Wikileaks Update(11) -Ethiocables

S E C R E T ADDIS ABABA 001361 
 
NOFORN 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/E 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/12/2028 
TAGS: PGOV PREL ASEC ET
SUBJECT: ETHIOPIA: SCHOLARS OFFER VIEWS ON 2010 ELECTIONS 
AND THE WAY FORWARD (PART V OF V) 
 
REF: A. ADDIS ABABA 1357 
     ¶B. ADDIS ABABA 1358 
     ¶C. ADDIS ABABA 1359 
     ¶D. ADDIS ABABA 1360 
     ¶E. ADDIS ABABA 1111 
     ¶F. ADDIS ABABA 1229 
 
Classified By: Ambassador Donald Yamamoto.  Reasons 1.4(b) and (d). 
 
PART V OF V.  THIS FIVE-PART CABLE DETAILS ETHIOPIAN 
SCHOLARS' VIEWS ON THE ETHIOPIAN POLITY. 
 
Summary 
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¶1. (S/NF) Parts I-IV of this series (refs A, B, C, D) 
outlined how, in the views of Ethiopian scholars, the ruling 
Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) is 
consolidating de facto one-party rule, weakening state 
institutions, and creating conditions that risk Ethiopia's 
stability.  Interviewed following the EPRDF's landslide 
victory in the April 2008 local elections (ref E), the 
Ethiopian scholars divided roughly into two camps: 
Pluralists, who favored participatory democracy, and 
Statists, who favored a dominant EPRDF.  In this Part V, 
Pluralists and Statists offered their prescriptions on the 
way forward.  While Pluralists were generally pessimistic 
about prospects for greater space for mainstream political 
opposition in the upcoming 2010 national elections, Statists 
held out hope that the EPRDF will reform internally.  The 
Pluralists and Statists differed in their views on any 
potential United States response to Ethiopia's internal 
developments, with Statists arguing that the United States 
should stay out of Ethiopia's domestic politics and only urge 
the EPRDF to open the economy, and the Pluralists arguing 
that the United States should use its leverage to create 
necessary space for mainstream political opposition.  This 
Part V further reviews the scholars views presented in Parts 
I-V.  In light of the scholars' views and other Post 
reporting, the Ambassador has begun approaching the EPRDF at 
the highest levels and frankly express our concerns that the 
EPRDF's current actions may adversely affect our mutual 
interest in the Ethiopian state's long term viability.  These 
discussions will encourage the TPLF-led Politburo to explain 
clearly how their consolidation of power enhances, rather 
than retards, the welfare and security of the Ethiopian 
state. End Summary. 
 
The 2010 Elections and the Way Forward 
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To Read more go through the followings links:

Confidential Meetings with Ethiopian Scholars 
 
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/05/08ADDISABABA1357.html
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/05/08ADDISABABA1358.html
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/05/08ADDISABABA1359.html
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/05/08ADDISABABA1360.html
http://wikileaks.org/cable/2008/05/08ADDISABABA1361.html
http://www.ethiomedia.com/andnen/wikileaks_090311.html
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