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07ASHGABAT123 2007-01-26 12:40 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ashgabat
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DE RUEHAH #0123/01 0261240
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 261240Z JAN 07
FM AMEMBASSY ASHGABAT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 8280
INFO RUCNOSC/OSCE POST COLLECTIVE
RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0534
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 0590
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1791
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RUEHKA/AMEMBASSY DHAKA 0138
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RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ASHGABAT 000123 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/CEN (PERRY), SCA/PPD, EUR/ACE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO
SUBJECT: CAMPAIGN TRAIL: MARY WELAYAT STRESSES UNITY, STABILITY, 
SUPPORT FOR A/PRESIDENT 
 
REF: 2006 ASHGABAT 1210 
 
SUMMARY 
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1.  (U) CAO and POL/ECON LES met with Mary Welayat officials on 
January 18 to assess activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first 
multi-candidate presidential elections (Niyazov was the sole 
candidate in the 1992 election).  City and welayat (provincial) 
officials maintained a consistent line on the public mood and the 
elections process and predicted that Mary Welayat will come out in 
droves to vote for Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov. 
CAO's interlocutors seemed open in principle to cooperation with the 
Embassy programs, though powerless to commit to such cooperation 
without Ashgabat approval.  Nonetheless, CAO was able to explain 
some specific Embassy programs and suggest further partnerships to 
district officials and government groups.  END SUMMARY. 
 
MARY: THE WELAYAT THAT NOMINATED FOR THE NATION 
--------------------------------------------- - 
2.  (U) BACKGROUND:  During the 18th Halk Maslahaty session on 
December 26, all six of Turkmenistan's regions except Mary formally 
put forth two candidates and after discussion nominated one for the 
presidency.  For reasons which remain opaque, the nomination of the 
Mary candidate was preceded and overtaken by the uncontested 
nomination of acting President Berdimukhammedov.  The common 
assumption is that Mary was hijacked by Ashgabat's powers that be to 
endorse Berdimukhammedov. 
 
3. (SBU) Mary Deputy Hakim Shirin Toychiyevna Akhmedova claimed to 
us that the Mary region's 305 representatives to the Halk had voted 
their heart "and for the nation of Turkmenistan."  Akhmedova said 
that the Mary delegation had considered two names but that 99 if not 
100 percent of them supported the nomination of Berdimukhammedov. 
Thus, when First Secretary of Turkmenistan's Democratic Party Onjuk 
Musayev interrupted the regional nominations to nominate 
Berdimukhammedov, Mary did not have a difficult decision to support 
him without further ado.  (NOTE:  Akhmedova did not give the name of 
the other potential nominee aired during the Mary's pre-Halk 
Maslahaty meeting; indeed, she even left unsaid whether one of the 
two was Berdimuhammedov, which some have guessed was not the case. 
END NOTE.) 
 
4.  (U) As of Emboffs' visit, Mary region had hosted appearances by 
five of the six candidates (the sixth has since visited.)  Akhmedova 
took pains to emphasize that each candidate makes his campaign 
presentation under identical conditions and enjoys equal financial 
support from the national government, and that there is "no limit" 
to that support -- so that if a candidate wished to pay a second 
visit to Mary this would be covered.  While the Mary Hakimlik did 
not anticipate further campaign visits, civic organizations are 
welcome to campaign on behalf of any of the candidates and to invite 
a candidate back to campaign. 
 
5. (U) NOTE: The Chairman of the Central Election Committee told 
A/DCM on January 8 that the government will provide financial 
support to candidates that includes only one campaign visit to each 
region.  Additional trips would then be covered at the candidate's 
personal expense.  As of January 25 all six candidates have 
completed their stump appearances in all the Welayats, and the 
expectation is that what local media refer to as the nation's 
"campaign marathon" is now over.  END NOTE.) 
 
