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Viewing cable 09LAPAZ131, EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM

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09LAPAZ131 2009-01-29 11:11 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy La Paz
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SUBJECT: EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM 
 
1. Summary:  The European Union Electoral Observation Mission 
(EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement 
regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum.  Although 
the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the 
"electorate could in general freely exercise their right to 
vote," it also makes several criticisms: the lack of a 
functioning judicial branch; a high level of propaganda in 
state-owned media; problems with the voter rolls; government 
pressure on public employees to vote for the constitution; 
bias by the National Electoral Court (CNE); lack of secret 
voting in some districts; and the disenfranchisement of an 
estimated two million Bolivians.  End summary. 
 
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First, the Good News 
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2. The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU 
EOM)'s Preliminary Statement on Bolivia's January 25 
constitutional referendum lauds the government for a 
referendum in which the "electorate could in general freely 
exercise their right to vote" and "a generally positive 
atmosphere," and compliments the National Electoral Court 
(CNE) specifically for administering the elections in a 
"largely professional, transparent, and independent manner." 
 
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Democratic Institutions Failing 
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3. The bulk of the report, however, is dedicated to 
chronicling deficiencies in the electoral process.  Placing 
the referendum in a larger Bolivian context, the report 
criticizes the increasing weakness of Bolivia's judicial 
branch.  It notes that both the country's Constitutional 
Tribunal and the CNE are "not functioning properly because 
they have no quorum or lack key members."  The report states 
there is no legislative body to review or check executive 
branch actions, adding "Vacant posts in the Constitutional 
Court impede... legal redress for constitutional matters and 
fundamental rights."  The report further questions the 
overall legality of the referendum:  "Some members of the 
Supreme Court have indicated that... the whole process to 
pass the proposed constitution and to call for a Referendum 
on the same might be unconstitutional....  The Constitutional 
Court did not have an opportunity to review the referendum 
question for the ballot paper...."  (Note: the Constitutional 
Tribunal (or Court) has been essentially defunct for over a 
year and has only one out of its allotted ten members.  The 
Tribunal must have a quorum of three people to operate.  The 
last member has threatened to resign over executive branch 
actions.  The Tribunal now has a backlog of over 3,500 cases, 
or more than three years of work.  End note.) 
 
4. The report goes on to note that social groups affiliated 
with the ruling Movement Toward Socialism party pressured the 
legislative branch to accede to the vote on the proposed 
constitution.  "To put pressure on the politicians in 
Congress, some 100,000 citizens marched from Oruro to La Paz, 
demanding that a referendum be held on the constitution. 
President Evo Morales joined the march.  On 21 October 2008 a 
qualified majority of Congress bowed to this social 
pressure."  (Note: In one of a number of earlier similar 
"social pressure" marches, government-affiliated social 
groups surrounded the Constituent Assembly and prevented 
opposition members from voting to amend the proposed 
constitutional text.  End note.) 
 
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State-Sponsored Propaganda 
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5. The EU EOM found an inappropriate and widespread use of 
"institutional propaganda" in the run-up to the referendum: 
"Several Governmental Ministries openly made propaganda for 
the (proposed constitution) through radio and TV spots and 
through newspaper advertisements."  On the other hand, the 
report noted that some departments (states) contributed funds 
for the constitution, while others contributed funds against 
it.  Perhaps most importantly, it found that state-owned 
media was used to manipulate voter sentiment.  "The 
state-owned television channel and radio station... showed 
clear bias in favor of the 'Yes' campaign... (State 
television) awarded 46 percent of its referendum information 
during the main prime time news editions to the 'Yes' 
campaign and only four percent to the 'No.'"  The report also 
noted that according to law, "candidates and political 
parties shall be guaranteed equal conditions of access to the 
state-owned media through the broadcasting of free air time. 
In an unwelcome initiative, this guarantee of equal access 
was suspended." 
 
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Faulty Electoral Register 
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6. The report made note of a significant drop in registered 
voters (from 4.05 million to 3.89 million, or over 150,000 
voters).  The report cited civil society groups--such as 
election observers Bolivia Transparente--and former CNE 
members as having "doubts as to whether the register contains 
the names of all those Bolivians registered to vote in 
accordance with the principle 'one person, one vote.'"  The 
report stated that many civic society groups were "concerned 
that the formulation of the register may be such to allow 
multiple voting." 
 
7. According to the EU EOM, there was significant concern 
among the voting population before the referendum about the 
security of the electoral register.  The electoral register 
depends on the civil registry as a main source of data, and 
the EU EOM report noted that a 2006 national program designed 
to provide free civil registration was heavily criticized: 
"Its modus operandi was lacking transparency as regards data 
collection procedures and consolidation methods."  As a 
result, there are concerns that some people are voting 
multiple times while others have been dropped from the 
electoral register without cause.  On the day of voting, "EU 
observers noted that 53 percent of those who had been removed 
from the electoral register were not adequately informed by 
polling station staff as to why they were removed and what 
their next course of action should be." 
 
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Pressure Techniques 
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8. The EU EOM found the government and government-affiliated 
social groups inappropriately pressured people to vote for 
the constitution.  The report said that in Pando and other 
departments, "public employees were allegedly pressured to 
attend campaign activities in favor of the constitution at 
the risk of losing their jobs.  It was reported to the EU EOM 
that some had lost their jobs at the Prefecture (state 
government) for taking part in the 'No' campaign."  The 
report also noted that "several influential 
(government-aligned) organizations pressured their members to 
attend campaign rallies and issued direct instructions 
informing them on how to vote." 
 
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CNE Bias 
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9. As part of an education campaign before the referendum, 
the report notes that the CNE published and distributed two 
million booklets comparing the then-current constitution with 
the proposed text and that the CNE purposefully left out key 
elements in its analysis.  "The CNE acknowledges that 
potentially contentious points, including religion, 
indigenous traditional justice, the use and property of 
natural resources and the constitutional acknowledgment of 
coca were left out to avoid political polemics."  The report 
also criticized the CNE's voting materials, saying, "The 
formulation of the question on the ballot paper did not seem 
totally neutral, and the Constitutional Court did not review 
the formulation." 
 
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Lack of Secret Voting 
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10. The report stated that the issue of 'community voting' 
was "highlighted by several interlocutors who indicate that 
the principle of the secrecy of suffrage may be violated in 
that the vote of some rural communities is decided upon in 
advance by assembly or by the union.  The EU EOM did not 
observe this practice."  The EU EOM states "Secrecy of the 
vote was generally respected in 91 percent of observed 
polling stations, with few exceptions relating to voters who 
were either accompanied by non-authorized persons or were 
instructed by either delegates or polling stations staff on 
how to vote."  (Note: According to the initial OAS report, 
OAS observers delivered to the CNE "evidence of violations of 
secret voting in six locations of Omasuyos, La Paz, and in 
the Chapare, Cochabamba."  End note.) 
 
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Disenfranchisement 
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11. Bolivia's population is estimated at between nine and ten 
million people.  The report criticized that "no provisions 
were made for out-of-country voting," which led to the 
disenfranchising of approximately two million Bolivians 
living abroad. 
 
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Results Consolidation 
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12. The report complimented the overall administration by the 
CNE, saying that "results consolidation at departmental 
electoral court and CNE levels has so far been conducted in a 
satisfactory manner.  Results from each polling station are 
scanned and placed online for public perusal, lending 
transparency to the consolidation process." 
 
LAMBERT