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INFO AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
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LILONGWE AND YAOUNDE FOR DATT
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, MASS, AORC, OAU,RW
SUBJECT: DEADLOCK CONTINUES OVER PRIME MINISTER;
MRND SELECTS LEADERS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL REASON: 1.4(8), 1.4(D)
DECLASSIFY AFTER: 6 JUL 2015
DATE/CASE ID: 04 NOV 2011 201005065
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2. SUMMARY: THE PL, PSD AND MDR REMAIN DEADLOCKED
OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRIME MINISTER FOR THE
NEXT TRANSITION GOVERNMENT. THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY
FEARS THAT A PROLONGED DEADLOCK COULD JEOPARDIZE THE
PLACE ACCORD BUT MOSTLY ESCHEWS TAKING SIDES.
MEANTIME THE MRND HAS CHOSEN MODERATE MATHIEU
NGIRUMPATSE AS PRESIDENT, BUT A HARDLINER AS NATIONAL
SECRETARY. END SUMMARY.
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3. THE PARTIES OF THE CONCERTATION GROUP, PSD, PL
AND MDR, MET FOR FOUR HOURS JUNE 30 TO TRY TO RESOLVE
THEIR DIFFERENCES OVER THE APPOINTMENT OF THE PRIME
MINISTER FOR THE NEXT GOVERNMENT. THE MEETING WAS
INITIATED BY PL PRESIDENT MUGENZI WITH SUPPORT FROM
PSD PRESIDENT NZAMURAMBAHO. PRIME MINISTER
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NSENGIYAREMYE HELD HIS GROUND. FAILING TO REACH
AGREEMENT, THE PARTIES SCHEDULED A FOLLOW-UP MEETING
FOR FRIDAY, JULY 2, WHILE THE PARTIES WENT OFF TO
CELEBRATE THE JULY 1 INDEPENDENCE DAY IN TYPICAL
POLITICAL FASHION.
4.8 THAT NIGHT THS PRIME MINISTER USED HIS
INDEPENDENCE ADDRESS TO DESRIBE THOPESWHO OPPOSDK
HIS CANDIDACY AS ENEMIES OF PEACE. HIS MILITANT
SUPPORTERS HHEN USED A JULY 1 POLITICAL RALLY IN
GIKONGORO TO LAUWCH VICIOUS ATTACKS ON THE LEADERS OF
THE PSD, PL AND MDR FACTIONS WHICH OPPOSED THE PRIME
MINISTER. AS A RESULT, THE CHEDULED MEETING JULY 2
COLLAPSED. THERE IS A MEETING TODAY OF THE THREE
PARTIES WITH THE PRESIDENCY TO DISCUSS THE PEACE
PROCESS WHICH MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PARTIES
TO REOPEN THE QUESTION THAT DIVIDES THEM SO BITTERLY.
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7. COMMENT: I HAVE REPEATED TO MUGENZI AND OTHERS
HERE MY WARNING THAT WESTERM CAPITALS WILL NOT
UNDERSTAND IF THIS DEADLOCK RESULTS IN A DEFERRAL OF
THE PEACE ACCORD. I HAVE URGED COMPROMISE, INCLUDING
THE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH MECHANISMS AS THE INNER
CABINET WHICH WAS PROPOSED EARLIER AS A MEANS OF
FORCING THE PRIME MINISTER TO CONSULT WITH HIS
COLLEAGUES. MINISTER OF DEFENSE GASANA TOLD ME THAT
THE INNER CABINET IDEA HAD BEEN ACCEPTED IN THE PAST,
USED FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE SPRING, THEN
DISAPPEARED AS THE PRIME MINISTER REFUSED TO USE THE
MECHANISM. MUGENZI HAS ADDED AN ACCUSATION OF
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LILONGWE AMD YAOUNDE FOR DATT
E.O. 12356: DECL: OADR
TAGS: PREL, MASS, AORC, OAU,RW
SUBJECT: DEADLOCK CONTINUES OVER PRIME MINISTER;
CALLOUSNESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, WITH SEVERAL
EXAMPLES, TO HIS LIST XF THE PRIME MINISTER'S SINS.
THUS, COMPROMISE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY CLOSER THAN
IT WAS A WEEK AGO. END COMMENT.
MRND MOVES FORWARD
B. UNTROUBLED BY THE STORM BREWING AROUND IT, THE
MRND MET IN ITS CONGRESS JULY 3-4 AND, AS EXPECTED,
ELECTED MATHIEU NGIRUMPATSE AS PARTY PRESIDENT, AND
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EDOUARD KARAMERA AS FIRST VICE PRESIDENT. FOR
NATIONAL SECRETARY THEY SELECTED JOSEPH NZIRORERA,
FORMER MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AMD BEFORE
THAT MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS.
9. THE PARTY FURTHER DEMONSTRATED ITS INDEPENDENCE
FROM PRESIDENT HABYARIMAMA BY DECLINING TO OFFER HIM
AM EX OFFICIO SEAT IN THE POLITICAL BUREAU. THUS THE
PARTY INCREASINGLY LOOKS GIKE A POLITICAL PARTY LIKE
THE OTHERS AS IT CONTINUES ITS TRASITION FROM ITS
FORMER PARTY UNIQUE STATUS.
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WERE A COMPROMISE: NGIRUMPATSE IS
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A LEADER OF THE MODERATE WING WITHIN THE PARTY AND
THE MOST OUTGOING NEGOTIATOR FOR THE PARTY WITH OTHER
PARTIES AND THE GOVERNMENT. KARAMERA WAS THE AUTHOR
OF THE REVISED CONSTITUTION AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES
LAW AMD THE MOVING FORCE BEHIND THE PRESIDENT'S
OPENING TOWARD MULTIPARTISM DURING 1991. NZIRORERA
HAS A RATHER UNPLEASANT REPUTATION. HE IS BELIEVED
TO BE BOTH A CORRUPT AND EXTREMELY HARDLINE HUTU FROM
THE NORTH.
11. COMMENT: MRND STALWARTS BELIEVE THAT
NGIRUMPATSE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO RETAIN CONTROL
OF THE PARTY AND TO CONTINUE TO MOVE IT IN A MODERATE
DIRECTION. OTHERS ARESKQPTUCAL, FEARING A TAKEOVER
OF THE PARTY BY THE NEW NATIONAL SECRETARY. END
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