

pro-Gay Marriage Billionaire Bezos Media slander Judge Moore who Sacrificed Job for Natural Marriage

*Strasbourg/Angelo Marcopolo/- Abusing of Similar Tactics as those who had attacked Pope (em.) Benedict's Christian Catholic Church in a recent Past, shortly after he had engaged a Strong Battle on key BioEthical Issues, of Crucial Importance for the Future of Humankind, back since 2009-2012+ (See Infra), Today, at the end of 2017, anew, USA's "Deep State" attacks a Popular, Twice-Elected Alabama Judge, who has repeatedly Sacrificed his own Career in order to Defend some Relevant BioEthical Values, but just received a (very Suspect) Blow of "Dirt", only a few Weeks before the Last Vote for Senator :
A sharp InFight between Declining Wash. DC Establishment and Oligarchs' push for controversial Gay Marriage, including submitting Children to Homosexual's power on Pretext of "Adoption", (until recently imposed f.ex. by former US President Barack Hussein Obama, etc), from one side, and Grassroots American Popular "Values" Movement, often represented nowadays by "Social Conservatives", (including most GOP 2016 Candidates and Many of New US President Don Trump supporters), from the other side, has just been Openly Revealed in the Highly Mediatic, Exceptional Vote for Alabama's New Senator, scheduled for the Beginning of December 2017, which is due to Influence the Crucial, forthcoming 2018 Mid-Term Elections for a New US. Congress and Senate, of Decisive Importance for the Outcome of an Exceptionally "Hot" Struggle for Power, in North America and elsewhere :
- The Biggest ever Donor to Homosexual "Marriage" in the US (+ 2,5 Millions $), multi-Billionaire Jeff Bezos' individually Owned Newspaper, "Washington Post", (previously Independent in a remote Past, but No More now, since it was Bought by Bezos alone), always linked to the Dems' Party (Socialist Left), published an "under the belt" Personal Attack against Alabama's former Chief Judge, Ray Moore, - a Popular "Grassroots" Politician, Twice-Elected by the People, who had notoriously been also Twice Oppressed and Dismissed from Office by Bureacrats in the Past, for having Clearly taken a stance in favour of Natural Marriage, between a Man and a Woman, (only able to generate Natural Births of each couple's own Children), and his Christian Beliefs :
- While the Popular Judge Moore, (after Winning 2 Votes in GOP's Primaries including against Establishment's RINOs), was regularly Surfing at the Top of Pre-Electoral Polls with a Double-Digit Advance, predicting a Clear Win at Alabama's traditionally Conservative State against an obscure "Dem." (Socialist Left) Candidate, Suddenly, Bezos' "WAPO" Accused the GOP's Candidate, just 4 (Four) Weeks before that crucial Vote, to have allegedly Misbehaved vis a vis 4 (Four) Teenage/Twenty y.o. Girls/Women ... 40 (Fourty) Years ago in a remote Past !!!!...
None of these alleged cases did Not concern Any Sexual Act at all. (One, f.ex., contained Claims that he might have simply Offered a Drink with Alcohol to a Young Lady allegedly Aged 18,5 Years. However, he strongly Denied even that, Observing that, not only he believed that, in fact, she was Aged, then, "19 or More", but, in Addition, such a move would have been Impossible, since the concerned County was, then, "Dry Land", i.e. did Not Serve Alcool). Only in 1 case, a Woman now Aged 53, reportedly Claimed that, when she had been UnderAge (14-15 y.o.), he would have touched her underpants, But Afterwards, when she reacted, he immediately stoped and drove her Back Home to her Mother, (who had consistently Supported her Daughters' meeting with Moore, then, aged 31).
Judge Moore strongly Denied that Claim, as "Completely False", stressed that he "Never Talked" to that person, and Does "Not (even) Know" who she is, Wondered why Nobody Ever Before didn't launch any such claims during more than "5 Electoral Campaigns", that he had already succesfully run at Alabama State level, and Accused the "WAPO" Newspaper of pro-Gay Marriage Billionaire Bezos to be "Politically Motivated", by such a "Hit" job, Slandering with "Fake News" in order to "destroy" him suddenly when he reached a Federal Vote Level, linked to notoriously Big, USA-Wide Issues and more (Comp. Supra), so that this would Favor his (Otherwise Failing) Competitor from the (Socialist) "Dem." Party, (notoriously Backed by "WAPO").
