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    This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 HANOI 001199

    SIPDIS

    STATE FOR EAP/BCLTV

    E.O. 12958:  N/A
    TAGS: PGOV PHUM SOCI VM DPOL
    SUBJECT:  ELECTIONEERING IN THE PROVINCES

    REF:  A.  HANOI  1058    B.  HANOI 997

    ¶1.  (U) SUMMARY.  WELL-ORGANIZED CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN
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    PROVINCES DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 6 OFFERED CANDIDATES AN
    OPPORTUNITY TO STATE THEIR VIEWS TO VOTERS AND HEAR LOCAL
    VIEWS AND DESIRES.   STABILITY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT,
    LOCAL ECONOMIC PROSPECTS, HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, AND
    EVEN AGENT ORANGE ARE AMONG THIS YEAR'S CONCERNS.  ALL THOSE
    UNDER DETENTION, EVEN BEFORE HAVING HAD A COURT HEARING OR
    SENTENCE, ARE BARRED FROM VOTING, ALONG WITH ALL IN PRISON
    AND OTHERS WHO HAVE "LOST THEIR POLITICAL RIGHTS."  MENTALLY
    ILL ARE SIMILARLY BARRED.  VOTER TURN-OUT IS EXPECTED TO BE
    CLOSE TO 100 PCT, AIDED BY ACTIVE PERSUASION CAMPAIGNS BY
    LOCAL OFFICIALS.  THE NEW DECLARATIONS OF ASSETS SEEM TO BE
    PUBLICIZED OR NOT AT THE DISCRETION OF PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL
    OFFICIALS.  END SUMMARY.

    ¶2.  (U)  POL/C AND FSN VISITED NAM DINH AND THAI BINH
    PROVINCES, SOUTHEAST OF HANOI, MAY 7-8 TO OBSERVE ONGOING
    NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAMPAIGNS AND PREPARATIONS, AND TO MEET
    WITH PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.  DESPITE THE
    SUPPORT OF THE MFA, SIMILAR REQUESTS BY POLOFFS FOR
    PROVINCIAL VISITS WERE DENIED BY PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS IN BAC
    KAN AND THAI NGUYEN PROVINCES, CLAIMING THEY WERE "TOO BUSY"
    WITH ELECTION PREPARATIONS.

    ON THE ELECTION TRAIL
    ---------------------

    ¶3.  (U)  OUR VISIT COINCIDED WITH A WEEK OF STAGED CAMPAIGN
    RALLIES OFFERING A CHANCE FOR DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE
    CANDIDATES AND AT LEAST SELECTED VOTERS.  NAM DINH ELECTION
    OFFICIALS SAID THAT THE PROVINCE'S 16 CANDIDATES (THREE OF
    THEM APPOINTED BY CENTRAL AUTHORITIES) WOULD SPEND MAY 6-10
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    IN THE PROVINCE APPEARING AT LEAST ONCE AT A RALLY IN EACH
    OF THE FIVE CONSTITUENCIES (EACH OF WHICH COVERS TWO
    DISTRICTS).  A RALLY IN NAM DINH TOWN ON THE MORNING OF OUR
    VISIT REPORTEDLY ATTRACTED 200 VOTERS; THE QUESTION AND
    ANSWER PERIOD ELICITED INQUIRIES ON THE CANDIDATES' PROGRAMS
    ON PROMOTION OF LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH CARE
    PROVISION FOR THE ELDERLY, AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATION.  EACH
    OF THE CANDIDATES HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT HIS "PROGRAM
    OF ACTION," WHICH WILL ALSO BE POSTED AT THE EACH VOTING
    STATION IN THAT CONSTITUENCY.

    ¶4.  (U) ELECTION OFFICIALS AT NAM DINH'S CONSTITUENCY #2
    SAID THAT ABOUT 140 PEOPLE HAD ATTENDED A MAY 7 MORNING
    RALLY THERE.  THE PRIMARY FOCI OF QUESTIONING WERE ON PLANS
    TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL
    OPPORTUNITIES.  THE THREE HOUR SESSION DEVOTED ABOUT HALF OF
    ITS TIME TO Q&A; LOCAL OFFICIALS CLAIMED THAT VOTERS WERE
    "VERY INTERESTED" IN THE CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR, MUCH MORE SO
    THAN IN THE PREVIOUS NA ELECTIONS IN 1997.

