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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA1241, ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BAS-CONGO

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06KINSHASA1241 2006-08-04 16:43 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO1029
RR RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1241/01 2161643
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041643Z AUG 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4544
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001241 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: ELECTIONS OBSERVATION IN BAS-CONGO 
 
 
REF: Kinshasa 1064 
 
1. (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 result from a lack of 
understanding or competence on the part of election workers. 
Confusion, however, marked vote counting and compilation. End 
Summary. 
 
2. (U) EconOff traveled July 28 by car to the port town of Matadi, 
Bas-Congo province, a key import link for eastern Congo.  A team of 
about 40 international observers, plus numerous national observers 
and political party witnesses watched proceedings in Matadi.  July 
29, EconOff drove round-trip to Boma, another port town and the 
country's first capital under Belgian rule. Along the 300-mile route 
from Kinshasa to Boma, EconOff saw many campaign posters and 
banners, but only in or near the main towns. No other campaign 
paraphernalia, such as t-shirts or caps, were visible. EconOff also 
saw two rallies underway, including a gathering in Kisantu of about 
two hundred people at the DRC's botanical garden in support of a 
female legislative candidate. 
 
3. (U) Voter turnout was 70 percent or higher in several polling 
stations that EconOff visited. In a remote village 25 miles outside 
Matadi, the center had a turnout of about 80 percent, despite many 
having to walk as much as 11 miles round-trip, according to the 
center's manager. 
 
4. (U) Voting itself proceeded peacefully, and it started and ended 
largely on time. EconOff's contacts, including a MONUC security 
officer, said that they were unaware of any incidents that occurred 
anywhere in Bas-Congo.  Although some voters complained about 
waiting under the hot sun for two hours or more, they remained calm; 
with no significant exception, voters' conduct was orderly.  EconOff 
saw police at every center, but did not see any intimidation or 
overzealous crowd control. Bunda dia Kongo (BDK), a Bas-Congo 
separatist group, caused no problems, despite expectations that they 
might after a June 30 riot in Matadi resulted in several of their 
members being killed in clashes with Congolese military (reftel). 
 
5. (U) EconOff observed numerous problems with the voting process, 
although these were primarily in connection with non-standard 
voters, such as the disabled and those voting outside of their 
assigned bureaus. Several times EconOff saw several party witnesses 
(all from different political parties) simultaneously helping voters 
that the polling station manager deemed disabled. On one occasion, a 
woman voted in place of her mother, who was standing outside the 
voting booth.  In fact, polling managers often defined "disability" 
to include illiteracy, and many poll workers complained that 
handling illiterate voters presented them with their greatest 
difficulties.  Other irregularities included CEI staff failing to 
record disputes in the minutes or to check hands for ink marks, and 
requesting a registration card but no certificate from a deputy 
candidate voting outside his assigned center.  By contrast, voters 
seemed to understand their duties reasonably well with assistance 
from the voting staff.  Their only real confusion was that many had 
no idea what candidate to select, particularly at the legislative 
level.  (Note: In Matadi, voters chose from about 60 legislative 
candidates. End note.) 
 
6. (U) The counting process was noticeably more confusing and 
disorganized.  At the site where EconOff watched the vote counting, 
the pre-count administrative procedures themselves took two and a 
half hours because the staff had difficulty counting unused ballots 
and figuring out how to fill in the forms provided to record the 
minutes of the proceedings. In fact, the staff did not even know it 
had to complete separate minutes for the presidential and 
legislative elections.  The secretary of the polling station did not 
record any disputes, despite a woman who tried to vote telling 
EconOff that polling staff informed her someone had already voted 
under her name. The other main difficulty was that political party 
witnesses and Congolese observers involved themselves in the 
tallying process. For example, some helped count unused ballots and 
offered their opinion on decisions concerning null ballots.  One 
vociferous national observer even grabbed ballots and yelled at the 
polling station staff when he disagreed with their decision, nearly 
coming to fisticuffs with one poll worker. 
 
7. (U) The compilation process was even more chaotic.  The center 
managers did not seem to be aware of any pre-assigned pick-up time, 
requiring many to wait several hours the next day after they had 
slept in the voting stations with the ballots and other material. 
EconOff saw the assembled materials arriving heavily-guarded at the 
compilation center, which itself had numerous police inside and 
outside its gates. In addition, some center managers were sitting 
with their documents.  However, EconOff saw many other sets of 
results lying about in unwatched stacks, particularly the second day 
 
KINSHASA 00001241  002 OF 002 
 
 
after elections. To clear space in the compilation room, EconOff saw 
center staff temporarily moving the results of Matadi's 71 polling 
centers outside the building, causing substantial disorder. 
 
8. (U) Comment: Overall, good intentions but substantial confusion 
marked Bas-Congo's elections. End comment.