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Viewing cable 00HARARE6388, ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP

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00HARARE6388 2000-11-15 05:27 2011-08-30 01:44 CONFIDENTIAL Embassy Harare
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150527Z Nov 00


                           CONFIDENTIAL     PTQ9196

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ACTION AF-00    

INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    AID-00   AMAD-00  CIAE-00  INL-00   DODE-00  
      SRPP-00  DS-00    EB-00    EUR-00   VC-00    H-01     TEDE-00  
      INR-00   IO-00    L-00     VCE-00   AC-01    NSAE-00  OIC-02   
      OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00    PM-00    PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00     
      SP-00    STR-00   TRSE-00  USIE-00  PMB-00   DSCC-00  PRM-02   
      DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00  SAS-00   SWCI-00    /010W
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FM AMEMBASSY HARARE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7617
INFO NSC WASHDC PRIORITY
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 03 HARARE 006388 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH 
 
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY 
 
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS 
 
PASS USTR FOR ROSA WHITAKER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/14/10 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
 
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THE HEAT ON JUDICIARY 
 
REFTEL: HARARE 6330 
 
CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR TOM MCDONALD FOR REASONS: 1.5 
(B) AND (D). 
 
1.  (C) SUMMARY: ZANU-PF DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP THE 
HEAT ON ZIMBABWE'S JUDICIARY IN AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERMINE 
THE ONLY GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION THAT STILL RETAINS SOME 
INDEPENDENCE FROM THE RULING PARTY.  SO FAR, THE THREATS 
ARE RHETORICAL IN NATURE, BUT THEY ARE BECOMING MORE 
FREQUENT AND DIRECT.  ZIMBABWE'S SUPREME COURT IS 
CURRENTLY HEARING A CASE BROUGHT BY THE COMMERCIAL 
FARMERS ON THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 
FARM SEIZURES, WHICH HAS LED TO CALLS BY ZANU-PF FOR 
CHIEF JUSTICE GUBBAY'S RESIGNATION.  OTHER JUDGES ARE 
INCREASINGLY FEARFUL THAT GOVERNMENT HARASSMENT OR 
THREATS AGAINST THEIR PERSON ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 
UP UNTIL NOW, THE GOVERNMENT HAS IGNORED COURT RULINGS 
THAT COULD DISRUPT THE RULING PARTY'S PLANS TO STAY IN 
POWER, AND MAY SEE LITTLE REASON TO AGGRESSIVELY 
INTIMIDATE JUDGES, AS IT HAS OTHER OPPONENTS.  HOWEVER, 
PRESIDENT MUGABE, INCREASINGLY DESPERATE TO CLING TO 
POWER, IS MORE APT TO LASH OUT AT PERCEIVED ENEMIES, AND 
ATTACKS ON THE JUDICIARY BEAR CLOSE WATCHING.  END 
SUMMARY. 
 
2.  (U) ON NOVEMBER 1, MINISTER OF STATE FOR INFORMATION 
AND PUBLICITY JONATHAN MOYO CALLED FOR THE RESIGNATION 
OF SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY.  GUBBAY 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
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IS HEARING THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION'S (CFU) LEGAL 
CHALLENGE TO THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S 
FAST-TRACK LAND RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM.  MOYO STATED THAT 
IF GUBBAY DOES NOT RESIGN, HE SHOULD REMOVE HIMSELF FROM 
THE CFU CASE AND OTHERS ON WHICH HE HAS ALREADY 
COMMENTED PUBLICLY, CITING GUBBAY'S 1991 COMMENTS ABOUT 
THE UNFEASIBILITY OF LAND REFORM IN ZIMBABWE.  TO ADD 
PRESSURE ON GUBBAY, TWO ZANU-PF PARLIAMENTARIANS, PHILIP 
CHIYANGWA AND RICHARD MAJANGE, ARE DRAWING UP A MOTION, 
WITH THE HELP OF A 12-MEMBER ZANU-PF LEGAL COMMITTEE, 
THAT CALLS FOR PRESIDENT MUGABE TO SET UP A TRIBUNAL TO 
INVESTIGATE GUBBAY'S "ABUSE OF POWER."  THE DRAFT MOTION 
DOES NOT LIST ANY SPECIFIC CHARGES, ACCORDING TO THE 
NOVEMBER 2 "THE FINANCIAL GAZETTE."  THE MOTION WAS DUE 
TO BE TABLED IN PARLIAMENT WHEN IT RECONVENES NOVEMBER 
16 TO CONSIDER THE BUDGET, BUT A CHECK WITH PARLIAMENT 
OFFICIALS REVEALED THAT THE MEASURE HAS YET TO BE LISTED 
ON PARLIAMENT'S AGENDA. 
 
