---------------------------- [...]	2007-02-02 15:45:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ELECTIONS SL
07KINSHASA1	ANTOINE GIZENGA NAMED PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila named Antoine Gizenga as Prime Minister of the Third Republic on December 30. Gizenga's nomination was expected since his Unified Party of Lumumbists (PALU) entered into a coalition with Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) in October before the [...]	2007-01-03 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA102	KABILA ALLIES WIN EIGHT OF NINE GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (U) Summary: Candidates allied with the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won eight of nine gubernatorial contests January 27, including Kinshasa. Jean-Pierre Bemba's Union for the Nation (UfN) coalition won just one race, in Equateur province. Elections in the two Kasai [...]	2007-01-29 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA118	KABILA COALITION DOMINATES IN KATANGA SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 senatorial vote in Katanga confirmed the dominance of President Joseph Kabila's AMP coalition in his home province. Nine of the 16 senators elected by the provincial assembly January 19 are members or allies of Kabila's AMP coalition. Only one of the parties al [...]	2007-01-31 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINR CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA119	IN BANDUNDU, KABILA'S ALLIES WIN SLIGHT MAJORITY [...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Bandundu gave Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) a narrow majority of seats in Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's home province. The pro-Kabila PPRD won two of the province's twelve Senate seats, as did Mbusa Nyamwisi's Forc [...]	2007-01-31 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA130	ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES GUBERNATORIAL VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) January 26 postponed the scheduled January 27 election for governors and vice governors in the two Kasai provinces until February 10. The ruling followed challenges alleging two prominent candidates possessed dual nationality in v [...]	2007-02-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA134	PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT IN BAS-CONGO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Protests in Bas-Congo province, sparked by the controversial result of the January 27 gubernatorial election, turned violent January 31-February 1 with clashes between security forces and demonstrators led by adherents of an ethnic Kongo political-religious movement, Bundu dia [...]	2007-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA136	BAS-CONGO CALM, CALL FOR GENERAL STRIKE IN [...] Summary. There were no reports of further violence in the DRC province of Bas-Congo following clashes January 31-February 1 between militant ethnic separatists and Congolese security forces. The death toll is close to 100, predominately civilians. Casualties were significantly higher in the [...]	2007-02-05 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CASC MOPS KPKO ASEC PHUM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA142	NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary. Ministerial appointments by DRC President Joseph Kabila and Prime Minister-designate Antoine Gizenga were announced the evening of February 5. The new cabinet will be very large, with a total of 60 members. While some of the new ministers represent the established Congolese pol [...]	2007-02-06 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA143	DRC MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS - COMPLETE LIST [...] (U) The complete list of DRC government ministers appointed February 5, 2007 (reftel) follows below. Ministers of State ------------------ Minister of State for Agriculture: Francois Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe Minister of State for Interior, Decentralization, and Security: Denis Ka [...]	2007-02-06 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA144	ORIENTALE PROVINCE ELECTS 16 TO DRC SENATE [...] (U) Results of the January 19 DRC Senate elections in Orientale province gave President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) nine of the province's 16 seats. The pro-Kabila PPRD won four seats, while Mbusa Nyamwisi and Olivier Kamitatu's Forces du Renouveau (FR) won tw [...]	2007-02-06 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA161	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: COURT GRANTS APPEAL FOR [...] (U) The Court of Appeals in the Bas-Congo capital of Matadi granted a request February 8 by Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC party for a re-vote for governor by provincial deputies. The court agreed on technical grounds with the MLC's contention that DRC electoral law in this case requires the winning [...]	2007-02-09 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PHUM MOPS ASEC CASC CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA179	DRC'S COURTS SLOW TO RESOLVE ELECTORAL DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 100 electoral disputes over seats in the DRC's National Assembly remain unresolved nearly seven months after the July 30 vote. The Supreme Court has been largely incapable of handling the large number of challenges filed, leading to a delay of more than three months in [...]	2007-02-14 16:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA186	AMP CANDIDATES WIN KASAI GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won the February 15 gubernatorial races in Western and Eastern Kasai provinces over rivals from Jean-Pierre Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) party. Transitional Vice Minister of Budget [...]	2007-02-15 15:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA200	BAS-CONGO UPDATE: DRC SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS [...] (U) The DRC's Supreme Court ruled February 16 to uphold the election of Simon Mbatshi Batshia, an independent candidate allied with President Joseph Kabila, as governor of Bas-Congo province. The Court's ruling overturns a February 8 verdict by the Bas-Congo appellate court ordering a runoff e [...]	2007-02-20 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA21	DRC ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES [...] (U) The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has postponed the elections for the country's national senators, governors and vice governors. According to CEI officials, the elections were pushed back because of difficulties in installing the newly-elected provincial assemblies. Provinci [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA275	DRC SUPREME COURT CLOSING OUT BACKLOG OF NATIONAL [...] Summary. The DRC Supreme Court is closing out the final cases challenging the results of the July 30 National Assembly elections. Several prominent names were included in a group of decisions announced at the end of February. The large number of cases highlights the necessity of electoral [...]	