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Viewing cable 06NIAMEY1122, DISGRACED FORMER MINISTERS INDICTED BY NATIONAL

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06NIAMEY1122 2006-10-04 13:58 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Niamey
VZCZCXRO9567
RR RUEHMA RUEHPA
DE RUEHNM #1122/01 2771358
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041358Z OCT 06
FM AMEMBASSY NIAMEY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2972
INFO RUEHZK/ECOWAS COLLECTIVE
RUEHLMC/MCC WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 NIAMEY 001122 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT. FOR AF/W BACHMAN; PASS TO MCC 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV KCOR KMCA NG
SUBJECT: DISGRACED FORMER MINISTERS INDICTED BY NATIONAL 
ASSEMBLY 
 
REF: A. NIAMEY 682 
     B. NIAMEY 847 
 
NIAMEY 00001122  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1.  Hamani Harouna and Ari Ibrahim - both former Ministers of 
Basic Education and Literacy in the Government of Niger (GON) 
- were formally indicted by the National Assembly this week, 
during an extraordinary session devoted primarily to 
examining the two men's culpability in the public education 
fund scandal (reftel B). In indicting the two men, the 
National Assembly has stripped them of their ministerial 
immunity, allowing prosecution to go forward. How far forward 
it goes and how much the GON's investigation of the PDDE 
affair broadens to include politically well connected 
businessmen and luminaries of the ruling MNSD party will give 
a good indication of how serious the government is about 
fighting corruption. END SUMMARY 
 
2.  Convening in an extraordinary session on September 22, 
the National Assembly established two commissions of 15 
deputies each to investigate the charges relating to the two 
former ministers. Hamani Harouna and Ari Ibrahim had resigned 
in late June when the scandal over kickbacks and over-billing 
in the donor funded Plan Decennal pour le Developpement de 
l'Education (PDDE) broke (reftel A). On September 30, those 
commissions offered their recommendations to the entire 
National Assembly - indict both men for corruption and 
malfeasance. The 113 member Assembly proceeded to do just 
that on October 1 and 2, voting 100 to two to indict Harouna 
and ninety-five to seven to indict Ibrahim by secret ballot. 
 
3.  Harouna, an MNSD power-broker who was roughly 18 months 
into his stint as Basic Education Minister when the PDDE 
scandal broke was indicted on the following charges on 
October 1: infringing on bidders' freedom of and equal access 
to public contracts; aiding and abetting fraudulent misuse of 
public funds in the amount of CFA 285,557,660 (approximately 
$558,821); embezzlement of public funds in the amount of CFA 
20,921,000 (approximately $40,941); and, aiding and abetting 
forgery that led to the misappropriation of public funds in 
the amount of CFA 12,639,450 (approximately $24,734). 
 
4.  Ibrahim, Harouna's predecessor at the Ministry of Basic 
Education throughout President Tandja's first term 
(2000-2005) and a stalwart of the MNSD's biggest coalition 
partner, the CDS, was serving as Minister of Health prior to 
his June resignation. On October 2, the commission 
investigating his case recommended indictment for: infringing 
bidders' freedom of and equal access to public contracts; 
aiding and abetting the fraudulent misuse of public funds in 
the amount of CFA 571,754,200 (approximately $1,118,892); 
and, aiding and abetting fraud and embezzlement of public 
funds in the amount of CFA 10,348,078 (approximately $20,250). 
 
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5.  In voting to indict the two ministers, the National 
Assembly has effectively referred the cases to the Supreme 
Court's Prosecution Department. The court will establish an 
investigative commission composed of three judges. The 
commission will determine if sufficient grounds for 
prosecution exist. If so, it will refer the case to the 
National Assembly's High Court of Justice for trial. The High 
Court of Justice exists specifically to try cases involving 
members of the National Assembly and Ministers. Since its 
establishment in 2005, it has never judged a case. 
 
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COMMENT 
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6.  As guilty as Harouna and Ibrahim are, it is worthwhile to 
remember that they were not the only ones implicated in the 
PDDE scandal. Both men argued before the commissions that 
Prime Minister Hama Amadou had signed off on all of the 
contracts that they gave to the politically connected 
businessmen, yet no one outside of the opposition media has 
called for his indictment. However, the GON does appear to be 
going after the businessmen and civil servants involved in 
the PDDE scandal. The businessmen were brought to court and 
ordered to reimburse the government for the amount of the 
over-billing; they may yet be prosecuted as well. Many civil 
servants, including the Secretary General and Financial 
Controller of MEBA, are facing jail time. The National 
 
NIAMEY 00001122  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
Assembly's next great challenge may be to determine the fate 
of three of their own. Among the businessmen who profited 
from the mark-ups were three ruling coalition deputies. 
KORAN