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Corrupted By Guterres, Bogus Term Limits
Repeal Rejected In Union, Probe Urged
By Matthew
Russell Lee & sources, Patreon
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UN GATE, June 23,
Exclusive – Elections are in
full swing at the UN Staff
Union in New York, just after
the ghoulish one-man
"re-election" of Antonio
Guterres as Secretary General
with at least seven opposition
candidates blocked. A fish
rots from the head. Now an
update from banned
Inner City Press:
On June 22, the
Second Vice-President of the
UN Staff Union in New York,
Aitor Arauz Chapman, convened
an emergency general meeting
of staff in order to lift term
limits that had disqualified
his ticket from running in the
upcoming elections.
Despite many
staff calling the meeting
illegal for attempting to
change the rules halfway
through the elections and not
achieving the required 300
signatures to hold the
meeting, he, and union
President Patricia Nemeth,
went ahead with the meeting.
However the proposal was
rejected by staff.
Upset that the
union's members rejected their
proposal, they have now called
for a new EGM to revote the
same issue, despite this not
being allowed by the union's
statutes.
Team Guterres'
darling, Patricia Nemeth, who
recently got a prize from
Guterres for being nice to him
(while he retaliates against
his critics, some violently),
is currently running for the
UN pension board. Will she
call for a revote of those
elections in case she does not
succeed?
Here is what a
group of staff representatives
have to say about the
situation:
"THIS IS NOT WHAT
DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE:
UNSU/NY THE SHAMELESS ABUSE OF
AUTHORITY and LUST TO RETAIN
POWER CONTINUES -- From:
Yogesh Sakhardande Sent:
Wednesday, 23 June, 2021 8:15
AM
The vote to
change the Term limits FAILED
in the illegally called
Emergency General Meeting of
22 June 2021.(see chart
below) Now staff
are expected to engage in
another sham vote where the
leadership continues its
election rigging by conducting
another illegal vote, as per
Broadcast sent out late
evening on 22 June 2021, see
attached. it should be noted
that the leadership affiliated
with UNISERV and left
CCISUA unlawfully in
exactly the same fashion
- by the Chair
overturning three FAILED
VOTES in the Council. (case
pending in Arbitration)
... This attempt
to change the regulations now
is a last ditched effort by
the current leadership to
retain power. As per
Regulations 5.16, “A decision
of the Emergency General
Meeting shall not be reopened
within a year from its
adoption unless a two thirds
majority of the members
present and voting at a
subsequent quorate Emergency
or General meeting so
decides.” Several staff
members have requested an OIOS
investigation and audit of
this Emergency General
meeting.
I urge you to
file your own independent
request to investigate
violations of Article 101 of
the UN Charter and Regulations
1.1 (d, e & f) UN Staff
Rules constituted in “rigging
of elections” prohibited in
the duty station – New York.
The Chair of the meeting
stated he and "the Secretary
will count the votes" and
eliminate those that don't
belong. The vote did not pass,
see below. There were a
lot of discrepancies in the
voting methodology. Before the
vote, the Chair announced 610
staff present and voting, but
the recorded votes were 901.
There was no
possibility of transparency or
oversight and the vote
requested by email of 22nd
June and it will be no more
secure – the process is
entirely fabricated. These
actions by our leadership
continue to cause reputational
harm to the UNSU/NY and
weakens our position in the
Federations, in Staff
Management Consultations (SMC)
and among staff-at-large.
The President
should step down as she stated
so many times in the Emergency
General Meeting yesterday.
Members of the Council have
been expressing NO CONFIDENCE
in this Leadership since
April; Our Union
will not survive many more of
these transgressions which are
receiving negative note by
staff in New York and around
the world; and bad press
in the media for the
United Nations itself. While
we will be launching an
investigation against this
election rigging, please vote
NO again to the Broadcast sent
last night. Thank you.
Signed by Staff
Representatives Yogesh
Sakhardande Jesus Parado
. Michelle Rockcliffe.
Watch this space
- and keep the info coming,
including responses. Unlike
the UN of Guterres and Melissa
Fleming, Inner City Press
believes in free speech.
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