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Viewing cable 06KINSHASA1603, DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE

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06KINSHASA1603 2006-10-18 14:57 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO3023
PP RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1603/01 2911457
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 181457Z OCT 06
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4982
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUFOADA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001603 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
SUBJECT: DRC ELECTION CAMPAIGN UPDATE 
 
REF: KINSHASA 1578 
 
1. (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 several scattered incidents of limited violence have 
taken place.  End summary. 
 
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LOGISTICS ON TRACK 
------------------ 
 
2. (U) Officials of the DRC's Independent Electoral 
Commission told representatives of international donors on 
October 17 that preparations for the October 29 presidential 
run-off and provincial assembly elections are well underway 
with no major logistical problems.  Flavien Misoni, the head 
of the CEI's Bureau of National Operations, said all ballots, 
tabulation sheets, and other paperwork have been delivered on 
time to the 209 distribution sites across the country. 
 
3. (U) The chiefs of voting centers have just finished their 
own training sessions with CEI and MONUC personnel. During 
the next week they will transport the election materials to 
the 50,045 voting stations, and begin training the nearly 
250,000 poll workers.  The CEI began delivering election kits 
and ballots October 16 to the 8,523 voting stations in 
Kinshasa, and expects to complete work here before October 27. 
 
4. (SBU) Misoni said one minor problem that has arisen in the 
last week concerns the payment of salaries to electoral 
agents.  In a few locations in the provinces of Orientale and 
Katanga, the heads of voting centers are refusing to deliver 
campaign materials because they claim they have not received 
their salaries, nor those of workers under their supervision. 
 
5. (SBU) According to Misoni, the agency charged with 
distributing the funds gave the money to the wrong CEI 
officials.  Instead of the heads of the voting centers, the 
funds were given to those charged with training them, despite 
clear instructions from the Commission.  Misoni said 
officials in Kinshasa are working to resolve the situation, 
adding that it should not have a significant impact on the 
electoral calendar or the delivery of material in these areas. 
 
6. (U) On October 16 the government of Angola extended the 
lease of four helicopters to the CEI for the transport of 
materials in the interior of the country.  The Angolan 
ambassador to the DRC said the helicopters would be at the 
disposal of the Commission until November 15 to assist in the 
collection of ballots after the vote.  The helicopters were 
first put into service in early August to aid the Commission 
in retrieving material after the first round elections July 
30. 
 
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BEMBA REFUSES TO CAMPAIGN IN EASTERN DRC 
---------------------------------------- 
 
7. (U) Yves Kisombe, a spokesman for Vice President 
Jean-Pierre Bemba, told MONUC-sponsored Radio Okapi October 
16 that Bemba will not campaign in eastern DRC due to 
security concerns.  Kisombe said unspecified security 
conditions in that part of the country had not yet been 
resolved.  He said that security is not just a concern for 
Bemba, noting that President Kabila did not travel to the 
provinces Bandundu or Equateur (both with strong Bemba 
support) because of a lack of security.  Kisombe called on 
both camps to ensure that tolerance is encouraged throughout 
the country. 
 
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ISOLATED INCIDENTS IN OPENING DAYS OF CAMPAIGN 
--------------------------------------------- - 
 
8. (U) A handful of security incidents have occurred since 
the presidential campaign opened at midnight on October 13 
(reftel).  In Mbandaka, the provincial capital of Equateur, 
supporters of Bemba and Kabila clashed October 14 after a 
PPRD campaign rally.  According to news reports, fistfights 
broke out between the partisans of both camps after alleged 
PPRD supporters tore down posters of Bemba outside MLC party 
headquarters.  One PPRD supporter was reportedly seriously 
wounded in the incident.  One MLC partisan was arrested by 
 
KINSHASA 00001603  002 OF 002 
 
 
the police the same day in Mbandaka after violating the 
campaign code of conduct, reportedly using hate speech during 
a local radio interview. 
 
9. (U) Also on October 14, members of the Unified Lumumbist 
Party (PALU) in Kinshasa were harassed by a group of 
"shegues" (Congolese street gangs) in the city's downtown 
area.  A PALU spokesman said his party was leaving a regular 
meeting at the French embassy when they were set upon by a 
group of shegues.  Police arrived several minutes later to 
break up the incident, which left one of the assailants 
injured.  PALU has officially formed a coalition to support 
President Kabila in the second-round election. 
 
10. (U) On October 16, Kabila and Bemba supporters were 
involved in a security incident in Lodja, approximately 550 
miles east of Kinshasa, in Eastern Kasai province.  CEI 
provincial coordinator Abbe Alain Lomandja told us that 
during a meeting of the Union for the Nation (Bemba's 
political alliance), supporters from the Alliance for the 
Presidential Majority (AMP, the pro-Kabila coalition) entered 
the stadium where the rally was taking place and began 
stoning the participants. 
 
11. (U) Lomandja said three police officers and three 
civilians were wounded -- two seriously -- during the fight. 
While the situation in Lodja on October 17 was calm, Lomandja 
said the AMP was planning on holding a protest march against 
the recent attack on She Okitundu in London last week.  He 
added that a local radio station owned by Bemba was also 
broadcasting "hate messages." 
MEECE