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Viewing cable 08KINSHASA1142, CNDP - GDRC: ONE STEP FORWARD, TEN STEPS BACK?

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08KINSHASA1142 2008-12-22 07:12 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Kinshasa
VZCZCXRO2000
OO RUEHBZ RUEHDU RUEHGI RUEHJO RUEHMR RUEHRN
DE RUEHKI #1142/01 3570712
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 220712Z DEC 08
FM AMEMBASSY KINSHASA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8943
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 001142 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
SUBJECT: CNDP - GDRC: ONE STEP FORWARD, TEN STEPS BACK? 
 
1.  CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa disseminated by e-mail the 
following message regarding the latest round of GDRC-CNDP 
negotiations in Nairobi. 
 
2.  Begin CNDP message (unofficial Embassy translation from the 
French): 
 
Negotiations Bulletin, December 20, 2008 
 
One step forward, ten steps back: the Government of the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo still has not given up the military solution. 
 
On the third day of the political negotiations taking place in the 
Kenyan capital between the National Congress for the Defense of the 
People (CNDP) and the Kinshasa government, parties have made 
progress, with the signing of the first documents of an agreement. 
These texts have to do with negotiation procedures.  The government 
delegation, however, hangs on to its refusal to authorize mediators 
to appeal, as facilitators, when substantive questions will be 
debated, to the presidents of both chambers of Parliament as well as 
to representatives of the Parliamentary majority and opposition. 
 
Parallel to these negotiations, on the ground in North Kivu, the 
troops of the FARDC-FDLR/PARECO-DMN (various Congolese Mai-Mai 
groups) government coalition have begun to implement the 
government's famous directive, "Fight and Talk."  At this time, they 
are advancing in combat formations into the zones from which the 
CNDP withdrew according to its unilateral ceasefire of October 29, 
2008.  This is the case at the Kanyabayonga-Nyanzale, 
Kabasha-Kiwanja, and Nyakakoma-Ishasha-Kiwanja roads.  By all 
appearances, in the next few hours they could be in contact with the 
CNDP troops.  It should be recalled that the government coalition 
had similarly occupied 12 kilometers of the area that the CNDP had 
withdrawn from on the Kibati-Goma road last October, when it had 
decided not to take the city of Goma, that the government forces are 
still there today, and that they use this road to transport combat 
troops and equipment. 
 
The CNDP had created these buffer zones to avoid all chance of 
confrontation between the two opposing armies and had asked MONUC to 
protect the zones.  This deliberate reoccupying of buffer zones 
reveals the government coalition's war-mongering impulses and desire 
for revenge.  But at the same time, the coalition takes an enormous 
risk, that of endangering the Nairobi negotiation process at a time 
when the entire Congolese people wish to enjoy the holidays in peace 
and tranquility.  Is there anything more important than to give the 
Congolese people what is theirs by right, that is, peace through a 
comprehensive agreement between the parties, at this end-of-year 
season?  The government should think twice before plunging headlong 
into futile adventures whose only outcome will be ridicule, once 
again, whereas by exercising restraint, it has a chance to grow in 
stature by proving itself responsible to the people its mission it 
is to lead in peace and security. 
 
End unofficial Embassy translation 
 
3.  Original French text of CNDP statement follows: 
 
BULLETIN DES NEGOCIATIONS DU 20 DECEMBRE 2008 
 
UN PAS EN AVANT, DIX EN ARRIERE : LE GOUVERNEMENT RD-CONGOLAIS N'A 
TOUJOURS PAS RENONCE A L'OPTION MILITAIRE. 
 
AU 3eme JOUR DES NEGOCIATIONS POLITIQUES QUI SE DEROULENT DANS LA 
CAPITALE KENYANE ENTRE LE CONGRES NATIONAL POUR LA DEFENSE DU 
PEUPLE, CNDP, ET LE GOUVERNEMENT DE KINSHASA, LES PARTIES ONT FAIT 
DES PROGRES AVEC LA SIGNATURE DE PREMIERS DOCUMENTS D'ACCORD.  IL 
S'AGIT DE TEXTES DE PROCEDURE DES NEGOCIATIONS.  CEPENDANT, LA 
DELEGATION GOUVERNEMENTALE CONTINUE A CAMPER SUR SON REFUS DE DONNER 
MANDAT AUX MEDIATEURS DE FAIRE APPEL, COMME FACILITATEURS, AU MOMENT 
OU S'OUVRIRONT LES DEBATS SUR LE FOND, AUX PRESIDENTS DE DEUX 
CHAMBRES DU PARLEMENT NATIONAL AINSI QU'A DES REPRESENTANTS DE LA 
MAJORITE ET DE L'OPPOSITION PARLEMENTAIRES. 
 
