| As
Guterres Steals 2d Term, UNESCO Kyrgyz
Candidate Complains to Inner City Press,
Here
By Matthew
Russell Lee &
sources,
Exclusive
UN GATE, April 3
– Last
week brought
to the fore
one of the
most
unbelievable
scandals ever
experienced at
the UN level -
pending
Antonio
Guterres'
already begun
drive to steal
a second term
as SG.
This
one
concerns the
intentional
spoiling of
the democratic
electoral
process for
the Head of a
UN agency. And
again, it
comes from
UNESCO in
Paris, with
the candidate
from
Kyrgyzstan as we
reported was
pushed out
from
competing, see
below. How
many are being
silenced by
Guterres, with
the collusion
of
those who
block the
circulation of
now six
opponents'
names?
The procedure
for the
nomination of
the Director
general of
UNESCO is
described
here:
https://en.unesco.org/executive-board/dg-candidate-2021.
By his letter
of December
14, 2020, the
Chairman of
the Executive
board, Agapito
MBA MOKUY,
requested
nominations
from Member
States for the
DG position
and set the
deadline for
submitting
candidates at
March 15,
2021.
By
the deadline
of 15 March
2021, MBA
MOKUY had
received two
nominations:
the one from
France - the
current DG, A.
Azoulay, and
the one of
Kyrgyzstan -
A.B.
Beishenaliev,
Minister of
Education and
Science of the
Kyrgyz
Republic.
Inner
City Press
first reported
how he was
made to drop
out. He
contacted
Inner City
Press with
this:
From:
Beishenaliev
Almazbek
Date: Wed, Mar
31, 2021 at
2:41 AM
Subject:
Greetings from
Bishkek
To: Matthew
Russell Lee,
Inner City
Press
Hi I was
really
surprised when
I learned the
issue around
my nomination
for the
position of
Director-General
of the UNESCO
just through
your article
yesterday. I
had a phone
call and
informed that
there are two
candidates
from the
Kyrgyz
Republic. This
was the reason
why I decided
to choke back
my
candidacy.
After
your article,
I understood
that I was
deceived by
UNESCO. It is
dishonorable
and unbecoming
behavior from
an
international
organization
that is
associated
with justice
and human
rights.
Kind
regards
Almazbek
Beishenaliev."
But is
this
*the* Almazbek
Beishenaliev?
It is the UN
system's total
lack of
transparency,
and Guterres'
dictator-like
policy of
roughing up,
banning and
refusing to
answer confirm
or deny
questions from
Press he
doesn't like
that creates
this
situation. Guterres
must go.
On
March 22,
2021, the
application of
Mr. A.B.
Beishenaliev
was withdrawn
by Note
Verbale N°
194/3 sent to
MBA MOKUY by
the Embassy of
the Kyrgyz
Republic in
Paris. There
were two
candidates for
one full week,
and nobody
knew about it
thanks to MBA
MOKUY.
The day
that followed
the withdrawal
of the second
candidate,
March 23,
2021, the
Chairman of
the Executive
Board sent his
circular
letter to
inform Member
States that
there is only
one candidate
for DG of
UNESCO. In
paragraph two
of his letter,
he shamelessly
lied by
stating to the
entire world
that he had
received only
one
candidature.
Letter here.
This is more
than criminal.
It sheds
doubts about
the whole
procedure.
For
sure, the US
government
should
think twice
before even
considering
rejoining
UNESCO, this
rotten by
corruption and
anti-democratic
rituals
organization.
But first
things first:
Dump Guterres.
Watch
this site.
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