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### Viewing cable 06BOGOTA5297, PROFILE: ANGELINO GARZON, GOVERNOR OF VALLE DEL

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06BOGOTA5297 | 2006-06-13 18:06 | 2011-02-26 16:04 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Bogota
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    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 5900
    INFO RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 7826
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    C O N F I D E N T I A L BOGOTA 005297

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/12/2016
    TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR CO
    SUBJECT: PROFILE: ANGELINO GARZON, GOVERNOR OF VALLE DEL
    CAUCA

    REF: BOGOTA 002030

    Classified By: CDA Milton K. Drucker
    Reason: 1.4 (b,d)

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    Summary
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    ¶1.  (C) Valle del Cauca Governor Angelino Garzon is one of
    the most prominent representatives of the moderate left in
    Colombia and regarded as a possible presidential candidate
    from the Polo DemocraticoAlternativo party in 2010.  Garzon
    has privately scorned more radical members of the Polo.  He
    said a Polo leader who has had executive responsibility in
    office making concrete decisions (i.e., like a governor or
    mayor), rather than a member of Congress, would be Polo's
    most effective standard bearer in a presidential contest.
    Garzon demurred when asked recently about his own national
    ambitions, instead lauding the performance of Bogota's Polo
    Mayor, LuchoGarzon.  End summary.

    -----------------------------------
    Background: Constructive Negotiator
    -----------------------------------

    ¶2. (C)  Garzon's early career was as a trade unionist, most
    recently as President of Colombia's largest labor federation,
    the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT).  He served as an
    executive of two left-wing movements, the Union Patriotica
    (1988-90) and the political arm of the M-19 guerrillas
    (1991-4).  Garzon's roots in collective bargaining and
    activism later served him in his role as constituyente, or
    member of the 1991 assembly that followed a peace accord
    between the GOC and M-19 armed rebels.  In that assembly he
    co-authored Colombia's current constitution.  In the late
    1990s President Pastrana appointed Garzon Minister of Labor,
    involving him in the (failed) peace talks with the FARC at
    Caguan.  In recent years Garzon has been active in several
    high-level commissions seeking humanitarian exchange with the
    guerillas and negotiated solutions to the conflict.  Analysts
    said his 2003 election as governor (with a record-breaking
    number of votes) was a blow to the FARC, as proof that a
    leftist candidate could achieve power through democratic
    means.

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    Disciplined, Bipartisan, and Pluralist
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    ¶3. (C)  In person, Garzon is slow to make an impression.  He
    speaks quietly and sedately without the usual animation of a
    politician.  As he warms to his subject, however, he speaks
    with conviction, not just of immediate issues but also making
    reference to the principles behind his policies.  He
    emphasized three core values to poloffs in recent meetings:

    - Hard work and duty.  Garzon said too many mayors and
    governors see their jobs as honorary posts of prestige and
    status; they "still don't get it," he said, that they are in
    public service.  The governor is well known for working long
    hours.  He openly admires President Uribe's renowned work
    ethic, and credits Uribe for influencing the public sector
    towards greater discipline.  When asked about his future
    plans, he replied that his only focus is to meet his goals as
    Governor, to run for future office on a substantive record of
    accomplishments.

    - Bipartisan governance.  The Governor is a prominent member
    of the Polo, but in practice is more pragmatic than partisan.
     He emphasized his institutional role over his political
    affiliation, stressing the need for departmental and local
    authorities to work with national governments of any stripe.
    He distinguished between the candidate Alvaro Uribe, from
    whom he kept a proper distance, versus President Uribe with
    whom he collaborated.  He expressed frustration with Polo
    members who had criticized him for cooperating with Uribe.
    The business community in Cali that initially distrusted his
    labor roots has come to appreciate his pragmatic approach.

    - Dialogue with citizens.  Garzon has instituted forums in
    which representatives of economic and social interest groups
    talk to each other and with the government.  Forums are held
    before a direct audience of citizens and are relayed to the
    broader community by public television.  The governor
    emphasized his "pedagogical" role in the development of
    civic-mindedness and public institutions.  Public contact

    seemed to be a welcome respite from the isolation of his
    office: referring to the elite circles in which he now
    travels, he spoke of being a "prisoner in stratum six."

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    FTA Supporter
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    ¶4.  (C) Garzon disagreed with his party's rejection of the
    Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S., saying the Uribe
    Administration needed to do a better job of explaining the
    text.  In Garzon's view, the FTA would benefit some sectors
    and harm others.  Those who would benefit (like major sugar
    and ethanol producers in Valle) should help make the case,
    while the national government should help those who stand to
    lose.  Garzon said the GOC should hold public meetings to
    listen to the concerns of those negatively affected.  He said
    many times critics needed to believe their concerns had been
    aired and that their interests were taken into account.

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    Presidential Ambitions?
    -----------------------

    ¶5.  (C) Garzon was noncommital when asked recently about his
    own presidential ambitions in 2010, instead praising the work
    of Bogota's Polo Mayor, LuchoGarzon (no relation).  The
    Valle Governor said Lucho had performed responsibly in office
    and understood the need to improve citizens' lives through
    concrete, practical initiatives.  He distinguished such
    efforts from the "irresponsible" actions of "radical" members
    of Congress, among whom he named leading Polo congressman
    Gustavo Petro (soon to be Senator).  According to Garzon,
    Petro and others in the Polo were not in a position of making
    hard management choices and not the party's best candidates
    for higher office.

    DRUCKER

    =======================CABLE ENDS============================

    Classified By: CDA Milton K. Drucker
    Rea...

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