Wolfie argues staff rules should not apply to him!!

[rodeodance]

like the rules do not apply to the boss??????? Is that what I read?



http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070502/pl_nm/worldbank_wolfowitz_dc;_ylt=Av1VyNOnUfB5RFsBkerjatDMWM0F

.....World Bank ethics chief disputes Wolfowitz claims

By Lesley Wroughton 1 hour, 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz violated staff rules when he intervened directly in the personnel matters of his girlfriend even though he said he wanted no part in her promotion and transfer, the head of a bank ethics panel at the time said on Tuesday.


In a statement to a bank committee examining the role Wolfowitz played in arranging a high-paid promotion for his girlfriend, Ad Melkert said it would have been better if Wolfowitz had instructed one of his deputies to handle the transfer for Shaha Riza, to avoid conflict of interest issues.

"Contrary to what the staff rules allowed for, Mr. Wolfowitz's proposal explicitly insisted on the possibility of maintaining professional contacts with Ms. Riza," said Melkert, who since March 2006 has been at the U.N. Development Program.

"He kept that opinion even after grudgingly following the advice by the ethics committee. Thus, Mr. Wolfowitz denied that the general staff rules should be applicable to his particular situation," Melkert said.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Magic War Powers? n/t

[C_U_L8R]

2. oh for crying out loud

will they quit the hand wringing and fire the bum !!

[Xipe Totec]

3. He has sniffed his socks once too many

what little brain there was, is no more.

[napi21]

4. I don't know anything about the World Bank, but under US law,

the Company rules apply to EVERYBODY!

[LiberalFighter]

5. You do know that Wolfowitz is not everybody.... he is somebody

[napi21]

6. Somebody whi is an an AH! Sorry,m but in the US the employment

laws, and the individual Company laws pertain to EVERYONE, EVERYBODY, AND SOMEONE TOO!"

[struggle4progress]

7. IIRC applicability of staff rules to him is written into his contract