3.  (C) IN A CONVERSATION WITH DCM AND POLOFF ON 
NOVEMBER 2, HIGH COURT JUSTICE YUNUS OMERJEE REPORTED 
THAT HE IS INCREASINGLY FEARFUL THAT GOVERNMENT 
HARASSMENT AND INTIMIDATION ARE JUST AROUND THE CORNER. 
THE LATEST ROUND OF RHETORICAL ATTACKS AGAINST THE 
JUDICIARY HAS REDUCED MORALE TO AN ALL-TIME LOW, 
ACCORDING TO OMERJEE.  JUDGES ARE AFRAID TO BE SEEN WITH 
AMERICANS AND OTHER WESTERNERS OUT OF FEAR OF COMING 
UNDER GREATER SCRUTINY BY THE SECURITY SERVICES.  THEY 
ARE TRYING TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE AT LEAST UNTIL THE 
CURRENT COURT SESSION FINISHES AT THE END OF NOVEMBER. 
OMERJEE STATED THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW OF ANY JUDGES WHO 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
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HAVE RECEIVED THREATS OR WHO HAVE BEEN HARASSED, BUT HE 
BELIEVES THAT IT MAY NOT BE LONG BEFORE IT STARTS. 
 
4.  (C) UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE POLITICAL SCIENCE 
PROFESSOR JOHN MAKUMBE CHARACTERIZED THE LATEST UPTURN 
IN ATTACKS ON THE JUDICIARY AS MUGABE PLAYING THE "RACE 
CARD."  MUGABE IS SO INFURIATED WITH WHITE ZIMBABWEANS, 
HE IS GOING TO MAKE ALL THEIR LIVES MISERABLE, MAKUMBE 
OPINED (MOST OF ZIMBABWE'S HIGH COURT AND SUPREME COURT 
JUSTICES ARE WHITE).  MAKUMBE BELIEVES THAT IF MUGABE 
CANNOT FORCE JUDGES TO RESIGN OUTRIGHT, HE WILL 
"PAUPERIZE" THEM ONCE THEY RETIRE.  HE CITED THE CASE OF 
A JUDGE WHO RETIRED A FEW YEARS AGO AND HAD MADE 
CONTROVERSIAL JUDGEMENTS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.  THE 
GOVERNMENT VIRTUAL CUT OFF HIS PENSION AND STOPPED 
PROVIDING THE PERKS HE WAS ENTITLED TO UNDER HIS 
RETIREMENT CONTRACT.  THE JUDGE WAS FORCED TO SELL HIS 
HOME AND FURNISHINGS AT AUCTION, AND NOW LIVES IN 
POVERTY, ACCORDING TO MAKUMBE.  (COMMENT: MAKUMBE MAY 
HAVE BEEN REFERRING TO FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE ENOCH 
DUMBUTSHENA, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NOW-DEFUNCT 
FORUM PARTY.  END COMMENT.)  THREE JUDGES WILL BE COMING 
UP FOR RETIREMENT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MAKUMBE ADDED. 
 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
                           CONFIDENTIAL     PTQ9197 
 
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ACTION AF-00 
 
INFO  LOG-00   NP-00    AID-00   AMAD-00  CIAE-00  INL-00   DODE-00 
      SRPP-00  DS-00    EB-00    EUR-00   VC-00    H-01     TEDE-00 
      INR-00   IO-00    L-00     VCE-00   AC-01    NSAE-00  OIC-02 
      OMB-01   OPIC-01  PA-00    PM-00    PRS-00   ACE-00   P-00 
      SP-00    STR-00   TRSE-00  USIE-00  PMB-00   DSCC-00  PRM-02 
      DRL-02   G-00     NFAT-00  SAS-00   SWCI-00    /010W 
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P 150527Z NOV 00 
FM AMEMBASSY HARARE 
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7618 
INFO NSC WASHDC PRIORITY 
SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY 
AMEMBASSY NAIROBI 
 
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 02 OF 03 HARARE 006388 
 
SIPDIS 
 
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH 
 
LONDON FOR CHARLES GURNEY 
 
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS 
 
PASS USTR FOR ROSA WHITAKER 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/14/10 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM ZI ZANU PF
SUBJECT: ZIMBABWE RULING PARTY DEMAGOGUES ARE TURNING UP 
                       CONFIDENTIAL 
 