Other US Media concurred that the Woman who Accused him has Divorced 3 Times, admits that she is "Not an Angel", has been heavily "in Debt" already in a Past with "Financial Issues" (reportedly "filed for Bankrupty" several times), worked as "Finance Manager at a Motorcycle Dealership", and as "representative of a payday Loan business". While there are even some, unsubstantiated yet, allegations that she would have Accused also 3 Christian Priests with Sex Misconduct Claims in the Past, her Mother has reportedly confirmed that it was a "WaPo" Employee who had Called and Invited her Daughter to go Public against Moore, but also Contradicted one of the alleged Facts that she had described, (f.ex. that he had Called her at a inher Room, while she did Not, then, possess that, etc).
+ At the Same Time, at least one among the other (quite Lenient) Claims made against Judge Moor according to WAPO, was found to be based on the Shaky and UnTrustworthy sayings of a ..."Socialist" Dem. Party follower, who is also former US Vice-President Biden's fan, and had even been Hired by ...Hillary Clinton's Electoral Campaign on 2016, (as relevant Photos clearly confirm) !
Perhaps in order to Prevent Similar or various Other critical Revelations, both the "Facebook" and "Twitter" Internet Accounts of the main Accuser of Judge Moore have been reportedly pulled Down, almost Immediately After that nasty "WAPO"'s Publication slandering that Conservative "GOP" Party's Candidate of Key Importance (Comp. Supra).
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Former White House Senior Adviser, and new US President Don Trump's f. Electoral Campaign Manager, Steve Bannon, (CEO of "Breitbart News"), critically Reminded the Fact that pro-Dem. Party (Socialists) Billionaire Bezos' "WAPO" Newspaper had Already abused, in the Past, of Similar (and even More Harsh) alleged "Sex MisConduct" Claims around several Women, previously, Against new Trump himself, when he had become the official Candidate of the Conservative "GOP" Party on Autumn 2016...
Such "Under the Belt", "Hit and run" Personal Attacks by WAPO had, then, served as a Pretext for several pro-Establishment Top Members of the GOP Party, (widely known as "RINOs", i.e. "Republicans In Name Only") in order to Abandon or Distance themselves from Trump. But he went Ahead in that Electoral Fight, (Based on serious Socio-Political Issues), and finaly Won.
Bannon Denounced, on this occasion, WAPO's notorious Links with the (Socialist) Dem. Party of Hillary Clinton and Obama, in Addition to its recent Ownership by Left-leaning Billionaire Jeff Bezos (Comp. Supra), which had made that Newspaper Lose its previously Independent status, so that it was "No more Free and Fair", as he Criticized.
Comparatively, World-Famous "Reuters" Global News Agency is proudly arbouring, in its "Principles" for People's "Trust", that it Refuses to become the Private Property of an "Individual", (i.e. as WAPO, recently Sold to Leftist Billionaire Bezos, a Web Retailer, selling almost Everything you can find in an ordinary SuperMarket, from Foofstuff to Nails)...
Revealing even more Bluntly its Political Motivations, WAPO chose to Publish all that Dirt against the Republican Party's Candidate for the Highly Symbolic Alabama's Election of a New Senator, at the Anniversary of Trump's Election as New US President, on November 9 !
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Judge Moore probable Election's Highest Symboic SIgniification notoriously being that of a "Grassroots" Popular Movement's Victory over the Establishment's RINOs, (Comp, f.ex., also: ...), observers noted the Fact that, almost "Immediately" after WAPO published those Slanderig Claims, it's, indeed, the Most Notorious (and routinely Abhored by Citizens' "Grassroots" Movements) Establishment's RINOS, who, suddenly Withdrew any Endorsement of Moore, found a Pretext to Pubish purely Negative Reactions Against him, and/or even Hastily Took Damaging Measures :
F.ex., the out-going GOP's Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, who had Already Spend an Exceptional for Alabama sum of Money (4,5 Millions $ !) in a Vain Attempt to Stop Moore and Push a Competitor (Suspected for Corruption) during the Local GOP's Primaries, that People clearly Rejected, (See: ...). So that the National Campaign wing for Senate Republicans reportedly Cut Fund-Raising links to Moore, almost immediately...
