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Viewing cable 10DUSHANBE165, TAJIK ELECTIONS: THE CAMPAIGN THAT WASN'T

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10DUSHANBE165 2010-02-09 03:30 2011-08-30 01:44 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Dushanbe
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RR RUEHLN RUEHSK RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHDBU #0165/01 0400330
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 090330Z FEB 10
FM AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1222
INFO RUCNCIS/CIS COLLECTIVE
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 0425
RUEHDBU/AMEMBASSY DUSHANBE 2674
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 DUSHANBE 000165 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA/CEN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV TI
SUBJECT: TAJIK ELECTIONS: THE CAMPAIGN THAT WASN'T 
 
REF: A) DUSHANBE 112; B) 09 DUSHANBE 1336 
 
DUSHANBE 00000165  001.2 OF 003 
 
 
1. (SBU) SUMMARY: Pro-Rahmon parties and MPs are well-positioned 
to expand their dominance of the Majlisi Namoyandagon in 
February 28 parliamentary elections.  Opposition parties have 
waged lackluster campaigns, mostly relying on local officials to 
arrange their meetings with constituents.  Independent media, on 
its heels after officials filed lawsuits against five newspapers 
for defamation, have given limited space to the campaign.  The 
government has reneged on pledges to accredit non-partisan 
observers and facilitate debates on national television.  Few 
single-mandate districts will be competitive, with at least one 
race a lock for a new, pro-government "pocket party".  END 
SUMMARY 
 
 
 
ODIHR: POOR FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTIONS 
 
 
 
2. (SBU) On February 4, the OSCE's Office of Democratic 
Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) briefed diplomats on its 
initial assessment of Tajikistan's parliamentary election 
campaign.  ODIHR Chief Artis Pabriks said Tajikistan does not 
have a solid legal framework for elections because it did not 
adopt any of ODIHR's recommendations to improve its elections 
law.  There is no central voter register and election law does 
not provide for officials to issue observers copies of election 
results after they complete their vote counts.  Pabriks said the 
CCER promised to direct local polling stations to post a copy of 
vote totals for public viewing. 
 
 
 
3. (SBU) The CCER informed ODIHR it will not accredit 
non-partisan local observers to monitor elections, despite CCER 
Chief Boltuyev's oral commitments to Ambassador Gross and the 
OSCE (Reftel B).  Pabriks welcomed President Rahmon's public 
commitments to be "guarantor" of free elections, but noted that 
state media has covered the government's Roghun campaign far 
more than elections.  Overall media coverage of the campaign has 
been "low-key."  The CCER has not yet allotted political parties 
and candidates their 30 minutes and 15 minutes of respective 
airtime to address voters on national television.  Independent 
print media has published interviews with opposition party 
leaders, but have not been able to focus on election coverage 
since government officials sued five newspapers for slander in 
three separate cases. 
 
 
 
PUBLIC DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT PARTIES, BUT LIKES THE PDPT 
 
 
 
4. (SBU) Lack of coverage of opposition political parties has 
been good to the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT). 
 A public opinion poll by the USAID-funded International 
Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) reported that nine out 
of ten voters had a positive impression of the ruling party. 
However, almost half said they do not have enough information to 
make a wise voting decision.  Nine of ten said they heard little 
or nothing about the February 28 polls.  Seven in ten are 
unaware of any party's platform.  Voters' biggest concerns were 
electricity supply and corruption, with nearly nine in ten 
calling corruption a serious problem.  63% said they voted in 
the 2005 parliamentary election--well below the CCER's turnout 
figure of 92.5% and above ODIHR's estimates that the real 
turnout was around 30%.  (NOTE: These statistics should be 
considered with some skepticism; some Tajiks may be hesitant to 
criticize the ruling party when interviewed by a pollster.  END 
NOTE) 
 
 
 
PARTIES WAIT FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS TO TELL THEM WHEN TO CAMPAIGN 
 
 
 
5. (SBU) Officials are required to release a schedule of 
political meetings for each candidate to meet with voters.  Most 
candidates wait for officials to arrange these events.  Although 
candidates are allowed to organize their campaign events 
independently, many opposition candidates rely entirely on these 
official meetings to reach the public, arguing that traditional 
voter outreach is not possible in Tajikistan.  Candidates 
generally have not gone into the markets to shake hands, meet 
voters, and hand out party literature.  For the most part, party 
leaders have waged their campaign by attending roundtables and 
 
DUSHANBE 00000165  002.2 OF 003 
 
 
giving interviews to independent newspapers.  Opposition parties 
have not launched visible marketing campaigns, put up fliers, or 
held large, public rallies, citing lack of financing and their 
belief that the government would not permit them to do so. 
 