6.  (U) While stating that there was no domestic polling agency or 
plans for public opinion surveys, Akhmedova explained that the 
people of Mary welayat solidly support Berdimukhamedov, through 
their Halk Maslahaty representatives, because of Berdimukhamedov's 
personal care for the region while he was working "side by side" 
with former President Niyazov.  She said meekly "I don't know if it 
is the same for other regions but he has done great things for our 
region" and listed four major projects he supported: construction of 
the Mary welayat diagnostics center, construction of the new 
regional drama theater, renovation of the Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum 
(NOTE: This project was sponsored by the Government of Turkey, in 
cooperation with the Government of Turkmenistan, and ended in 2004. 
END NOTE) and the International Conference on the Fifth Center of 
World Civilization -- which focused on archaeological work at the 
 
ASHGABAT 00000123  002 OF 003 
 
 
ancient site of Margush.  (NOTE:  The United States is supporting 
restoration of Margush through an Ambassador's Fund for Cultural 
Preservation Grant in 2006-07; the Government of Turkmenistan has 
never contributed funds for research or preservation of this site 
despite its cultural-political significance.  END NOTE.) 
 
7.  (U) Akhmedova initially struck a mournful tone in the meeting at 
the Mary Hakimlik office, which also included the regional Election 
Committee representatives.  She mentioned more than once that Mary 
residents hope above all for stability, peace and the recognition of 
existing international contracts and agreements.  She also 
emphasized regional interest in agro-industrial development and said 
that, during his January 10 campaign visit to Mary, Berdimukhammedov 
promised to expand studies at the power engineering institute in 
Mary. 
 
8. (U) Akhmedova became impassioned when describing how eager Mary 
is to see schooling extended from nine years to ten, physical 
education introduced into schools and emphasis placed on learning 
foreign languages and on international educational exchanges.  CAO 
asked, theoretically, how much of a planning burden such a 
transition would be for Mary;  Akhmedova replied that all the 
candidates support it, and Mary "is completely ready" to implement 
it because it would simply be a reversion to Turkmenistan's system 
as it existed only a few years ago.  She emphasized that 
Turkmenistan's universities have already produced adequate teachers 
to accommodate increased hiring, and that the transition would be 
gradual, though accomplished within a year.  CAO volunteered that 
the Embassy would be eager to work with Akhmedova and the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs to implement joint projects to assist in or 
enhance this transition. 
 
9.  (U) As in CAO's previous visit to discuss the etrap level 
elections (reftel), Ahkmedova was fluent in the legal regulations 
guiding this election process and referred to a display of 
newspapers, journals and books (including the Ruhnama) spread on the 
table to demonstrate that the government is trying its utmost to 
make all necessary information about the election process publicly 
available.  Without being solicited, Akhmedova complained that 
Russian news sources were deliberately misconstruing events in 
Turkmenistan; as example, she cited the claim that newscasters are 
not allowed to wear makeup.  She deemed such claims ridiculous and 
trifling. 
 
10. (U) CAO asked her and the MFA representative present whether 
there were any plans to allow in journalists to find out the 
situation for themselves, as there is intense interest in events in 
Turkmenistan.  Akhmedova demurred that this issue was a matter for 
the MFA.  Asked if she anticipates any foreign observers or 
journalists at these elections, she referred CAO to a handbook on 
the elections.  (NOTE: On the same day, national Elections Committee 
head Myrat Garryev issued a statement that domestic elections 
observers would be sufficient for monitoring the election, and that 
in any event the Elections Committee had not received any referred 
requests for international observer participation from the Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs.  END NOTE.) 
 
11.  (U) Prior to the meeting at the regional hakimlik, the regional 
head of the National Democratic Party of Turkmenistan, Sapargeldi 
Taganov, took CAO and POL/ECON LES to Oguzkhan etrap, where he led 
the etrap level election committee in a brief question and answer 
with CAO.  The etrap election committee secretary was asked to speak 
and issued a series of statistics on the elections in Oguzkhan: 
Mary region has 13 districts (okrugs -- voting districts; this term 
is only used in relation to elections).  These okrugs include the 
cities of Mary and Bayramaly and 11 etraps -- with a total of 363 
polling stations (uchastki) throughout the region.  Oguzkhan etrap 
has 15 polling stations and a total of 13,850 voters -- 92 of whom 
are first-time voters.  Two hundred etrap citizens have attended 
each of the five candidate meetings held in the region.  "Anybody 
who wishes" can attend these meetings, and a different group of 200 
has attended each meeting, according to Taganov and later Akhmedova. 
 While the etrap has not completed compilation of voter rolls, local 
officials expect "very high" turnout for the election. 
 