Such Controversial, but Revelatory Moves by McConnell were shortly Followed, in even Worse terms, also by Senator John McCain (who asked Moore to "Resign"), as well as by Millionaire Mitt Romney, and so on:
McCain and Romney have had Both led and thrown the GOP into 2 consecutive Electoral Big Catastrophes, back on 2008 and 2012, respectively, in favour of Dem's (Socialists') Candidate, Barack Hussein Obama, who took some very Controversial and Harsh Measures against BioEthics, such as to relaunch Federal Funding for Genetic Manipulations of Human Embryos, (Previously OutLawed, also by former US President GWBush Twice), and to Impose "Same Sex Marriage", including Submission of Children to the power of Homosexuals, on Pretext of "Adoption", (something that he Tried even to Spread all over the World, Pressuring also various Other Countries, from Europe to Africa, etc. !).
>>> I.e. 2 obviously Converging Measures which lead towards the slipery slope of Genetic Manipulations on Artificial Procreations of Human Beings, (since Homosexuals' couples are Unable to produce Natural Births), Dangerous for all Humankind.
On the Contrary, Judge Roy Moore not only clearly Stands Against such Controversial Measures, but has, notoriously, even Sacrificed his own Career, by Prefering to Lose his Top Job of Alabama's Chief Justice (where he had Succeeded to be Twice Elected by the People) just in order to Struggle Against Barack Hussein Obama's relentless pressure to Impose by Force his "Gay Marriage" Plans, (even by ...Arresting and throwing in Prison a Woman, civil servant who had desperately tried to Resist to such Controversial and Dangerous Plans).
McCain and Romney had even, practicaly, "Stolen" the GOP's Nomination, back on 2008 and 2012, from their main competitors, the popular Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, respectively, who were also strongly Opposed to that Obama's "Gay Marriage" and Human Embryo Genetic Manipulations' agenda Against classic BioEthics, since they came from a Similar Conservative Values' Popular Movement, as Judge Roy Moore...
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In Fact, such a Blunt Relentlessness by Establishment's Medias to grossly Slander and attempt to Undermine a strong Defender of Key BioEthical Values related to the above-mentioned Issues, of obvious Exceptional Importance for all Humankind, had emerged also a little-bit Earlier, but, practically, almost during that Same Period of Time (2009-2013, etc), when then Pope Benedict (nowadays Emeritus) had just Published a landmark Text, (his Encyclic : "Caritas in Veritate") including a Sharp and Crystal-Clear Warning against any such Risks of Bio-Technologies' Abuse to the Detriment of Humanity :
- Pope Benedict had met and apparently clashed, then (from June 2009), with Barack Hussein Obama's opposite agenda (Comp. Supra), and, immediately Afterwards, an UnPrecedented Brutal Incident ...Broke his Right Hand, (when Lights suddenly went Out in a Summer Hostel, making him Fall Down during the Night), and had to be Urgently Operated in a Hospital ! And just a few Months Later, at anOther UnPrecedented and Non-Elucidated Brutal Incident, an allegedly "unstable" Individual suddenly Rushed and Jumbed, with all her Weight, on the Pope, during a Christian Mass, Violently Throwing him at the Floor, (with the Obvious Risk for his Wounded Right Hand to be anew Hit and Definitively Broken !). As it happened, indeed, with anOther Old Religious man, a French ArchBishop, who was then standing at Pope Benedict's side, and was so Seriously Wounded, in his Leg, that he had to be Urgently Operated, and remained for Months in a Hospital...
By a miracle, Benedict managed to Escape then, unhurt from that 2nd in a row, Violent Incident, towards the End of 2009. But he Faced, shortly Afterwards, Starting from 2010 and on, (as well as, practically, All the Christian Catholic Church, almost Worldwide), an also UnPrecedented, apparently Orchestrated, series of Massive Attacks by Mainstream Medias, suddenly Diverting attention on Other Ethical Issues, which Systematically Published, for the 1rst Time in History so Harshly and Continuously, a Long List of Alleged, more or less Severe "Childrens' Abuses", which would have been committed, according to various Claims, by some Priests, in certain Coutries accross the World, Before ... More than 20 or even 40 Years in the Past !!!!????....
