Pressure grows on Wolfowitz in promotion scandal

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Pressure for World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz to resign grew on Friday as the bank's board wrangled behind the scenes over whether his approval of a high-paying promotion for his girlfriend bent rules.

The controversy overshadowed the start of meetings here of finance and aid ministers from rich and developing countries.

World Bank staff and global development organizations called for Wolfowitz to step down as anger increased even after a public apology on Thursday in which he said he erred in the handling of the 2005 promotion of Shaha Riza, a former senior communications officer in the bank's Middle East Department.

Bank staff expressed their outrage on internal Internet bulletin boards, which included calls for Wolfowitz to resign and support for a staff protest on Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070414/pl_nm/worldbank_wolfowitz_board_dc

[BurtWorm]

1. Now there's someone who should have been fired two days ago.

What is taking them so long. Just fire the schmuck already!

[Hardrada]

2. He's "connected" to the Bush syndicate.

That's probably why.

[brook]

3. I wish

they'd just fire his ass. No resignation and no lateral move to another cushy job. Just fire the crook. I'm sick to the core of these neocons who have no ethics, no morals and damned little competence -and who make policies that are contrary to the interests of those whose tax dollars they pocket so greedily!