On
Mozambique Election US Notes
Credible Allegations of Fraud
While UN Guterres Censors
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR PFT NY
Post
UN
GATE, Dec
23 -- The lack of commitment
to press freedom by UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres, who has himself
banned the critical Press
which asks about his spending
from the UN for 538 days and
counting, has been on display,
see below. Now on December 23
from the US State Department,
while Guterres is on vacation
without end in Lisbon having
using public money to get and
stay there, this: "The United
States congratulates the
pex`ople of Mozambique on
their participation in the
general elections held on
October 15, 2019 and
acknowledges the results that
were certified by the
Constitutional Council on
December 23, 2019. We
look forward to strengthening
our longstanding bilateral
relationship by working with
President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi
as he begins his new term in
office and with the people of
Mozambique in pursuit of
stability, economic
development, and increased
prosperity. The United
States notes that opposition
parties, civil society groups,
and election observers have
made credible allegations of
significant election-related
fraud and intimidation.
These irregularities raise
concerns about Mozambique’s
commitment to free and fair
elections. We urge
Mozambican authorities to
fully address the serious
concerns raised by observer
missions in order to reinforce
respect for the rule of law
and good governance." Guterres
and his secret business son
Pedro have no such concerns -
they benefit and share in
corruption.
At the UN,
where SG Guterres hides his
financial links including to
UN briber CEFC China Energy
through Lisbon based
Gulbenkian Foundation and lets
his son Pedro go undisclosed
business in the Lusophone
world using the UN name, Inner
City Press asked in writing:
January 17-5: On press
freedom, what is SG Guterres
action on that Ghanaian
journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale
was killed tonight in
Accra. Ahmed was a
committed and courageous
colleague, instrumental in
this year’s anasglobal
investigation of international
soccer corruption, after which
he was viciously doxxed &
threatened?" Four hours later,
no answer at all, despite
promises of answers from
Guterres' Global Communicator
Alison Smale to
the UN Special Rapporteur on
Freedom of Expression David
Kaye and by Guterres'
spokesman Stephane Dujarric, on
camera. Guterres' most
recent Ghana connection was to
use Kofi Annan's funeral as a
pretext
to spend public money flying
with UN Security to his home
in Lisbon, then to refuse
to disclose the costs. Nor was
there any answer on this
question by Inner City Press
about Lusophone Mozambique:
"January 17-2: On Mozambique,
what is SG Guterres action
(beyond banning Inner City
Press for 197th [now 518th]
day) on that it's been 10 days
since Amade Abubacar was
arrested in Mozambique. He's
being held incommunicado.
Rights groups say there is a
real risk of him being
'disappeared'?" No
answer at all. This is today's
UN.
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