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Viewing cable 08SANTIAGO933, BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM

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UNCLAS SANTIAGO 000933 
 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL CI BL
SUBJECT: BACHELET'S UNASUR PARLIAMENT PLANS DRAW FIRE FROM 
CONGRESS 
 
1.  (SBU) SUMMARY:  Several Chilean parliamentarians have 
criticized President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR 
parliament event in Bolivia to be held Oct. 17.  The Chilean 
legislators allege that Bachelet should have consulted with 
them before attending and should have invited them to join 
the delegation.  Although on the surface the complaints are 
largely about procedure, sources at both the MFA and Senate 
believe that the underlying problem is a deep-seated distrust 
of Hugo Chavez and concern about the role that he will play 
in UNASUR.  End Summary. 
 
Chilean Parliamentarians Criticize Bachelet's Attendance at 
UNASUR Meeting 
--------------------------------------------- -------------- 
 
2.  (SBU) Several Chilean parliamentarians have criticized 
President Bachelet's attendance at an UNASUR parliament event 
in Bolivia.  The meeting, which is being held Oct. 17 in 
Cochabamba, is the inauguration of a special commission 
charged with developing the ground rules for an UNASUR 
parliament. 
 
3.  (SBU) Some members of Congress have vocally criticized 
the President for not consulting with them about the creation 
of the new regional parliament and for not inviting members 
of Congress to join her delegation.  Many members insist that 
backing the parliamentary group should be a congressional, 
rather than an executive, decision.  Moreover, they say that 
they were never invited to attend the event.  Others, 
including Senator Jaime Gazmuri (PS), chair of the Senate 
Foreign Relations Commission, backed the President's decision 
and planned to travel with her to Cochabamba. 
 
4.  (SBU) Press reports and members of Congress quoted in 
them have misstated the situation by referring to it as the 
inauguration of an UNASUR parliament.  Senators Hernan 
Larrain (UDI) and Sergio Romero (RN) said that the supposed 
UNASUR parliament would not be valid because Chile and other 
countries have not yet ratified the UNASUR treaty.  The 
Senate Foreign Relations Commission called for the Cochabamba 
meeting to be delayed until a sufficient number of countries 
have ratified the UNASUR treaty.  Senator Juan Pablo Letelier 
(PS), called the government's handling of the invitation 
"sloppy". 
 
Outcry Motivated More By Politics than by Procedure 
--------------------------------------------- ------ 
 
5.  (SBU) The vehemence of the congressional reaction has 
taken many observers by surprise.  Julio Camara, Secretary 
(Chief Staffmember) of the Senate Foreign Relations 
Commission, joked with Poloff Oct. 17 that he "didn't 
understand the scandal either."  Camara confirmed what 
Patricio Pradel, a top MFA official working on UNASUR, told 
Poloff Oct. 16:  Invitations to the event were sent directly 
to Chilean parliamentarians by Bolivian Vice President Alvaro 
Garcia Linera, and not by the presidential palace or the MFA. 
 
6.  (SBU) Opposition Chilean parliamentarians seem to have 
seized on the technicalities of the invitation and Bachelet's 
trip to register their discomfort with UNASUR and the 
president.  Camara and Pradel both stated that many members 
of Congress see Chavez as controlling UNASUR and fear that 
high-level representation at this meeting would only continue 
to strengthen his hand and the organization.  In fact, 
critics fear for UNASUR's autonomy, are concerned that an 
UNASUR parliament would only be another failed attempt at a 
regional legislature, and find the location of the meeting in 
Bolivia to be particularly politically inconvenient. 
 
7.  (SBU) Pradel defended Bachelet's decision to attend the 
meeting saying that, as President Pro Tempore of UNASUR, the 
Chilean president should support the organization's 
initiatives.  He added that high level delegations--including 
legislators--from nearly every other UNASUR nation would be 
attending.   Nonetheless, the president reportedly changed 
her plans from an overnight trip with a larger delegation to 
a two hour stay with a smaller group and no press.  Foreign 
Minister Alejandro Foxley is no longer attending the meeting. 
 
 Instead, the Chilean delegation will include Senator Jaime 
Gazmuri (PS); Diputado Jorge Burgos (DC); Diputado Abel Jarpa 
(PRSD); Diputado Antonio Leal (PPD);  Angel Flisfisch, MFA 
Planning Director and UNASUR Secretary Pro Tempore; Juan 
Gabriel Valdes, former Foreign Minister and current Chilean 
envoy assisting with the Bolivian crisis; and Roberto Ibarra, 
the Chilean consul in La Paz. 
 
8.  (SBU) As for the decision to locate the parliament in 
Cochabamba, Pradel said that this was actually a suggestion 
made several years ago by Brazilian President Lula da Silva 
which has since been strongly supported by Bolivia. 
 
9.  (SBU) COMMENT:  In this polarized country, congressional 
leaders have firm opinions about Bolivia's controversial 
president, and Bachelet's efforts to buck up Morales' 
administration with a show of international support have 
angered many in Congress.  While it is impossible to know 
what happened to the missing invitations that the Bolivian VP 
was supposed to have sent to Chilean legislators, what is 
clear is that Bachelet reached out to her Concertacion 
backers in Congress to support this trip, leaving the 
opposition to grumble.  END COMMENT. 
SIMONS