by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, July 26 – How corrupt is today's UN?
Well, two days before the election in Venezuela, UNSG Antonio Guterres' deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said while Guterres is spending public money to send some people down to Caracas, whatever they report on the election will be "confidential" and only for him.
From the UN transcript: "an invitation by the Venezuelan electoral authorities. And what we did is we undertook a needs assessment which determines that there was broad national support for this type of UN electoral assistance. So, a panel of four experts was deployed in early July. They're going to remain in country until a little bit after election day. Unlike UN electoral observer missions, these panels of electoral experts do not issue public statements on the conduct of the electoral process or the results. Instead, the panel will prepare a confidential internal report to the Secretary-General."
This is the same cover up Guterres did for now imprisoned former Honduras president Juan Orlando Hernandez - a report that was never made public. Haq and his sidekick / boss (mentor?) Stephane Dujarric have refused to answer banned Inner City Press' written questions about that report. And this one? Watch this site.
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