US embassy cable - 05SANTODOMINGO5339

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ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Identifier: 05SANTODOMINGO5339
Wikileaks: View 05SANTODOMINGO5339 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Santo Domingo
Created: 2005-12-10 18:00:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: BO PGOV PREL DR Demarches
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L SANTO DOMINGO 005339 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR WHA/AND AND WHA/CAR-SEARBY 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 12/07/2020 
TAGS: BO, PGOV, PREL, DR, Demarches 
SUBJECT: ENGAGING THE REGION ON BOLIVIA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
 
REF: STATE 221306 
 
Classified By: Acting Economic and Political Counselor Bainbridge Cowel 
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1. (C) Embassy on December 7 delivered reftel talking points 
to MFA South America director Juany Mejia de Gil, requesting 
the Dominican Republic's collaboration with the international 
effort to ensure free and fair elections in Bolivia and 
democratic stability for that nation. 
 
2. (C) On December 9, Mejia de Gil informed us that the 
Dominican Republic would respond to an invitation received 
directly from the Bolivian Government to send election 
observers.  The Central Election Board (JCE) here will send 
three of its nine judges as a delegation to observe the 
December 18 election in Bolivia.  The observers will be: 
 
JCE Administrative Chamber president Nelson Gomez 
 
JCE Administrative Chamber judge Rafael Diaz Vasquez 
 
JCE Dispute Resolution Chamber judge Ramon Hernandez 
Dominguez 
 
3. (C) Political officer encouraged the Dominican Republic to 
make supportive public statements before, during, and/or 
after the December 18 election. 
 
4. (C) Mejia de Gil anticipated that the JCE "probably will 
make an announcement," but that it would be decided and 
issued by the JCE.  She said the MFA would wait to see how 
the election process turned out before deciding what sort of 
message to send, perhaps through diplomatic channels. 
HERTELL 

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