| In UN 1-Man Election
Guterres Grabs 5 More Years Then Lies He's For
Press Freedom
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
June 18 – After a
one-man election campaign,
with at least seven opposition
candidates entirely blocked,
Antonio Guterres was coronated
to another term as UN
Secretary General on June 18.
Inner City Press,
banned from the UN by Guterres
for 1082 days and counting,
live tweeted it here
and podcast here)
Asia Pacific
Group speaker says it made it
easier that there was only one
candidate (allowed)
African Group speaker does not
mention Antonio Guterres
shameless records on the
killings in Cameroon, nor the
serious questions about
discrimination raised by UN
staff, here.
Now Slovakia for
Eastern European Group
says
@AntonioGuterres has
countered sexual exploitation
and abuse (while Guterres
covered up for Hochschild, and
withholding peacekeeper rape
info); claims "openness"
though Inner City Press banned
1082 days &
counting Now
Costa Rica for "GRULAC" (Latin
America and Caribbean Group)
cites Antonio Guterres '
"attention to detail" - some
say, mostly on retaliation and
targeted censorship and ban of
Press asking questions, here.
Now an active
co-conspirator in the 1-man
election, Barbara Woodward
of @UKUN_NewYork
who as UNSC President refused
to circulate or even
acknowledge opposition
candidates' submissions to
her, and kept Press banned, so
no questions on Cameroon,
praises
@AntonioGuterres
Speaking
for @USUN "host
country" (which for now does
not uphold US First Amendment
at the UN in NYC), it's
not @LindaT_G (who
was at the #Juneteenth
announcement in DC), rather
it's Jeffrey DeLaurentis,
who's been directly told of SG
censorship - and?
Now speech by
Portugal, which foisted
@AntonioGuterres on the
UN (and victimized countries
like Cameroon & Honduras
& #
Yemen & Haiti) for now
more than five years. It is
shameful that all opposition
candidacies were thrown in the
garbage can. Scrutiny
needed
Now this UNGA
1-candidate coronation "by
acclamation" is over. Inner
City Press is now going to
cover actual news
@SDNYLIVE court - but
will have more on the need for
increased scrutiny of and
accountability from the
UN
Afterwards,
Guterres took five hand-picked
questions, one in Portuguese
(a second answer, he started
in Portuguese), then concluded
claiming he is committed to
press freedom - this while
banning critical Inner City
Press from the UN and its
briefings for 1082 days and
counting. This cannot stand.
Watch this site
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