 
 
6. (SBU) A locally engaged Embassy employee, Muhibulloh Qurbon, 
running in Isfara district as an Islamic Renewal Party of 
Tajikistan (IRPT) candidate, said that local officials have 
arranged several meetings for him to interact with voters. 
Separately, however, officials have gathered community leaders 
and asked them to encourage residents in Isfara to vote for the 
PDPT. 
 
 
 
PDPT, POCKET PARTIES SET TO DOMINATE 
 
 
 
7. (SBU) The ruling party will maintain or expand its current 
majority in the Majlisi Namoyandagon and be joined by at least 
one new pro-government "pocket party", according to Abdughani 
Mamadazimov, head of Tajikistan's National Association of 
Political Scientists (NAPS).  He predicted that the IRPT would 
likely keep its two party-list seats, but had a chance to win 
one or two individual mandate races.  Most Tajiks viewed the 
IRPT as an "Islamist" party, despite Party Chairman Kabiri's 
efforts to play down religious elements of the IRPT's platform. 
"They know that the PDPT stands for electricity, Roghun, the 
President, and stability.  They think the IRPT are the people 
that started the civil war."  State media has recently aired 
Tajik civil war documentaries that the IRPT complains associates 
them with Islamist rebels. 
 
 
 
8. (SBU) Mamadzazimov predicted the Agrarian Party of Tajikistan 
(APT) and Party of Economic Reforms (PER), both created by the 
government since the last election, also would win seats.  The 
Communists would likely lose a couple of their five seats. 
Post's district-by-district analysis of the 41 single-mandate 
races predicts that only 8 to 10 races would be competitive in a 
free and fair poll.  In most districts, PDPT candidates are 
running against only token opposition (little known 
independents, APT, or PER candidates).  In several districts, 
only the PDPT is running candidates.  Mamadzazimov said that 
most voters knew that elections were scheduled for February 28, 
but few had any idea what they were for or who would be running. 
 
 
 
NO NATIONAL DEBATES OR INDEPENDENT LOCAL OBSERVERS 
 
 
 
7. (SBU) The European Union funded NAPS to organize nationally 
broadcast pre-election debates on state television and train 800 
local, non-partisan observers to monitor the elections.  On both 
counts, the government broke its oral commitments to facilitate 
these initiatives.  NAPS was unable to get state television to 
agree to broadcast debates.  While television officials did not 
reject the proposal outright, they effectively quashed the plan 
with bureaucratic delays and requirements.  IFES was also unable 
to arrange a party debate on state television. The CCER 
explained that because there is no specific legal provision for 
accreditation of non-partisan observers, they would not accredit 
NGO-representatives trained by NAPS.  NAPS is now focusing on 
training local party observers. 
 
 
 
8. (SBU) Based on Post's analysis of single-mandate races, we 
will deploy Embassy monitors to eight target districts where 
competitive opposition candidates are running.  The Embassy 
plans to deploy 32 U.S. and Locally Engaged Staff, including 
four U.S. staff members who will be accredited as ODIHR locally 
recruited observers.  The CCER gave an oral commitment to 
accredit both U.S. and Locally Engaged Staff.  The Embassy plans 
to deploy observers to Rudaki district, Rasht district, 
Konibodom district, Kulob district, Gorno Badakhsan, and three 
districts in Dushanbe. 
 
 
 
9. COMMENT: Given the public's lack of awareness of opposition 
parties due to the lack of election coverage by state and 
independent media, the government does not need to commit 
 
DUSHANBE 00000165  003.2 OF 003 
 
 
widespread fraud to secure another majority for the PDPT and 
pocket parties, although fraud is likely in close races.  By 
torpedoing plans for a nationally televised debate and limiting 
media election coverage, the government has managed to keep the 
public ignorant of political discourse.  The political parties 
have done little to change the status quo; they are so 
accustomed to being denied the opportunity to interact with 
voters that they make little effort to get out and meet the 
people.  The CCER's refusal to accredit independent observers, 
after pledging otherwise to the Embassy, is a reminder that it 
should not be taken too seriously when it makes commitments to 
conduct free and fair elections.  END COMMENT 
QUAST