Pope Benedict notoriously undertook then, some Important, punctual and structural Measures and Reforms, in order to Fight against such Risks of eventual sly Crimes, by Finding the Truth, Punishing the Culprits, Healing the Victims, and Preventing such serious Incidents and Abuse of Trust in the Future, But, while doing so, he Soon Faced even a 3rd Series of New Sly Attacks, consisting now maily from some Strange (also UnPrecedented) Rumours, or alleged "Revelations", supposed or real (Partly or Entirely) "Denonciations, etc., about various possible ..."Complots", said to be Secretly prepared in the Dark, by one or another Sly Group or Network, particularly from 2012, in order to definitively, Undermine, Push Aside, or even Brutally Get Rid of Him, in one way or another, (some evoking even a possibility of Murder, etc), through what was described as a Brutal "Power-game".... Until he, notoriously, arrived in an unprecedented situation, with his Health reportedly Deteriorating a bit, to Decide to take the Suprizing, Historic Decision to become the 1st Pope of our Times who Resigned, (arguying also of his age), later on February 2013.
(Concerning an eventually relevant incident that might have faced also his successor, the current Pope Francis, apparently around a similar Issue, more Recently, Comp. f.ex., among others, also : ...).
However, all this did Not Hinder the emeritus Pope Benedict, even Later-on, just after his 90th Birthday, celebrated on April this year (2017), to suddenly Launch a Vibrant Appeal calling for ... "Resistance" (sic !), in front of a recent "ZeitGeist", (Dominant Spirit of the Times), as he characteristically said at a Message read, on his behalf, in a ceremony for the Memory of a German ArchBishop (personally met by "Eurofora"'s co-Founder back on 2005, and possibly related also with a Critical stance on at least one among the above-mentioned Topical Bio-Ethical Issues) at nearby Köeln !
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>>> At any case, Dems' ("Socialists"') "WAPO" Newspaper's (Privately Owned by pro-LBGTI Billionaire Bezos : Comp. Supra) latest Personal Attack against another Key Representative of the "Grassroots" Popular Movement of Citizens in the US, Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, (Comp. Supra), as always, recently, Aiming at an "Under the Belt" "Hit" , and/or intruding inside his/her Private, Family affairs, etc, (as that Same "WAPO" had Already Attempted in Vain to do Previously, during GOP's Primaries, finally Won by Moore brillantly), may Prove just one thing :
- That more and more Establishment's, Mainstream Medias, (as "Washington Post", alias "WAPO", etc), have are Faling Down to the Lowest Level of Dirty Personal Attacks "under the belt", and, most probably, even with some blatantly "Fake News"...
But, on the Contrary, MSM are, practically and curiously Absent and almost Non-Existent, Nowadays, from any Serious Political Debate about Important, Key Issues, from which depend many People's Lives, Society at large, and/or even the Future of Humanity, (including, f.ex., certain Topical BioEthical Issues : Comp. Supra).
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People in Europe and the World expect from CoE to make a succes of its "Monitoring" for Human Rights and Democracy, despite difficulties, said Finland's President Tarja Halonen to "EuroFora" at a crucial moment for the mecanism built 15 years ago by the paneuropean organization which celebrates its 60th Anniversary in 2009.
Halonen, known as "Mother" of CoE's "Monitoring" mecanism, a long-time MEP and former Foreign Minister before becoming Finland's President, holds a long experience in the mattter, after also serving twice as CoE and EU Chairwoman in the past. That's why she is well placed to judge how CoE's "monitoring" should deal today with some crucial issues of importance both to CoE and to the EU.
The move came just a Month before a crucial, last visit to Turkey, scheduled for June, by the President of CoE''s "Monitoring" Committee, Ukranian MEP Serge Holovaty, to finalize his Report on Ankara, the CoE Member State with the longest Monitoring procedure. From its results depends its overall credibility.
This is a Test-case, because, in fact, it's in order to avoid Sanctions threatened against Turkey by a CoE's Assembly's April 1995 Resolution for grave Human Rights violations, Democracy gaps, the continuing Military Occupation in Cyprus, the unresolved Kurdish problem, Aegean differend with Greece, etc., that MEPs decided to create, for the 1st time on April 1996, a "Monitoring" proces, allegedly destinated to check, without excluding Countries who did not fulfill all CoE's standards.
In the Past, the obliged withdrawal of Greece's Military regime and of its "Civil" cover-up out of the CoE had helped bring back Democracy in 1974. But, on the contrary, since April 1996, the idea was to "monitor" Human Rights' respect while keeping most concerned Countries inside the CoE. After Turkey's oldest example, this was extended also to several former "Eastern" European Countries, even if CoE's Assembly has imposed to some of them (fex. Ukraine, Russia, etc., after Belarus, Serbia, etc) various "Sanctions", that Ankara always avoided. Curiously more succesful even than .. USA itself, (a CoE "Observer" since 1995), which has been at least threatened with sanctions some years ago..
