| UN PGA
Dennis Francis
Claims 153
Heads of State
and Gov't Then
Erases Claim,
Bans Press
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE, Sept 13
– When Dennis Francis took
over at President of the
General Assembly, his
spokesperson Monica Grayley
directed the press to his
website.
But days later on
September 11, under
"Transparency," there were
only two pages, both of which
said "No posts." See
below: 40% owned by China.
On September 14,
Grayley in a briefing she
banned the Press from claimed
that there are 153 heads of
state and government scheduled
to speak in GA week. But a
simple count found 145 - and
that's including post-coup
Gabon.
Grayley insisted
on her number, then said she'd
"look into it." But when they
published the supposed
transcript of what she said,
it did not reflect the claim
and then correction - it
simply claimed she'd said 145.
It's a small thing - the
hiding of who pays for Dennis
Francis' office, post-Ashe,
and who are "his" staff
members and who pays them is
larger. Inner City Press must
be re-admitted to ask.
Corruption.
This comes
after the UN made a slew of
promises after PGA John Ashe
was indicted - and died before
trial - and PGA Sam Kutesa was
named in the SDNY prosecution
of UN NGO China Energy Fund
Committee's Patrick Ho.
So on the
morning of September 11, 2023,
Inner City Press wrote to PGA
Francis' spokesperson Monica
Grayley:
"Hi - these are
Press questions about UN PGA
78 Dennis Francis and
transparency, in light of the
UN's statements after the SDNY
indictment of PGA John Ashe
(and named of PGA Kutesa in
another corruption trial in
SDNY) -- As of September
11, 2023 there is nothing -
"no posts."
Likewise for
Trust Fund. When you click
"team", the link leads to the
lead of PGA Kutesa.
Let me
know. Thanks, -Matthew"
No answer
in the morning, and at noon
Grayley while congratulating
Guterres spokesman Farhan Haq
on his Portuguese
pronunciation did not address
the lack of transparency and
follow through - or even
acknowledge the request.
On September 13,
still with no answer by
Grayley, the team slapped
together a list of donors to
Dennis Francis. There are only
three: China, Qatar and
Kuwait. Photo here.
And still online, no list of
the team. And the no response?
Pure censorship. We'll have
more on this
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