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March 19th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Asked what his view was on Miss Sirleaf’s position, a visibly-uncomfortable Mr Blair declined to comment, saying he wanted to focus on the work of his organisation, the Africa Governance Initiative, in Liberia.
“I’m not giving you an answer on it,” he said. “One of the advantages of doing what I do now is I can choose the issues I get into and the issues I don’t. For us, the priorities are around power, roads, jobs delivery.”
The issue of homosexuality is a fraught one in Africa, and the practice is illegal in 37 countries. Moves by the Anglican church to open up the clergy to gays and sanction same-sex partnerships has caused a major division between the West and African bishops, while suggestions by the US and the UK that aid might in future be hinged on countries’ treatments of homosexuals has provoked more than one angry rebuke from African presidents.
During his time in office, Mr Blair championed laws on civil partnerships, lifted a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the armed forces and lowered their age of consent to 16.
He insisted however that the AGI would not be tackling African leaders on the issue, and Miss Sirleaf stressed the point, adding: “AGI Liberia has specific terms of reference – that’s all we require of them.”
Mr Blair has also faced criticism for declining to tackle Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, whom he has described as a “visionary leader and a great friend” over accusations about the silencing of opposition politicians and media outlets with arrests and attacks in the run up to last August’s president election.
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