    ¶5.  (U)  THAI BINH CANDIDATES WERE HOLDING A PARALLEL SET OF
    RALLIES MAY 8-15.  ACCORDING TO THE PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S
    COMMITTEE VICE CHAIRMAN, THE PRIMARY CONCERN OF VOTERS IS ON
    "STABILITY," WITHOUT WHICH NEITHER FAMILY NOR NATIONAL LIFE
    CAN PROGRESS.  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS A SECONDARY CONCERN,
    CLEARLY DEPENDENT ON STABILITY, HE STRESSED.  OTHER PRIMARY
    CONCERNS OF THE VOTERS IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS ARE ON
    POVERTY REDUCTION, HEALTH CARE FOR CHILDREN, COMBATING
    NARCOTICS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.  THE SECRETARY OF
    THE PROVINCIAL ELECTION COMMITTEE SEPARATELY HIGHLIGHTED
    "STABLE POLITICS" AS A MAIN CONCERN AMONG VOTERS, ALONG WITH
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    LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, AND "CULTURE AND
    EDUCATION."  AN ELECTION OFFICIAL IN THAI BINH'S
    CONSTITUENCY #3 CLAIMED THAT VOTERS HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN
    ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE AND WHAT MORE COULD BE
    DONE TO HELP ITS VICTIMS.

    ¶6.  (U)  OFFICIALS IN BOTH PROVINCES ADMITTED IN RESPONSE TO
    QUESTIONS THAT MANY, IF NOT MOST, OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE
    CAMPAIGN RALLIES WERE INVITED AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
    VARIOUS MASS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER THE VIETNAM FATHERLAND
    FRONT (WOMEN, YOUTH, VETERANS, FARMERS, ETC.).  OFFICIALS
    UNIFORMLY STRESSED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL RALLIES WERE "OPEN TO
    THE PUBLIC" AND WERE PUBLICIZED IN THE LOCAL MEDIA AS WELL
    AS AT THE VARIOUS VOTING STATIONS.  THEY CLAIMED THAT ALL
    AGENCIES WERE "REQUIRED" TO RELEASE ANY VOTERS FROM WORK IN
    ORDER TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, BUT DID NOT EXPLAIN HOW THIS
    WOULD APPLY TO DAY LABORERS OR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES.
    (NOTE:  HANOI ELECTION COMMITTEE OFFICIALS FAILED TO RESPOND
    EVEN TO OUR REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOCATION AND
    TIMING OF CAMPAIGN RALLIES IN THE CAPITAL, IN PARTICULAR
    THOSE INVOLVING COMMUNIST PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY NONG DUC
    MANH -- A CANDIDATE IN CONSTITUENCY #1 --  MUCH LESS OUR
    REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO OBSERVE AT LEAST ONE SUCH RALLY.
    END NOTE)

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    ¶7.  (U)  POLOFFS VIEWED THE MAY 7 PRIME TIME TELEVISION
    COVERAGE IN THAI BINH OFFERING RESUMES OF THE VARIOUS
    CANDIDATES AND A SHORT ADDRESS BY ONE CANDIDATE (APPARENTLY
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    ONE PER EVENING).  CANDIDATES ARE ALSO FREE TO GO STUMPING
    ON THEIR OWN, BUT OFFICIALS ADMITTED THAT THIS WAS NOT A
    USUAL PRACTICE, AND NOTED THAT THERE WAS NO BUDGET FOR SUCH
    ACTIVITIES.

    WHO CAN AND CAN'T VOTE
    ----------------------

    ¶8.  (U)  THE LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL ELECTION COMMITTEES, SET
    UP USING BUDGETS PROVIDED BY THE NA, HAVE THE
    RESPONSIBILITIES TO "PROPAGANDIZE" ABOUT ELECTION PROCEDURES
    AND ABOUT THE "RIGHT AND DUTY" OF ALL VOTERS TO VOTE, AS
    WELL AS TO PREPARE THE ELECTORAL ROLLS AND THE SPECIAL VOTER
    IDS THAT ALL VOTERS MUST TAKE TO THE VOTING STATION ON MAY
    ¶19.  VOTERS MUST HAVE BEEN BORN ON OR BEFORE MAY 18, 1984.
    EACH CONSTITUENCY IS DIVIDED INTO VOTING UNITS OF BETWEEN
    300-1000 VOTERS, SOMETIMES REPRESENTING A SINGLE VILLAGE OR
    NEIGHBORHOOD.  OFFICIALS STRESSED THAT, IN THIS WAY, EACH
    POTENTIAL VOTER WAS IN FACT PERSONALLY KNOWN TO OFFICIALS,
    OBVIATING THE POSSIBILITY OF VOTER FRAUD.