2007-03-06 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA3	KABILA EXHORTS CONGOLESE TO "CHANGE THEIR [...] (U) Summary: President Kabila made his traditional New Year's speech from Lubumbashi on December 31, which was broadcast nationally on television and radio. Kabila challenged the Congolese people to "change their thinking," noting that there is no success without effort, and that the peop [...]	2007-01-03 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA51	KABILA COALITION WILL LEAD SEVEN OF DRC'S ELEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) coalition -- which includes Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga's PALU and Nzanga Mobutu's UDEMO parties -- will lead seven of the DRC's eleven provincial assemblies, following votes January 12-14. Former Vice Pre [...]	2007-01-19 08:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA66	KABILA ALLIES WITH APPARENT MAJORITY IN [...] (U) Summary. Allies of President Joseph Kabila look to be able to form a majority in the DRC Senate elected by indirect vote January 19. Transitional Vice Presidents Bemba and Yerodia won seats, as did several transitional ministers and a number of insiders from the Mobutu and Laurent Kabila [...]	2007-01-22 12:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM CG ELECTIONS PGOV
07KINSHASA72	BEMBA'S MLC WINS HALF OF KINSHASA'S SENATE SEATS [...] (U) Jean-Pierre Bemba's MLC won four of eight seats in Kinshasa's senatorial delegation in a vote by provincial assembly deputies January 19. Bemba himself came first in the poll of the 48 deputies, followed closely by MLC officials Bernadette Nkoy Mafuta and Eve Bazaiba. President Kabila' [...]	2007-01-23 10:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA78	NORTH KIVU SELECTS FOUR SENATORS [...] (U) North Kivu's Provincial Assembly elected four national Senators from the province on January 19. Although no Tutsis hold seats in the North Kivu assembly, ethnic Tutsi Edouard Mwangachuchu led the North Kivu Senate candidates with 13 votes. The most prominent new North Kivu Senator is Ve [...]	2007-01-24 10:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA79	SOUTH KIVU ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL SENATORS [...] (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 [...]	2007-01-24 10:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA87	KABILA ALLIES WIN MAJORITY OF EASTERN KASAI'S [...] (U) Results from the January 19 Senate elections in Eastern Kasai gave the pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) an overwhelming majority of seats in a region that includes areas that have been politically hostile towards Kabila. The People's Party for Reconstruction and Demo [...]	2007-01-25 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA89	EX-MOBUTUISTS HELP KABILA COALITION TAKE MAJORITY [...] (U) The pro-Kabila Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) won a slight majority in the senatorial delegation from Jean-Pierre Bemba's home province of Equateur. AMP-aligned candidates, including three who ran as independents, took eleven of 20 national Senate seats, with one apiece for th [...]	2007-01-25 14:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA91	MANIEMA PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Maniema provincial assembly members selected the province's four national Senators January 19. All are well-known public figures. Three served in either the Transitional Government or under Mobutu. 2. (SBU) Those elected were: Joseph Kilomo (ADECO),Delphin Kapaya Ohelo (Independen [...]	2007-01-26 09:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA92	BAS-CONGO PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS NATIONAL [...] (U) Bas-Congo provincial assembly members elected four national Senators January 19, including Transitional Government Vice President Abdoulaye Yerodia. Yerodia and two others -- Jacques Mbadu (Independent),the current Governor of Bas-Congo, and Gaston Nginayevuvu (Forces du Renouveau),a [...]	2007-01-26 09:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA96	KABILA ALLIES WIN LION'S SHARE OF WESTERN KASAI'S [...] (U) Candidates aligned with President Joseph Kabila's Alliance for the Presidential Majority (AMP) will make up most of the national Senate delegation from Western Kasai. AMP coalition candidates won at least five -- and possibly as many as seven -- of the province's eight Senate seats January [...]	2007-01-26 11:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07LAGOS262	AD CALLS FOR ELECTION POSTPONEMENT; QUESTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting with Consul General, Chief Reuben Fasoranti, chairman of the pre-eminent Yoruba social Qganization Afenifere, said there have been no election preparations in Ondo State, and he proposed that the Independent National Election Commission's (INEC) failure coul [...]	2007-04-13 11:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07LAGOS264	LACK OF ELECTION PREPARATION RAISES QUESTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Election preparations in Oyo, a key southwestern state, have been scant. Neither Governor Rashidi Ladoja nor Action Congress (AC) gubernatorial candidate Taoheed Adedoja have seen voter registration lists, prototype ballots, ballot boxes, nor the hiring of sufficient numbers of [...]	2007-04-13 12:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07LAGOS267	LAGOS VIOLENCE TO CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 15:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ZAGREB1025	PRELIMINARY REPORT OF ODIHR LIMITED ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: The OSCE/ODIHR's Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) to Croatia released its interim report on November 20. All indicators point toward free and fair elections conducted in line with the established legal framework, but the report does draw particular attention to the new La [...]	2007-11-21 11:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR OSCE POLITICAL PARTIES ELECTIONS
07ZAGREB981	ECONOMIC ISSUES IN THE CROATIAN ELECTIONS: IS 4X4 GREATER [...] SUMMARY: This is the second in our series (REF B) previewing issues and parties for Croatia's Nov. 25 parliamentary elections. With the vote less than a month away, Croatia's two main political parties are trying hard to draw distinctions on economic policy. Given the large degree of consensus [...]	2007-11-02 07:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV HR ELECTIONS
08ABUJA579	REWRITING THE HISTORY OF NIGERIA'S 2007 ELECTIONS: [...] (C) A two-page advertising supplement in the March 24 International Herald Tribune trumpets the decision by the Presidential Election Tribunal to uphold President Yar'Adua's election, and includes lengthy excerpts from the official election report of the Independent National Electoral Commissi [...]	2008-03-31 16:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI ELECTIONS
08ABUJA73	NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES [...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...]	2008-01-11 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS

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