EU-effects of CoE's Monitoring process became obvious between 2001-2008, since the "closure" of this procedure, when CoE felt that a Country had met most of its Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law obligations, (i.e. the "Copenhagen Criteria" for the EU), helped trigger Negotiations with the EU for "Accession" or other closer relations : This occured already before the 2004 and 2007 EU Enlargements to former "Eastern" European Countries, as well as for the commencement of "accession" negotiations with Croatia, and of "open-ended" negotiations with Turkey in 2005.
But a stricking new development are Holovaty's recent findings that on core Human Rights issues as Torture and Freedom of Expression, Turkey, even "5 Years after" CoE closed its "Monitoring", back in 2004, inciting EU to start accession Negotiations in 2005, still presents grave problems.
His findings are of crucial importance after a 2008 CoE Resolution called, "if need be", to "seriously consider the possibility of Re-Opening the Monitoring procedure for Turkey" : A move which might affect Ankara's controversial EU bid, since EU Accession Negotiations are based on the Hypothesis that the Candidate fullfils the "Copenhagen Criteria" (See above)..
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Holovaty expressed his will to check "Matters still Outstanding" and those that he "didn't have an opportunity to discuss" at an earlier visit this year, "in order to discuss the more complex issues in greater depth", at his forthcoming New Visit to Ankara, before the December 2009 EU Summit. This is all based on the 2004 CoE Resolution which stresses that, CoE "will continue.. post-monitoring Dialogue with the Turkish authorities,...in addition to a 12-points list,..and on any Other Matter that might arise in connection with Turkey’s Obligations as a CoE member state".
CoE's Resolution also asks from Turkey "to secure the proper Implementation of Judgements, particularly in the Cyprus v. Turkey InterState case", of 2001, which concerns also the plight of many Hundreds of MISSING People. It adds Turkey's obligations to "execute" ECHR's Judgements in the Loizidou case,..and in particular adopt General Measures to avoid repetition or continuation of Violations found by the Court" to the detriment of Refugees.
Nevertheless, Holovaty said to "EuroFora" that "MISSING" persons,"might be included" and cannot be excluded, but he has yet to examine the situation "to find out which issues will be raised" to the Turkish Government.
Therefore, "EuroFora" asked Halonen, as the Historic "Mother" of CoE's Monitoring mecanism, if she thought that, "whenever there are grave Human Rights Violations, as fex. "MISSING" persons, attested even by ECHR's judgements, they should be always checked by a Monitoring process. Or could they be forgotten ?"
- "We (CoE) must be, at the same time, Fair, Realistic, but not in the mind that "now we have Forgotten", etc., replied to "EuroFora"'s question Halonen, speaking as a matter of general principle.
- "When we think of those People that are suffering from the lack of Democracy, of Human Rights, and of the Rule of Law", "we should find a base on how to deal with the (Monitoring) system more rapidly"', she stressed.
- "Sometimes it's very difficult to combine Transparency and Effectivenes together, particularly in this specific case", she went on to say. But, "I have not found a (CoE Member) Country who could be insensitive in this sens", Halonen answered concerning grave Human Rights violations attested by the ECHR.
- "I have no ready-made answer. I have the expectations that you, in the CoE, will, step by step, find the different types of the monitoring systems."
Also "because this is a part of the UN's Post-Conflict system, (fex. when it comes to Cyprus' MISSING persons), and it's a more Global system". So that, "If we make a succes in Europe, the others will follow", throughout the World. "But they expect that we (Europe) are this opportunity, this Opportunity to make a Succes", Halonen concluded.
In addition, she advised to extend CoE's Monitoring to all its 47 Member States, "because, as long as we hear that, all these monitoring systems are "OK for the neighbor, but not for me", "it's very difficult" to understand. Something which could make easier to Compare...
Finnish MEP Jaako Laakso, former CoE Rapporteur on the Occupied Territories of Cyprus and one of the 5 Signatories of the Historic CoE's call to create the "MONITORING" mecanism since 1996, was more specific : - "We (CoE Assembly) have to find a way for the issue of Cyprus' MISSING People to be better followed", he stressed, anouncing his intention to "speak to Mr. Holovaty" about that. "There might be also other ways", added Laakso.