    ¶9.  (U)  ELECTION LAW PROHIBITS CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE
    FROM VOTING, MOST NOTABLY THE MENTALLY CHALLENGED.  ABOUT
    3,000 OF NAM DINH'S 1.16 MILLION VOTERS ARE BARRED ON THESE
    GROUNDS;  IN PRINCIPLE, LOCAL HEALTH WORKERS MUST PROVIDE A
    NEGATIVE CERTIFICATE TO THE LOCAL ELECTION COMMITTEE.  (667
    OF NAM DINH'S CONSTITUENCY #2'S 230,000 VOTERS ARE
    INELIGIBLE ON THESE GROUNDS.)  IN THAI BINH, THERE ARE MORE
    THAN 4,500 PEOPLE INELIGIBLE AMONG THE 1.2 MILLION VOTERS,
    PRIMARILY ON THIS GROUND.  (791 OUT OF 244,000 VOTERS IN
    THAI BINH'S CONSTITUENCY #3 WERE MENTALLY CHALLENGED AND NOT
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    ON THE VOTER ROLLS.)

    ¶10.  (U)  IN ADDITION, OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT ANYONE UNDER
    DETENTION -- EVEN BEFORE TRIAL OR SENTENCE -- AUTOMATICALLY
    LOSES HIS RIGHT TO VOTE.  ALL PRISONERS IN PROVINCIAL AND
    LOCAL PRISONS ARE EQUALLY BARRED FROM VOTING, AS ARE CERTAIN
    OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE LOST THEIR "POLITICAL RIGHTS"
    AS A RESULT OF AN EARLIER SENTENCE OR TRIAL.  PUBLIC
    SECURITY OFFICIALS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A LIST OF THESE
    INDIVIDUALS TO LOCAL ELECTION OFFICIALS.  NAM DINH
    PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS DID NOT PROVIDE OVERALL STATISTICS ON
    THESE POPULATIONS, BUT IN ITS CONSTITUENCY #2, THERE ARE 24
    PEOPLE UNDER TEMPORARY DETENTION AND 68 PRISONERS WHO WILL
    NOT BE VOTING THIS YEAR.  IN THAI BINH'S CONSTITUENCY #3,
    361 PEOPLE ARE SIMILARLY BARRED ON THESE GROUNDS, INCLUDING
    BOTH THOSE IN TEMPORARY DETENTION AND IN PRISON.

    ¶11.  (U)  IN CONTRAST, SOLDIERS STATIONED IN THESE PROVINCES
    VOTE LOCALLY RATHER THAN IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS, ACCORDING
    TO OFFICIALS.  THIS IS IN LINE WITH STANDARD PRACTICE
    (DESCRIBED IN REF B) OF VOTERS CASTING BALLOTS IN THE
    CONSTITUENCY WHERE THEY ARE PHYSICALLY PRESENT ON MAY 19,
    USUALLY USING A "LETTER OF INTRODUCTION" ISSUED BY THEIR
    HOME DISTRICT OFFICIALS, RATHER THAN BEING ABLE TO VOTE AT
    HOME VIA ABSENTEE BALLOT.

    ¶12.  (U)  ILLITERATES -- WHO ARE NOT NUMEROUS GIVEN
    GENERALLY WIDESPREAD EDUCATION AT LEAST A PRIMARY AND JUNIOR
    HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS, OFFICIALS SAID -- MAY VOTE, WITH
    ASSISTANCE.

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    VOTER TURN-OUT EXPECTED TO BE NEAR-UNIVERSAL
    --------------------------------------------

    ¶13.  (U)  OFFICIALS CONSISTENTLY PREDICTED TURN-OUT RATES OF
    WELL OVER 90 PCT OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS -- EXCLUDING THOSE
    CATEGORIES DESCRIBED ABOVE -- AT THIS YEAR'S ELECTION.  THAI
    BINH OFFICIALS SAID THAT THEIR 1997 TURN-OUT RATE FOR THE NA
    ELECTION HAD BEEN 97.8 PCT; THIS YEAR MIGHT BE HIGHER, THEY
    OPINED, SINCE THE MAY DATE WAS MORE CONVENIENT THAN THE
    PREVIOUS ELECTION DURING THE RAINY SEASON.  OFFICIALS AT
    LOCAL POLLING STATIONS DESCRIBED HOW THEY WOULD LITERALLY GO
    DOOR-TO-DOOR IF NECESSARY TO "CONVINCE" -- NOT "FORCE" --
    VOTERS TO TURN UP.  IF NEED BE, I.E., FOR THE SICK AND
    ELDERLY, THEY WILL TAKE A VOTING BOX TO THE HOME OR
    HOSPITAL.

