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Burundi People
Forced to Pay
and Praise
Nkurunziza UN
Guterres
Refuses Press
Qs Emulates
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Photo,
Video,
CJR
UNITED NATIONS
GATE, February 15 – Burundi's
Pierre Nkununziza government
wanted all human rights
presence out. Typically, UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres said nothing
meaningful. On December 6, the
day after
Guterres like
any dictator
moved from his
Mercedes with
guards to a
fancy dinner refusing a Press
questions
about
corruption in
his
organization,
Inner
City Press asked Guterres and
his spokesmen: "December 6-1:
On Burundi, on which you have
been refusing to respond to
Inner City Press' written
questions, please immediately
confirm or deny that Burundi
has asked the UN system to
decrease its human rights
presence and state the SG's
view and response. Also, what
is the UN's comment on the
reporting about the Nkurunziza
government's “torture house”?"
Still,
no answer at
all, despite
USG Alison
Smale's
promises such
questions
would be
answered. Now
only through
regional media
we learned
that Guterres'
part time
Burundi envoy
Michel Kafando
used public
funds to visit
Uganda's Museveni
on January 31
and, according
to the story,
praise him for his
tireless
efforts on Burundi?
Really? How?
This as
Museveni's
foreign
minister Sam
Kutesa took $500,000 from
UN briber
CEFC
China Energy,
to which
Guterres
himself is
connected, and
roughs up and
bans the Press
which asks.
This is
thuggery. And
UN
Spokesman
Stephane
Duajrric
saidon camera
he would be
answering
questions, here.
Now this, from
Burundi: "President
Pierre
Nkurunziza
says he has
given wealth
to Burundians
since 2002, he
wants to be
thanked. Thus,
offerings in
money,
livestock or
food products
are collected
throughout the
provinces and
have been used
for some time.
A crusade of
prayer and
collection of
offerings was
organized from
24 to 27
January 2019
in Gitega
province where
President
Pierre
Nkurunziza was
in person. On
the basis of
the verses of
the Old
Testament, he
compared to
Moise and
asked the
Burundians to
offer him
offerings.
"God said to
Moses today in
Nkurunziza
because two
lightnings do
not share the
sky- give him
offerings ...
", said Pierre
Nkurunziza in
front of a
parterre
composed of
all the high
personalities
of his diet.
At least 1.8
billion
Burundian
francs were
collected
during this
crusade. In
Gitega
province, the
young
Imbonerakure
have traveled
the town of
Gitega from 21
January 2019
to raise money
and food. From
boutiques to
boutiques,
from shops to
stores, from
pharmacies in
pharmacies,
kiosks in
kiosks, ...
they required
between 2000
and 5000 FBU
in failing
which they
closed the
doors. The
food traders
gave the food.
On January 22,
2019, it was
the turn of
households and
services.
Every
household had
to give
2000FBU, and
to the
service, each
employee had
to give
2000FBU to his
department
head
responsible
for collecting
this money.
The person who
paid this
contribution
was mentioned
on a listing.
The one who
gave nothing
received a
very severe
warning. This
was done in
all
municipalities
of Gitega
province. In
Rumonge
province, the
provincial
secretary of
the ruling
party, Diomede
Niyonsaba sent
invitations to
all heads of
public and
private
services,
organizations
21
non-governmental
organizations
and
association
leaders
working in the
province for
their ask to
participate in
this
presidential
crusade, and
especially to
contribute to
its success.
According to
one of the
officials who
received this
invitation,
"it's amazing
to be invited
and forced to
contribute in
activities of
a political
party of which
one is not a
member."
Sounds like
Guterres and
his UN press
corpse.
Nor
will Spokesman
Stephane Dujarric
answer on
Guterres obvously
incomplete
Public Financial
Disclosure, here.
More
here.
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