- The 2008 "Year had been a very Bad one for Turkey with regard to Human Rights in general, and Freedom of Expression in particular", denounced, meanwhile, Holovaty's preliminary Post-Monitoringh Draft Report by Holovaty, published by the CoE on April 2009.
"Amnesty International believes that freedom of expression is not guaranteed given the various articles of the Criminal Code that restrict it. .. "For example, 1,300 Websites are said to have been closed down by the (Turkish) authorities in 2008" ! While "the new Turkish Criminal Code was used to bring a total of 1,072 proceedings between June 2005 and April 2008, and led to the conviction of 192 people", for expressing views. "Representatives of the Özgür Gündem newspaper, which specialises in Kurdish affairs, ..complained about Numerous Attacks on their Freedom of Expression ...as was everyone who advocated a settlement to the question by means other than the intervention of the army" "According to their figures, 19 Newspapers had been suspended 43 times between 4 August 2006 and 4 November 2008" !...
Moreover, on 2008, CoE's "Ministers adopted its 4rth Resolution on the execution of the judgments of the ECHR, ...and outstanding issues regarding 175 Judgements and decisions relating to Turkey delivered between 1996 and 2008... concerning Deaths resulting from the excessive use of force by members of the Security forces, the failure to protect the right to life, the DIisappearance and/or death of individuals, Ill-Treatment and the Destruction of property". CoE's " Ministers urged the Turkish authorities ...to ensure that members of Security forces of all ranks can be prosecuted without administrative
authorisation" for "serious crimes". Holovaty reminded.
"Nonetheless", Holovaty heard anew of "Several cases of Violence committed last year (2008) by the (Turkish) security forces". Amnesty International speaks of Many Cases of ill-treatment and Torture in the prisons and by the police". "Including, fex."'the death of Engin Ceber, a young man of 29 who died on October 2008 as a result of the TORTURE allegedly inflicted on him by police officers, prison staff and members of the gendarmerie. He was part of a group of people arrested on September 2008 during a demonstration and Press Conference in Istanbul'. Proceedings against suspects are "on-going" in this case.
- " I therefore noted an Obvious Contradiction between the Government’s stated “zero tolerance” policy.... of Torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and the different testimonies given", denounced CoE's Rapporteur. Turkish "authorities must make considerable efforts to guarantee that proper investigations are carried out into allegations of abuses by members of the security forces and that perpetrators are effectively punished" "In this respect, I have requested detailed Statistics on the number of Investigations, acquittals and convictions in cases involving allegations of abuse in order to show the positive impact of the measures taken to date", Holovaty said, repeating a permanently unsatisfied CoE's demand to Turkey since a Decade...
- "The Political Crisis that shook the country in the spring of 2008 highlighted the Weaknesses of the (Turkish) Constitution", which comes from the Military regime of 1982, "and the Urgent Need of Reforms", stressed from the outset CoE's Rapporteur in 2009. In particular, "the ...Democratic functioning of state institutions, including the independence of the judicial system, are crucial", he observes.
But, "the Electoral system and the ways in which it is circumvented do not appear to give those elected complete Legitimacy, and tend to pervert the course of direct universal suffrage", denounces Holovaty, observing that, even 5 Years later, Turkey did not yet change the 10% nationwide Threshold for a party to take any seat, which is "far higher" than the "3%" maximum in Europe and already condemned as contrary to European Standards by the CoE.
+ Moreover, EU Parliament's 2009 Report on Turkey, drafted by Dutch MEP Ria Oomen-Ruijten and adopted in Strasbourg on March, expresses "Concern over the Failure of the (Turkish) Judiciary to prosecute cases of Torture and Ill-treatment, the Number of which is Growing". EU also "is concerned about continuing Hostility and Violence against Minorities" in Turkey. It also "calls on the Turkish Government to launch, as a matter of Priority, a Political Initiatve favouring a lasting Settlement of the Kurdish issue, (while "condemning violence.. and terrorist groups"). EU "regrets that No progress has been made on establishing full, systematic Civilian suprevisory functions over the (Turkish) Military".
The final results of Holovaty's 2nd and last visit to Turkley will be known later this year, and, at any case, before EU's December 2009 Summit.