12. (U) Taganov appeared nervous and eager to end the discussion, 
which lasted no longer than 20 minutes, despite the 1.5 hour ride 
 
ASHGABAT 00000123  003 OF 003 
 
 
out and back from Oguzkhan for the meeting.  After the hurried but 
substantive meeting at the regional hakimlik that followed, CAO was 
shuffled to another local government official.  In contrast with the 
previous elections visit to Mary, this one seemed hastily arranged 
and disjointed. 
 
KILLING TIME IN OGUZKHAN, BAYRAMALY 
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13.  (U) The regional head of the National Youth Union Eziz 
Ataballyev led CAO to Bayramaly, where a Mejlis Deputy and the 
Bayramaly Deputy Hakim, Oguljennet Garlyeva, provided a brief tour 
of a local polling station.  Polling stations are housed in 
government buildings, and the leadership of the given institute or 
group is generally the head of the polling station's own election 
committee. At the first station, an agricultural vocational school, 
the Mejlis deputy, as director of the school, was also head of the 
polling station election committee.  He took CAO through the actual 
polling booth -- which, ringed in a green curtain, contained a small 
desk with a pen.  Just outside the booth sat the transparent ballot 
box.  Ataballyev said it didn't matter if voters folded their 
completed ballots or not before dropping them into the box.  He also 
pointed out a seat with a sign indicating the spot for domestic 
observers to watch the election. 
 
14.  (U) The visit ended with a brief discussion between CAO and the 
school director.  The school offers three sets of courses: six 
month, one year, and two years, and accommodates 870 students.  The 
school offers computer classes; the directors anticipate 
introduction of Internet into these courses "soon."  The school 
feeds into Ashgabat's Agriculture University.  CAO later described 
to Garlyeva some Embassy programs of which the Institute could take 
advantage, such as English for Special Purposes or other curriculum 
specialists and trainers, and speaker programs. 
 
15.  (U) Garlyeva then accompanied CAO and POL/ECON LES to a second 
polling station housed at the Mary Water-Geological Expedition, 
where the Expedition director led CAO through the station and talked 
about the Expedition itself.  The Expedition members were sitting at 
tables with street names written on placards -- which will direct 
voters to which table they should register on February 11.  (NOTE: 
Local officials have evidently paid close attention to the optics of 
the polling stations -- still nearly a month before election day -- 
and were eager to show CAO every part of it.  The full polling 
station election committees were present at both stations to 
complete the picture.  END NOTE. ) 
 
16.  (U) The Expedition director seemed happy to have a captive 
audience to talk about his work and spent few words on the subject 
of the polling station or elections.  The Expedition began its work 
in the early 1950s and has drilled to supply Mary and Lebap with 
four different types of water for drinking, medical (sanatorium) and 
agro-industrial uses.  CAO described the sister-state relationship 
and recent efforts by the Nevada National Guard to connect with the 
Geology Institute and Desert Institute in Ashgabat, and encouraged 
the director to contact the Embassy to discuss further such 
cooperative research and exchange efforts. 
 
17.  (U) After the official visits, Garlyeva, Taganov and a large 
retinue of local officials accompanied CAO and POL/ECON LES to Merv 
for a tour of the Sultan Sanjar Mausoleum, a shrine and recently 
renovated mosque.  Garlyeva seemed sincerely open to CAO's 
suggestions and became increasingly anxious to appear hospitable and 
open as the visit lengthened. 
 
COMMENT 
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18.  (U) Evidently Mary is taking meticulous steps to implement the 
electoral process for this first-of-a-kind (in Turkmenistan) 
presidential vote and, per our local interlocutors' accounts, will 
overwhelmingly back its favorite-son nominee, Acting President 
Berdimukhammedov.  Congenial and fluent in legal and policy matters, 
Akhmedova could be a valuable partner in post outreach efforts after 
the elections, given her background in and support of educational 
and cultural programming. 
 
BRUSH