Wolfowitz asked to resign from world bank

[ourbluenation]

Source: UPI

Wolfowitz asked to resign from World Bank

WASHINGTON April 23 (UPI) -- An agency that oversees the World Bank is asking for the resignation of the bank's president, former deputy U.S. Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.

In a document obtained by the Financial Times, the Independent Evaluation Group asked for Wolfowitz's immediate resignation, saying a continuation of his leadership will lead to "irreparable harm to worldwide efforts in poverty reduction and sustainable development."

The pressure for Wolfowitz to resign mounted last week, when 42 of the bank's senior former executives published an open letter urging his removal.

"There is only one way for Mr. Wolfowitz to further the mission of the bank: he must resign," the letter said.

The pressure to oust Wolfowitz comes as the board of the World Bank prepares to reach a decision on whether he broke bank rules when he ordered the bank's human resources chief to give his girlfriend a large pay raise.


Read more: http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2007/04/23/wolfowitz_asked_to_resign_from_world_bank/

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[Catch22Dem]

1. Card by card, the house is coming down. (n/t)

[Scairp]

20. So many people predicted his appointment would be a disaster

And all who said as much, including yours truly, have been proven correct. He is deeply corrupt, as are his fellow criminals, but somehow these amoral scumbags keep their jobs, and I just don't understand how.

[Botany]

2. Oh ... oh .... oh

Paul you know will have time to go to the Hague for your trial.

[tularetom]

3. Tomorrow bush will respond that all the controversy

has increased his confidence in Wolfowitz and he has no intention of shit canning him.

[candice]

8. Heck of a job, Wolfie!

[pretzel4gore]

4. good...

he needs his day in court, his night on death row and there's hardly time enough for running a goddam bank ...

[bluerum]

6. ... and many more subordinate female employees to boink. eom

[aquart]

5. Jesus H. Christ. Can't anybody fire these people???

[Kagemusha]

14. I hear it takes 85% to make a board decision

and the US has 16% of the vote.

[HowHasItComeToThis]

7. WOLFOWITZ, CHENEY, BUSH ARE NOT GOING TO RUN THE WORLD

WE HAVE HAD IT.

[Tom Joad]

9. Does he have a choice? Why should he listen to them?

[thereismore]

10. INCOMPETENT. All of them. nt

[Nimrod2005]

11. Good, hoping to see the same for Alberto Abu Ghraib Gonzales soon!!!

[rodeodance]

12. so, we are waiting for 'the board" repsonse yet. ummmm

[rodeodance]

13. "Wolfowitz hires top lawyer to keep job" Hires Clinton Lawyer, Robert Bennett...

Forum Name General Discussion: Politics
Topic subject "Wolfowitz hires top lawyer to keep job" Hires Clinton Lawyer, Robert Bennett...
Topic URL http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3231198#3231198
3231198, "Wolfowitz hires top lawyer to keep job" Hires Clinton Lawyer, Robert Bennett...
Posted by KoKo01 on Mon Apr-23-07 07:00 PM

Wolfowitz hires top lawyer to keep job

By Krishna Guha in Washington and Hugh Williamson in Berlin

Published: April 23 2007 22:18 | Last updated: April 23 2007 22:18

World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz has hired Bill Clinton’s former lawyer Robert Bennett as an adviser as the board investigation into the Shaha Riza controversy entered a critical phase.

Members of the seven-man panel of board members are expected to reach a decision this week as to whether Mr Wolfowitz broke bank rules or ethics when he instructed the bank’s human resources chief to offer his girlfriend a large pay rise as part of a secondment package.

Mr Bennett, a partner at Skadden, Arps, is best known for representing former US president Bill Clinton against sexual harassment claims.

Mr Bennett told the FT: “I am engaged by Mr Wolfowitz and will be advising him in this somewhat complex manner.” Mr Bennett, who said he had read the papers relating to the case, said: “I do not believe he did anything wrong, and that he acted in eminent good faith.”

Mr Wolfowitz used a different lawyer, Robert Barnett, a partner at Williams & Connolly, in the original negotiations.

Pressure is piling up on Mr Wolfowitz to resign after the submission of a indictment of his leadership by the bank’s Independent Evaluation Group and an open letter from 42 former top executives calling on him to go. But the bank president still has some supporters in the US, where the White House last week reiterated its confidence in him.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8386dedc-f1ca-11db-b5b6-000b5df10621.html

[Imagevision]

15. If Wolfo did go, it's still up to Bush as to who replaces him...

[Rydz777]

16. Big settlement

Wolfowitz knows he'll have to go, but with Robert Bennett, he'll try to extract a big multi-million dollar settlement (Bennett will get 40 percent.) So much for the poor of the world, so long as Wolfie gets paid off.

[Neshanic]

17. Is she still an item with him? I mean did he transfer his larve to her?

[cliss]

18. It was unanimous.

They all decided it was abuse for Paul Wolfowitz to have sex with Shaha Reza.

He's too damn ugly.

[Exiled in America]

19. LOL @ talking about the world bank and "poverty reduction."

[Big Pappa]

21. The sad thing is

that he even has to be asked. He should have used the last bit of his integrity and stepped down voluntarily.