[WSIS CS-Plenary] CS speakers from ITU for opening, roundtable and high level panel

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

Dear Ralf

I share your worries concerning the nomination of a parlementarian as a 
Civil Society representative.
In regards to International Public Law, a parlementarian is part of the 
govermental body, and therefore
does not belong to Civil Society.
This question should not derail into a political debate, as
it is a general principle of law, and has nothing to do with the 
national identity of the person.
In the past, in the PCT group, I fought against the nomination by the 
PCT group
of an Italian eurodeputy for the WGIG,
and what is worth for Italians should be worth also for other nationalities.

Concerning Adama Samassékou that I met today at the UNESCO general 
conference
( which by the way does not implement so well the WSIS recommendations,
but this is another story... ), he confirmed that he signalled very 
early on
that he was very touched and honored by the nominations by some WGs,
but that he could not accept the Civil Society nomination for political 
reasons and
 he asked somebody to post his position to the CS plenary, but seemingly 
this was not done, 
 possibly lost in travels, therefore  creating  a useless debate.
 Adama Samassékou, towards whom I do not hide a very high consideration 
and admiration,
 does not occupy actually any governmental position in Mali, he is the head
 of the Academy of African Languages, however he has retained a honorary 
quasi-diplomatic
 status, which indeed may create some problems ( like for previous 
ministers or presidents ).

Since, it appears that there is an empty slot that becomes currently 
available,
It is kindly suggested, that Richard Stallman,  a nominee of the PCT group,
who cannot, by any means, be confused with government...,
and who confirmed that he will go to Tunis; to be reintegrated again on the
list ( possibly after some reshufling ) from which he was removed after 
September 30.

Best regards

Francis

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> Dear Rik and others from the nomination committee,
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> on behalf of the WSIS CS Privacy and Security Working Group, I 
> strongly object to the nomination of a parlamentarian as one of the civil
> society speakers. Robert Guerra has raised the issue earlier, but 
> unfortunately without any reaction by the nomination committee. We 
> can't seriously accept the inclusion of
>
> Mohanmed Elyes Ben Marzouk
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> in this list.
>
> He is listed here as "President, Organisation tunisienne des jeunes 
> médecins sans frontières", but has been appointed to the Tunisian 
> parliament by the Tunisian President Ben Ali some months ago.
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> We can't really consider this civil society, can we? And I thought we 
> had learned from the debate we had over nominating Adama Sammassekou...
>
> I sincerely hope it is not too late yet to change the list accordingly.
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> Best, Ralf
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