Wolfowitz found guilty by top-level ethics panel
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
A TOP-LEVEL World Bank ethics panel has ruled bank president Paul Wolfowitz guilty of a conflict of interest for getting his girlfriend a substantial pay raise, The New York Times reported on its website.
The news came as the scandal entangling Wolfowitz claimed its first victim earlier in the day when one of his senior aides resigned.
"Given the current environment surrounding the leadership of the World Bank Group, it is very difficult to be effective in helping to advance the mission of the institution," Kevin Kellems told AFP.
According to the Times, the panel of seven of the bank's 24 board members has formally notified Wolfowitz, the former US deputy secretary of defence, of its findings, a move that is likely to add to the weeks of pressure on him to resign.
The committee continued to mull what punishment to recommend, the Times said late Monday. But it reported that most board members want Wolfowitz, whose management style and determination to uproot some of the bank's bureaucratic practices has upset many staff, to resign.
AFP
The news came as the scandal entangling Wolfowitz claimed its first victim earlier in the day when one of his senior aides resigned.
"Given the current environment surrounding the leadership of the World Bank Group, it is very difficult to be effective in helping to advance the mission of the institution," Kevin Kellems told AFP.
According to the Times, the panel of seven of the bank's 24 board members has formally notified Wolfowitz, the former US deputy secretary of defence, of its findings, a move that is likely to add to the weeks of pressure on him to resign.
The committee continued to mull what punishment to recommend, the Times said late Monday. But it reported that most board members want Wolfowitz, whose management style and determination to uproot some of the bank's bureaucratic practices has upset many staff, to resign.
AFP
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