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Viewing cable 06LAPAZ2139, CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY INAUGURATION

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06LAPAZ2139 2006-08-09 13:25 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
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UNCLAS LA PAZ 002139 
 
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TAGS: PGOV PREL ECON BL
SUBJECT: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY INAUGURATION 
 
1. (SBU) Summary:  Bolivians celebrated their independence and the 
inauguration of the Constituent Assembly August 6 in Sucre. 
Festivities included introduction of all 255 Assembly members, 
speeches by President Morales and Vice President Garcia Linera, a 
parade of Bolivia's indigenous communities, and a soccer game 
featuring Morales.  President Morales told the Constituent Assembly 
that its role is a revolutionary "refoundation" of a new Bolivia 
through an entirely new constitution, feeding the ongoing debate 
about limits on the Assembly's power.  While the political 
opposition has criticized Morales' statements, most Bolivians are 
euphoric about the Assembly's inauguration, and hope the Assembly 
will build consensus based on the interests and views of all 
Bolivians.  End summary. 
 
2. (SBU) Bolivians celebrated their independence and the 
inauguration of the Constituent Assembly August 6 in Sucre.  Cuban 
Vice President Carlos Lage and lower-level delegations from Chile, 
Argentina, Brazil and South Africa were in attendance.  GOB 
officials summarily blamed the opposition for causing several 
regional leaders, including Argentine President Kirchner, Paraguayan 
President Duarte, and Brazilian President Lula, to reverse their 
previous decisions to attend, ultimately leading to Venezuelan 
President Chavez' last-minute cancellation as well.  In addition to 
the official events, Bolivia's indigenous communities paraded around 
central Sucre, and the day's events were topped off by an early 
evening soccer game featuring Morales wearing a jersey with "Evo" on 
the back.  Morales scored a goal. 
 
3. (SBU) Following the introduction of the Constituent Assembly's 
255 representatives, Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera 
congratulated Bolivia's indigenous for "reclaiming their place in 
society not with bullets, but with votes and words" via the 
Assembly.  He said Bolivia's strength is its "communitarian 
capacity," from which the rest of the world could learn.  The Vice 
President decried "colonial centralism" as damaging to the country 
and, as an apparent gesture toward eastern Bolivia, urged the 
Assembly to adopt a form of decentralization that would not 
undermine the nation at large.  Garcia Linera implored the 
Constituent Assembly to dialogue, debate and find points of 
agreement for the good of the Bolivian people.  Critically, Garcia 
Linera spoke of the new constitution's role as implementing 
"equality," not equality of opportunity. 
 
4. (SBU) President Morales spoke next, highlighting Bolivia's "black 
history" of discrimination and the "looting of natural resources." 
He called on the Assembly to refound and "de-neoliberalize" Bolivian 
society.  Morales argued that the indigenous, victimized throughout 
history, had never dominated, discriminated or exploited anyone.  He 
singled out National Unity party leader and constituent assembly 
representative Samuel Doria Medina as someone who had exploited the 
indigenous, but said he is still welcome to participate in the 
Assembly. 
Morales lauded the participation and representation of all Bolivians 
in the Constituent Assembly process. 
 
5. (SBU) In Morales' speech, he referred to the Constituent Assembly 
as "original" and "all powerful," implying its ability to close 
government institutions and feeding the ongoing debate about limits 
on the Assembly's power.  (Note: In the past few weeks, MAS 
officials have charged that the Assembly's powers should be 
"original," as if the country were being founded for the first time. 
 Under this type of assembly, the constitution is written as if 
there were no previous constitution and the state powers cease to 
exist while the assembly is in session (in theory, because they have 
not yet been created).  A "derived" assembly, on the other hand, 
means the representatives' power is based on the existing 
constitution and all state powers continue to operate while the 
assembly is sitting.  The central debate surrounding the Constituent 
Assembly is whether it is "original" or "derivative," with MAS 
followers describing it as the former and most opposition using the 
latter term.  Legal scholars assert that the enabling legislation 
implicitly provides for a derivative assembly, and discount the MAS' 
calls for an original assembly as a political tactic.  End note). 
 
6. (SBU) Comment: The political opposition has criticized Morales' 
statements and the MAS' heavy hand in Assembly preparations. 
However, most Bolivians are euphoric about the Assembly's 
inauguration, and hope that when the Assembly begins deliberations 
on August 15 it will build consensus based on the interests and 
views of all Bolivians.  We expect considerable debate between 
opposition and government about the limits of Constituent Assembly 
power, particularly given the ambitions of Morales and his MAS 
party, as demonstrated by at least one draft we've seen of the 
constitution (see septel).  The absence of regional leaders at the 
inaugural ceremony for the Constituent Assembly demonstrates just 
how isolated the Morales government has become in South America. 
Rather than a conclave of leftist presidents as originally 
conceived, the ceremony underscored how little support there is in 
the region for Morales' brand of leftism.  End comment. 
 
GREENLEE