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5.  (C) POLOFF MET HIGH COURT JUSTICE FERGUS BLACKIE 
NOVEMBER 9 TO GET HIS ASSESSMENT OF THREATS AGAINST THE 
JUDICIARY.  BLACKIE IS KNOWN RECENTLY FOR HIS DECISION 
TO PROHIBIT ZANU-PF FROM SPENDING THE MDC'S SHARE OF 
GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR POLITICAL PARTIES UNTIL A RULING 
IS MADE.  (AT A NOVEMBER 14 HEARING, THE GOVERNMENT WAS 
DUE TO PRESENT EVIDENCE THAT THE MDC DID NOT SUBMIT THE 
PROPER PAPERWORK FOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING BY THE JUNE 
DEADLINE.)  BLACKIE SAID THAT NEITHER HE NOR ANY OF HIS 
COLLEAGUES HAVE RECEIVED THREATS AGAINST THEIR PERSON-- 
YET.  HE BELIEVES INSTEAD THAT THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 
ORGANIZATION (CIO) IS CONDUCTING "RESEARCH" TO DIG UP 
DIRT ON THE JUSTICES TO DISCREDIT THEM OR BLACKMAIL THEM 
INTO RESIGNING.  IT WOULD BE EASIER THAN DISMISSING THEM 
BECAUSE JUSTICES CAN BE DISMISSED ONLY AFTER A LONG, 
CUMBERSOME PROCESS THAT REQUIRES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 
TRIBUNAL, BLACKIE STATED. 
 
6.  (C) IT IS NO SECRET THAT GODFREY CHIDIYASIKU, THE 
JUDGE PRESIDENT OF THE HIGH COURT, IS A ZANU-PF 
LOYALIST, AND HIS ADMINISTRATION OF THE COURT HAS BEEN 
BIASED, BLACKIE CONTINUED.  (THE JUDGE PRESIDENT IS 
CHARGED WITH ASSIGNING COURT CASES.)  THERE ARE AT LEAST 
TWO OTHER HIGH COURT JUSTICES, OUT OF 15, WHO HAVE PRO- 
GOVERNMENT LEANINGS, BLACKIE BELIEVES.  HIGH AND SUPREME 
COURT JUSTICES ARE APPOINTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO TERMS 
THAT EXTEND UNTIL RETIREMENT; JUSTICES MUST RETIRE AT 
THE AGE OF 65 UNLESS THEY GET A MEDICAL PERMIT STATING 
THAT THEY ARE MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY FIT, IN WHICH CASE 
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THEY CAN SERVE UNTIL 70.  HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE SEES 
THE JUDICIARY AS THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN 
ZIMBABWEANS AND A "SLIDE INTO DICTATORSHIP." 
 
7.  (C) SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ANTHONY GUBBAY 
(STRICTLY PROTECT) TOLD POLOFF NOVEMBER 10 THAT HE 
BELIEVES HE IS IN A MORE VULNERABLE POSITION THAN THE 
OTHER JUSTICES.  THE PRESIDENT CAN SUSPEND THE CHIEF 
JUSTICE ON ANY GROUNDS, BUT HE CANNOT SUSPEND THE OTHER 
SUPREME AND HIGH COURT JUSTICES--ONLY THE CHIEF JUSTICE 
CAN, AND ONLY FOR MALFEASANCE OR INCOMPETENCE, ACCORDING 
TO GUBBAY.  THIS LEAVES GUBBAY PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE 
TO THE WHIMS OF THE PRESIDENT, BUT HE DOES NOT THINK 
THAT MUGABE WILL ACT AGAINST HIM IN THE NEAR FUTURE, 
DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT RHETORIC CALLING FOR HIS 
RESIGNATION.  (GUBBAY IS DUE TO RETIRE IN 2002.) 
VISIBLY PERTURBED, THE CHIEF JUSTICE CHARACTERIZED 
JONATHAN MOYO'S STATEMENT ABOUT HIS 1991 REMARKS ON LAND 
REFORM AS "COMPLETELY FALSE" AND SAID THAT THE JUSTICE'S 
FULL STATEMENT PRINTED IN "THE HERALD" UNWITTINGLY 
PROVED THAT MOYO WAS LYING ABOUT THE CHIEF JUSTICE'S 
RECORD. 
 