PARALLELEMENT A CES NEGOCIATIONS, SUR LE TERRAIN DANS LE NORD-KIVU, 
LES TROUPES DE LA COALITION GOUVERNEMENTALE FARDC-FDLR/PARECO-DMN 
(DIVERS MAI-MAI NATIONAUX) ONT ENTREPRIS D'APPLIQUER LA FAMEUSE 
CONSIGNE DU GOUVERNEMENT DE " FIGHT AND TALK ".  EN CE MOMENT, ELLES 
PROGRESSENT EN POSITION DE COMBAT DANS LES ZONES DONT LE CNDP S'EST 
DESENGAGE EN VERTU DE SA DECLARATION UNILATERALE DE CESSATION DES 
HOSTILITES DU 29 OCTOBRE 2008.  C'EST LE CAS SUR LES AXES 
KANYABAYONGA - NYANZALE, KABASHA - KIWANDJA ET NYAKAKOMA -ISHASHA- 
KIWANDJA.  SELON TOUTES LES APPARENCES, DANS LES PROCHAINES HEURES 
ELLES POURRAIENT SE TROUVER AU CONTACT DES TROUPES DU CNDP.  ON SE 
RAPPELLERA QUE LA COALITION GOUVERNEMENTALE AVAIT DE LA MEME MANIERE 
REOCCUPE AU MOIS D'OCTOBRE DERNIER LES 12 KMS DE LA ZONE DONT LE 
CNDP S'ETAIT DESENGAGE SUR L'AXE KIBATI - GOMA, LORSQU'IL A RENONCE 
 
KINSHASA 00001142  002 OF 002 
 
 
DE PRENDRE LA VILLE DE GOMA, ELLES Y DEMEURENT ENCORE AUJOURD'HUI ET 
Y ACHEMINENT DES RENFORTS EN HOMMES ET EN MATERIELS DE COMBAT. 
 
LE CNDP AVAIT CREE CES ZONES DE DESENGAGEMENT POUR EVITER TOUTE 
POSSIBILITE DE CONFRONTATION DES DEUX ARMEES ADVERSES ET AVAIT 
DEMANDE A LA MONUC D'EN GARANTIR LA PROTECTION.  PAR CETTE 
REOCCUPATION DELIBEREE, LA COALITION GOUVERNEMENTALE VIENT DE 
MANIFESTER SES ELANS BELLICISTES ET SON DESIR DE REVANCHE.  AIS EN 
MEME TEMPS, ELLE PREND L'ENORME RISQUE DE COMPROMETTRE LE PROCESSUS 
DES NEGOCIATIONS EN COURS A NAIROBI ALORS QUE TOUT LE PEUPLE 
CONGOLAIS ENTEND PASSER LES FESTIVITES DE FIN D'ANNEE DANS LA 
TRANQUILLITE ET LA PAIX TOTALE.  Y A-T-IL PLUS IMPORTANT QUE DE 
REDONNER AU PEUPLE CONGOLAIS CE QUI LUI REVIENT DE DROIT, 
C'EST-A-DIRE LA PAIX A TRAVERS UN ACCORD GLOBAL ENTRE LES PARTIES EN 
CETTE FIN D'ANNEE ?  LE GOUVERNEMENT DEVRAIT Y REFLECHIR PAR DEUX 
FOIS AVANT DE S'ELANCER DANS DES AVENTURES SANS ISSUE ET DONT IL NE 
SAURAIT SORTIR QUE RIDICULISE, UNE FOIS DE PLUS, ALORS QU'EN SE 
RETENANT, IL A L'OCCASION DE SE GRANDIR EN SE MONTRANT RESPONSABLE 
VIS-A-VIS DU PEUPLE QU'IL A MISSION DE DIRIGER DANS LA PAIX ET LA 
SECURITE. 
 
End original French text of CNDP statement 
 
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