| On Togo UN Guterres No
Comment on 50 Year Rule Nor Cut Of Internet As
Inner City Press Asked
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE / SDNY
COURT, Feb 23 – As Togo, a
country ruled by the same
family for 50 years, headed
into "elections" on February
21 Inner City Press asked UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres to his comments on
the theft of election, and
Internet cut-off, which had
already begun.
Guterres, even
then on his way to this real
home in Lisbon in a publicly
funded junket, provide and has
made no comment.
His spokespeople
Stephane Dujarric and Melissa
Flement, who have banned Inner
City Press from the UN for 600
days, also provided no answers
to this question emailed to
them on the morning of
February 21: "February 21-1:
On Togo, what are the comments
and actions if any of SG
Guterres that in the family
ruled country voter will head
to the polls on Saturday to
choose their next
president. Incumbent
Faure Gnassingbé will face six
rivals, including long-time
opposition leader Jean-Pierre
Fabre. Members of the
diaspora are supposedly
allowed to cast their ballots
for the first time, although
only 300 were able to
register. Mr Gnassingbé
of the ruling Union for the
Republic is running for a
fourth term.
Constitutional changes were
jammed through last year
allowing him to seek
re-election - an issue which
sparked huge protests. His
family has ruled the country
for over half a
century."
Now from Lome,
this: The home of a key Togo
opposition candidate was
surrounded by security forces
for a number of hours after
polls closed in elections
widely expected to see
President Faure Gnassingbe
claim a fourth term in
power. large contingent
of security forces had blocked
all access to the property in
the capital Lome. The
government had also confirmed
the move... Observers
removed - This week, 500
local observers lost their
accreditation, accused of
interfering in the electoral
process, and the system of
electronic security of the
results was cancelled at the
last moment by the Independent
National Electoral
Commission.
We'll have more on this, and
on Guterres' corruption and
censorship.
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