    ¶14.  (U)  MANY LOCAL VOTERS WITH WHOM POL/C SPOKE PRIVATELY
    INDICATED THAT THEY DEFINITELY PLANNED ON VOTING, IF FOR NO
    OTHER REASON THAN THEY DID NOT WANT ANY "TROUBLE" WITH LOCAL
    AUTHORITIES, WHO WERE INTENT ON A HIGH TURN-OUT.  WHILE SUCH
    A PRACTICE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW, SOME INDICATED THAT THEY
    WOULD ASK A PARENT OR NEIGHBOR TO CAST BALLOTS ON THEIR
    BEHALF; OFFICIALS ROUTINELY TURN A BLIND EYE TO SUCH
    PRACTICES, THEY CLAIMED.  (NOTE:  A NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
    OFFICIAL SEPARATELY INFORMED POLOFFS THAT SUCH "PROXY"

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    VOTING HAD NEVER BEEN "DOCUMENTED," BUT IMPLIED THAT IT WAS
    A COMMON PRACTICE. END NOTE)  LITERALLY NONE OF THE LOCALS
    WITH WHOM POL/C SPOKE RANDOMLY COULD IDENTIFY THEIR LOCAL
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    CANDIDATES OR HAD READ THEIR PROGRAMS, ALTHOUGH ONE 60ISH
    FARMER WHO WAS PRESENT AT THAI BINH'S CONSTITUENCY #3 DURING
    OUR SITE VISIT APPEARED WELL-INFORMED.

    NEW THIS YEAR
    -------------

    ¶15.  (U)  ELECTION OFFICIALS VARIOUSLY STRESSED HOW THE 2001
    CHANGES IN THE ELECTION LAW HAD ADDED THE REQUIREMENT THAT
    ALL CANDIDATES BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE "DEMOCRATIC"
    SOCIETY, AND HOW THIS HAD WEIGHED HEAVILY AGAINST SOME
    POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE LENGTHY DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
    (REF B).  SOME OFFICIALS EXPLAINED THE FACT THAT THERE WERE
    NOT MORE CANDIDATES TO DIFFICULTY IN MEETING THIS CRITERION
    (AS WELL AS THE OTHERS) AT NEIGHBORHOOD/WORK PLACE MEETINGS.

    ¶16.  (U)  FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, ALL CANDIDATES WERE
    REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A RUDIMENTARY ASSETS DECLARATION,
    FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON PERSONAL POSSESSION OF FAMILY HOUSES,
    LAND, AND VEHICLES.  NAM DINH OFFICIALS SAID THAT THESE
    DECLARATIONS WERE PART OF THE CANDIDATES FILES HELD BY THE
    PROVINCIAL VFF; IF VOTERS WISHED TO EXAMINE THE DOCUMENTS,
    THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE PROVINCIAL VFF OFFICE.  THAI
    BINH OFFICIALS, HOWEVER, PLEDGED THAT THESE DECLARATIONS
    WOULD BE POSTED AT ALL VOTING STATIONS.  WHEN POLOFFS
    VISITED ITS CONSTITUENCY #3, THE DECLARATIONS WERE INDEED
    POSTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO VIEW COPIES.  NONE OF THE
    CANDIDATES REPORTED ANY ASSETS IN ANY BANK, AND THE THREE
    CANDIDATES' SOLE ASSETS APPEARED TO BE PRIVATE HOUSING
    (APARTMENT OR HOUSE).

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    ¶17.  (U)  THIS YEAR'S ELECTION -- WHICH OFFICIALS ROUTINELY
    CHARACTERIZED AS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AS THE FIRST MAJOR
    VIETNAMESE ELECTIONS NOT ONLY OF THE DECADE BUT OF THE
    MILLENNIUM -- WILL UNDOUBTEDLY AGAIN PRODUCE EXTREMELY HIGH
    TURN-OUTS AND OFFER VOTERS A CHANCE TO ELIMINATE AT LEAST
    ONE (TWO IN LARGER CONSTITUENCIES) CANDIDATE AMONG THEIR
    DELEGATES.  DESPITE APPARENT VOTER APATHY, MOST VIETNAMESE
    FOLLOW THE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGNS WELL ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND
    THAT THEIR "RIGHT AND DUTY" TO VOTE MAKES IT INCUMBENT UPON
    THEM TO SHOW UP -- OR AT LEAST SEND SOMEONE IN THEIR PLACE -
    - TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS ON MAY 19.
    BURGHARDT

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