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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA1123, DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA1123 2008-12-17 14:09 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO8534
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DE RUEHKI #1123/01 3521409
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 171409Z DEC 08 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8921
INFO RUEHXR/RWANDA COLLECTIVE
RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHDC
RHMFISS/HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE
RUZEJAA/JAC MOLESWORTH RAF MOLESWORTH UK
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KINSHASA 001123 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM CG
SUBJECT:   DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING 
 
KINSHASA 00001123  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the 
DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and 
gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. 
Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as 
pressing needs, as well as improving relations with Rwanda and 
progress against the systemic problem of corruption.  The Union for 
Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS--Union pour la democratie et le 
progres social), which did not participate in the 2006 national 
elections, indicated that it would participate in local elections 
scheduled for 2009.  Disagreement among opposition parties persists 
regarding the election modalities for the official opposition 
spokesman.  End Summary. 
 
2.  (SBU) In a series of separate meetings, Poloffs met with the 
leadership from the main DRC opposition parties, including Thomas 
Luhaka, Executive Secretary of the Movement for the Liberation of 
Congo (MLC--Mouvement de liberation du Congo); Joseph Mukendi, Chief 
of External Communications for the Union for Democracy and Social 
Progress (UDPS--Union pour la democratie et le progres social); 
Azarias Ruberwa, President of the Congolese Rally for Democracy 
(RCD--Rassemblement des congolais pour la democratie); and Gilbert 
Kia Kiakwama, President of the Christian Democratic Convention 
(CDC--Convention des democrates chretiens). 
 
Opposition: Institutional Reforms and Corruption 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
3.  (SBU) All four opposition members stressed the importance of 
carrying out institutional reform of the army, police, and judicial 
system.  They criticized the high ratio of officers to enlisted men 
in the national army, as well as the large number of civil servants 
appointed from the east, particularly Katanga.  They noted the 
corruptive pressure that a dysfunctional judiciary placed on 
magistrates and the negative impact on attracting foreign 
investment.  Kiakwama (CDC) labeled the current government as 
nothing more than the legitimization by the 2006 elections of 
Laurent Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of 
Congo (AFDL--Alliance des forces democratique pour la liberation du 
Congo, -- the opposition movement that toppled Mobutu in 1997). 
 
Opposition: 2009 Local Elections Unlikely 
----------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (SBU) The consensus amongst the opposition is that President 
Kabila's ruling alliance, the Alliance of the Presidential Majority 
(AMP--Alliance de la majorite presidentielle) would not hold local 
elections in 2009 as required by the Constitution.  Opposition 
leaders attributed the government's reluctance to hold elections to 
its high disapproval levels, particularly regarding its handling of 
the conflict in the eastern DRC, as well as recognition that the 
GDRC has not delivered on its development priorities.  Mukendi 
(UDPS) said that his party will participate in the 2009 local 
elections (Note:  that local elections will be held in 2009 has not 
been confirmed.  End note.).  Luhaka (MLC) noted that opposition 
parties are not organized for 2009 elections, although they are 
committed to them in principle. 
 
Discord Amongst the Opposition 
------------------------------ 
 
5.  (SBU) Disagreement amongst the opposition parties continues to 
preclude the establishment of internal rules, the first process 
necessary before electing an opposition spokesman.  Luhaka maintains 
public support for Jean-Pierre Bemba, the MLC's ICC-detained party 
president.  The MLC, therefore, is insisting on an open vote, with 
no requirement that the spokesman be physically present in the 
country.  Luhaka also added that Ruberwa (RCD) has no standing to be 
spokesman as he does not currently hold public office.  Luhaka 
claimed that the MLC, in contrast to the radical approach of the 
UDPS, represented a responsible form of opposition.  From another 
perspective, Kiakwama (CDC) characterized the MLC as undemocratic 
for dismissing other opposition points of view.  Kiakwma also 
disputed the constitutionality of the MLC insistence on an open vote 
vice a secret ballot.  The RCD claimed that the MLC is inhibited by 
ties to Bemba, thus preventing the MLC from uniting with other 
opposition parties to challenge the AMP. 
 
6.  (SBU) Comment: Opposition parties have been unable to agree on 
the internal rules governing the designation of an official 
spokesman despite the passage of the law defining the status of the 
political opposition in December 2007.  Amongst the opposition, 
there is consensus on the failings of the Kabila government and the 
GDRC's inability to achieve its priority development objectives. 
However, the opposition is unwilling to close ranks on technical 
issues of power sharing and representation.  Opposition deputies and 
senators have utilized the floors of the Assembly and Senate to 
 
KINSHASA 00001123  002 OF 002 
 
 
deliver sharp criticisms of the government.  However, this verbal 
enthusiasm has rarely resulted in active censure or punitive 
measures.  The MLC's majority position within the opposition and its 
insistence on the candidacy of Bemba are impediments for any near 
term agreement.  At the moment, the DRC political opposition remains 
splintered, with no prospect for any greater level of cooperation. 
End Comment. 
 
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