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FM AMEMBASSY KIGALI
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INFO AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS
AMEMBASSY BUJUMBURA
AMEMBASSY DAR ES SALAAM
AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY PARIS
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
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1.
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2. NEGOTIATIONS OVER INSTALLATION OF THE TRANSITION
GOVERNMENT APPEAR TO BE COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE. THE
STICKING POINT THAT PREVENTED THE SWEARING-IN
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CEREMONY FROM TAKING PLACE 3/25 WAS
IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. THE CDR,
DECLINED TO SIGN THE CODE OF ETHICS
PREREQUISITE FOR PARTICIPATION, HAS
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CDR PARTICIPATION
WHICH INITIALLY
THAT IS A
NOW SIGNED ELEVEN
3. HOWEVER, A FEW POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE RPF HAVE
REFUSED TO ALLOW THE CDR TO SIGN THEIR COPIES OF THE
CODE. (FOREIGN MINISTRY DISTRIBUTED COPIES TO EACH
SIGNATORY LAST SEPTEMBER. ARTICLE 3 OF THE CODE
REQUIRES THAT 20 COPIES BE SIGNED.) THE RPF INSISTS
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: ARCHIE M BOLSTER
DATE/CASE ID: 28 JUN 2006 200601220
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THAT THE ACCORD (ARTICLE 61) OBLIGES THE CDR TO GO
THROUGH A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SCREENING PROCESS AND WIN
THE APPROVAL OF 3/5 OF THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS. THE
PRESIDENT, WHO IDENTIFIED IN A COMMUNIQUE EARLIER
THIS WEEK PROBLEMS WITH THREE PARTIES -- MDR, PDI,
AND CDR -- THAT NEEDED TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE HE COULD
SWEAR-IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, INDICATED TO UN REP
BOOH BOOH HE WOULD DROP HIS CONCERNS WITH THE PDI AND
MDR IF THE ISSUE OF CDR PARTICIPATION WERE RESOLVED.
(COMMENT. THE RPF APPROACH APPEARS TO BE A MODIFIED
VERSION OF THE EXCLUSION SANCTION THAT APPLIES TO
PARTIES WHICH VIOLATE THE CODE OF ETHICS ONCE THEY
HAVE SIGNED IT. END COMMENT.)
4. WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO CALL IN
WASHINGTON RPF REPRESENTATIVE MURIGANDE TO IMPRESS
UPON HIM OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE URGENCY OF INSTALLING
THE TRANSITION INSTITUTIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT
LETTING THESE NEWLY DISCOVERED PROBLEMS FORM A NEW
POLITICAL IMPASSE. WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING TALKING
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-- THE UNITED STATES IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE
CONTINUING DELAY IN ESTABLISHING TRANSITION
INSTITUTIONS IN RWANDA.
-- WITH EACH DAY OF DELAY, RWANDA IS LOSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RECONSTRUCTION
FUNDING.
-- THE ISSUE OF THE CDR SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO
HOLD THE WHOLE COUNTRY HOSTAGE TO CONTINUED POLITICAL
IMPASSE.
-- THE CDR PUBLICLY COMMITTED ITSELF TO SUPPORT THE
ARUSHA PROCESS IN A RECENT LETTER TO THE PRIME
MINISTER.
-- BY DENYING THE CDR THE RIGHT TO SIGN THE CODE OF
ETHICS, THE RPF IS VIOLATING THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT
WHICH PROVIDES THAT EACH PARTY REGISTERED IN RWANDA
SHALL BE REPRESENTED IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY (ART.
61). THE SIGNING OF THE CODE (ART. 80) IS EVIDENCE
OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO ABIDE BY THE PEACE AGREEMENT.
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THE RPF POSITION ALSO CONTRADICTS THE ARUSHA
SPIRIT OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION.
-- WE BELIEVE THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF INCLUSION RATHER
THAN EXCLUSION IS CRITICAL TO ESTABLISHING A STABLE
PEACE.
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-- IF THE CDR FAILS TO LIVE UP TO ITS CODE OF ETHICS
COMMITMENT, THE ACCORD PROVIDES FOR SANCTIONS. CDR
SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PROVE ITS WORTH WITHIN
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, NOT OUTSIDE OF IT.
(NOTE. ARTICLE 82 PROVIDES THAT ANY POLITICAL FORCE
THAT VIOLATES THE CODE OF ETHICS IS LIABLE TO
EXCLUSION FROM THE TRANSITION INSTITUTIONS. THE
PROCEDURE FOR EXCLUSION IS PRESCRIBED. END NOTE.)
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AMEMBASSY KAMPALA
AMEMBASSY PARIS
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK
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5. THE DEPARTMENT MIGHT WISH TO ASK AMBASSADOR
CARSON IN UGANDA MAKE SIMILAR POINTS TO PRESIDENT
MUSEVENI, IF MUSEVENI IS IN A POSITION TO MAKE A
TIMELY INTERVENTION ON THIS ISSUE WITH RPF IN
MULINDI.
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