| In UN
Corrupted By Guterres, Term Limits Repeal
Rejected Then Reinstated In Re-Vote
By Matthew
Russell Lee & sources, Patreon
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UN GATE, June 25,
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
another update from banned
Inner City Press:
With elections
underway for the UN staff
union in New York, the first
Vice-President, Aitor Arauz
Chapman, found his ticket
disqualified because he had
exceeded term
limits.
Not to be outdone
by the rules, he and outgoing
president Patricia Nemeth
organized an emergency general
meeting, without getting the
300 signatures required, in
order to lift term limits
halfway through the elections.
This practice is illegal in
countries and in the union
itself. 900 staff turned
out and the proposal was voted
down.
The
outgoing leadership
unilaterally decided that the
vote they had lost was
"unreliable" and announced a
new vote, this time through
Microsoft Forms.
By using this
survey software they could see
exactly who voted and
how. No independent
observers were allowed access
and many of those who attended
the original EGM did not
receive a link to vote.
Unsurprisingly, the vote was
reversed to allow the outgoing
leadership to run again.
Staff members have accused the
union leadership of foul play
and corruption.
They are calling
on the Secretary-General to
disallow their desperate
attempts to outstay their
legal welcome. However, it is
unlikely the SG will intervene
as he has publicly thanked the
outgoing New York leadership
for bending to his will and
awarded them a special prize.
Also, Guterres
engaged in his own electoral
fraud, with at least seven
opposition candidates blocked.
To this has the UN sunk.
With the outgoing
President also running for the
UN staff pension committee,
many wonder what lies in store
for their own pensions.
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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