8.  (C) GUBBAY WENT ON TO SAY HE WAS RELIEVED THAT 
VOTERS REJECTED THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED CONSTITUTION 
IN THE FEBRUARY REFERENDUM BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE REMOVED 
THE SUPREME COURT'S AUTHORITY TO HEAR CONSTITUTIONAL 
CASES.  IT WOULD HAVE ESTABLISHED A SPECIAL 
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT THAT MUGABE WOULD HAVE BEEN FREE TO 
PACK WITH HIS SUPPORTERS.  THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION WOULD 
ALSO HAVE INCREASED THE SUPREME COURT'S NUMBERS FROM 
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FIVE TO 11 AND GIVEN MUGABE THE ABILITY TO PACK THAT 
COURT AS WELL.  WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT IGNORING 
THE SUPREME COURT'S ORDERS, GUBBAY EMPHASIZED THAT THE 
GOZ HAS ONLY RECENTLY IGNORED RULINGS PERTAINING TO 
LAND, AND HAS GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE COURT'S ORDERS. 
 
9.  (C) THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE SUPREME COURT'S 
NOVEMBER 10 RULING (REFTEL) THAT THE FARM OCCUPATIONS 
ARE ILLEGAL AND MUST END HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY 
LACKLUSTER.  SOME MINISTERS, SUCH AS LANDS, AGRICULTURE 
AND RESETTLEMENT MINISTER JOSEPH MADE WENT AS FAR TO 
SUGGEST THE GOVERNMENT WOULD COMPLY WITH THE SUPREME 
COURT'S ORDER.  INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO, WHO 
HAS MADE A HABIT OF ATTACKING THE JUDICIARY, PASSED UP 
THE OPPORTUNITY THIS TIME AND INSTEAD PORTRAYED THE 
RULING AS A REAFFIRMATION OF WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
BEEN TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH ALL ALONG ON LAND REFORM.  THE 
SUPREME COURT IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS, YET, HOWEVER, AS 
THE RECENT RULING WAS ONLY A RESPONSE TO AN URGENT 
APPLICATION BY THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS' UNION (CFU) ON 
THE LEGALITY OF THE FARM OCCUPATIONS.  THE CHIEF JUSTICE 
TOLD POLOFF THAT THE CFU'S CHALLENGE ON THE 
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE GOVERNMENT'S WHOLE RESETTLEMENT 
SCHEME IS STILL BEFORE THE COURT.  GUBBAY SAID THAT THE 
 
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CASE WILL LIKELY TAKE MONTHS TO RESOLVE, AND A RULING 
WON'T BE FORTHCOMING UNTIL JANUARY AT THE EARLIEST. 
 
10.  (C) COMMENT: ALTHOUGH WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT THE 
GOVERNMENT APPEARS TO BE WITHHOLDING JUDGMENT FOR THE 
TIME-BEING ON THE COURT'S RULING, THE JUDICIARY OPERATES 
IN A MORE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT NOW THAN IT DID TWO MONTHS 
AGO.  MANY JUSTICES ARE RELUCTANT TO BE SEEN IN PUBLIC 
WITH AMERICANS AND OTHER WESTERNERS OUT OF FEAR OF 
COMING UNDER GREATER SCRUTINY FROM THE SECURITY 
SERVICES.  ALL HAVE TOLD US THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERBAL 
ATTACKS HAVE ADDED PRESSURE TO THEIR ALREADY STRESSFUL 
JOBS, AND THEY FEAR THAT IT COULD STILL TURN INTO 
OUTRIGHT INTIMIDATION.  UP UNTIL NOW, THE GOVERNMENT HAS 
IGNORED COURT RULINGS THAT WOULD DISRUPT ITS LAND REFORM 
PROGRAM, AND IT MAY SEE LITTLE REASON TO AGGRESSIVELY 
INTIMIDATE JUDGES, AS IT HAS OTHER OPPONENTS.  HOWEVER, 
PRESIDENT MUGABE, WHO SEES HIMSELF AS UNDER SIEGE FROM 
ALL SIDES, IS MORE LIKELY TO TURN THE FORCES OF VIOLENCE 
ON HIS PERCEIVED ENEMIES THAN EVER BEFORE.  HE HAS YET 
TO CROSS THAT LINE WITH THE JUDICIARY, BUT ANY ATTACKS 
ON THE LAST BASTION OF OBJECTIVE GOVERNMENT IN ZIMBABWE 
BEAR CLOSE WATCHING.  WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY MEET 
WITH JUSTICES TO SHOW THEM SUPPORT AND CONCERN.  END 
COMMENT. 
 
MCDONALD 
 
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