By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Song
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, May 3 – How corrupt and undemocratic is today's United Nations?
Well, now that Antonio Guterres is pushing for a second five-year term, while banning the Press for the 1036th day for daring to ask about his finances and failures, he has collaborators.
On May 1 Guterres, flying back from Europe, flew to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby horse race. While his spokesman Stephane Dujarric refuses all of Inner City Press' questions, on May 3 he said that Guterres' travels was somehow attributable to a "system of allotment," not that Guterres who receives a large tax free salary paid for it. What waste. What arrogance. Dump Guterres.
The current President of the General Assembly Volkan Bozkir, a strongman from Turkey who due to his bigoted comments even pro-UN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio wouldn't meet with, has the duty of circulating letters from candidates.
But throughout February, March and now April 2021, Bozkir refused to circulate any letters or CVs. Now on April 27 his spokesman Brenden Varma, who blocks Inner City Press on Twitter, described with a straight face a one-man "debate" on May 7, Guterres as Dear Leader, and said there are not criteria or rules under which Inner City Press and others are not having letters and CVs blocked. It's just corruption.
Guterres will do anything for a 2d term.
Bozkir's spokesman Brendan Varma, who blocks Inner City Press on Twitter, continues to dance around what the rules are and won't answer.
So, as a test - and to raise the issue of the UN's lack of content neutral media access rules, lack of a Freedom of Information Act (fought for the Free UN Coalition for Access) and lack of scruples - Inner City Press on the morning of February 26 submitted a signed letter and C.V. to the PGA's Office and to Varma. Since then, four weeks of dodging and blockage, now of four. And this:
Pakistan supports Guterres, here. Apparently, Paul Biya's Cameroon and other states like that of narco Juan Orlando Hernandez are asked to be more quiet with their support for their favorite dictator supporter, Antonio Guterres, for now. Watch this site.
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