World Bank policy committee to hear from embattled Wolfowitz

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

World Bank policy committee to hear from embattled Wolfowitz by Nathaniel Harrison
15 minutes ago



WASHINGTON (AFP) - Embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, under fire for his role in the promotion of his girlfriend, was to join a policy meeting Sunday in what could be one of his last official acts as bank chief.

Facing calls for his resignation, Wolfowitz was also scheduled to appear at a press conference following the twice-yearly session of the bank's policy-setting Development Committee, representing the lender's 185 members.

After a tempestuous two-year tenure at the Washington-based development body, Wolfowitz is now under siege from bank staffers and advocacy groups who want him to go.

He stands accused of helping arrange a hefty pay hike for his partner, former World Bank communications specialist Shaha Riza, when she was transferred to the US State Department in 2005.



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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz has so far offered no indication he may resign but Internet chatter is already speculating over a possible successor to the former Bush administration official.

Web site www.worldbankpresident.org first came to prominence in 2005 airing speculation over who would replace former World Bank chief James Wolfensohn, making available to all the backroom gossip around the capital.

The Web site was revived this week as the scandal over Wolfowitz's pay rise and promotion for his girlfriend escalated and many commentators predicted it was only a matter of time before he would be forced to quit his post.

Web-site contributors are touting South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and Nigeria's former finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as possible successors to Wolfowitz.

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[opihimoimoi]

1. Pauly finally fk'd it up so much...he gatta go...totally lolo...he went for the blue

and got red faced....