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UNPGA Volkan Bozkir Leaves Antigua
Refusing Post-Ashe Funding Disclosure
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Periscope
BBC
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PFT
UN GATE, July 24
– In the United Nations after
then President of the General
Assembly John Ashe of Antigua
and Barbuda was indicted for
taking bribes, then
mysteriously died under a
barbell awaiting trial, it was
said future PGA would
disclosed who paid for their
trips, and how much.
Now PGA
Volkan Bozkir refuses to do
that, even as he leaves Ashe's
Antigua on July 24: "Saint
John’s, 25 July 2021– The
President of the 75th session
of the United Nations General
Assembly, H.E. Mr. Volkan
Bozkır, has completed his
official visit to Antigua and
Barbuda. Upon
arrival on 22nd July,
President Bozkır was welcomed
by H.E. Mr. Chet Greene,
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Immigration and Trade of
Antigua and Barbuda and H.E.
Mr. Walton Alfonso Webson,
Permanent Representative of
Antigua and Barbuda to the
United Nations, New
York. On 23rd
July, the President was
received by H.E. Sir Rodney
Williams, Governor General of
Antigua and Barbuda. They
discussed the critical issues
facing the people of Antigua
and Barbuda including COVID-19
recovery, vaccines for all,
tourism, as well as gender
equality and pathways for
youth. President Bozkir
was also received by H.E. Mr.
Gaston Browne, Prime
Minister... The
President held comprehensive
bilateral talks with H.E. Mr.
Chet Greene, Minister of
Foreign Affairs... He
also met with H.E. Mr. Molwyn
Joseph, Minister of Health and
Environment; H.E. Mr. Dean
Jonas, Minister of Social
Transformation and the Blue
Economy; and H.E. Mr. Charles
Hernandez, Minister of Tourism
and Investment. They had
in-depth discussions regarding
the multiplicity of
vulnerabilities facing people
in Small Island Developing
States including environmental
protection for land and
oceans, disaster risk
reduction and resilience,
COVID-19 recovery, and the
implementation of the 2030
Agenda for Sustainable
Development. The
President later engaged with
the local media alongside the
Minister of Foreign Affairs
and the Permanent
Representative of Antigua and
Barbuda to the United Nations,
New York. While in
Saint John’s, President Bozkir
visited the UNESCO World
Heritage Site of English
Harbour and attended a
reception at Clarence House,
hosted by the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Antigua and
Barbuda. In conclusion,
the President and Mrs. Bozkir
attended a breakfast with H.E.
Sir Rodney Williams and Lady
Williams.
On 24 July, the President
travels to Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines." No word on
who's funding it, including in
response to this.
For the
past trip, they simply name
each government without saying
how much that paid. Nor will
they answer the Press that
asks.
Back in
September 2020 when Bozkir
took over as President of the
General Assembly, Inner City
Press wrote to his
spokesperson Brenden Varma "to
request the password(s) to
access and ask a question at
the September 15 press
conference."
Varma
replied, "This will be my
first hybrid press conference,
and I’m not sure how virtual
access works. Please follow up
with MALU."
MALU, run by Melissa Fleming,
has not answered. So Inner
City Press emailed Varma this
question: Why is there NO
CONTENT on the PGA's "Ethics
and Transparency" page, given
that this was the lone reform
after it was shown that PGA
Ashe took bribes from Ng Lap
Seng, and PGA Kutesa arranged
bribes from CEFC China Energy?
How much did Mr. Bozkir spend
on his campaign for PGA? Who
paid for all travel? Who are
the staff members and who is
paying each one?
The
response? Brenden Varma,
"spokesman" of PGA, blocked
Inner City Press on Twitter.
Photo here.
This is the UN, and Bozkir.
Now on May 4,
after months of failure
including being rebuffed even
by NYC Mayor De Blasio and
running interference for
Antonio Guterres lust for a
second term of bribe taking,
on May 3 Bozkir held a staged
press conference and
afterwards bragged about some
of the coverage. Not so fast.
Bozkir on May 4
said, "I wasn't thinking of
saying this, but you must not
ask these questions
continuously to [my
spokesperson] Brenden Varma."
We call B.S. - his "spokes"
person Varma BLOCKS THE PRESS.
And Bozkir knows it. It is a
charade, a corrupt charade.
And he still hadn't answered
who pays his staff members,
the lone reform to come out of
the John Ashe PGA scandal. So,
Bozkir is worse than Ashe.
Ashe to ashes.
Varma is gone;
now it's Orla Murphy and and former UK UN
Amy Quantrill, who one would
have thought might have known
better. We'll have more on
this.
***
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