By Matthew Russell Lee
www.innercitypress.com/un2gbissau011110.html
UNITED NATIONS, January 11 -- Guinea Bissau accused attempted coup leader Bubo Na Tchut sought refuged in the UN in the country in the last week of 2009. Now, the UN has agreed to turn him over to authorities. What is behind it?
Inner City Press at the new UN Headquarters building in New York on January 11 asked several senior UN officials. They were quick to argue that the turn over is not what it appears. We can't offer immunity, said one. We can't offer protection. So we negotiated his surrender.
This might be contrasted to Brazil's protection, in its embassy in Tegucigalpa, Honduras of Manual Zeleya. They didn't turn him over to the Micheletti government. Why would the UN do it?
Another official, historically a better and more accurate source to Inner City Press, said that former Rear Admiral Bubo Na Tchut had come back to the country with this result in mind.
He didn't want to stay in the Gambia anymore, the official told Inner City Press. The government would like him to go into exile again but he won't. He wants a trial to clear his name.
So he's a prisoner of conscience? The official disagreed. The guy is hardly an angel. None of them are. Remember when we tried to help the country to lock up drug smugglers until we found out they didn't even have a jail?
So how will Bubo Na Tchut be held? Watch this site.
And see, www.innercitypress.com/un2gbissau011110.html
