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| Wolfowitz blames media for exit |
| The outgoing president of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has told the BBC an "overheated" atmosphere at the bank and in the media forced him to resig
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 28-May-2007
3:21:49 AM |
| Mr Wolfowitz stood down after a scandal over his role in winning a new pay and promotion package for his girlfriend.
In an interview, Mr Wolfowitz said the bank's board did accept that he had acted ethically, and in good faith.
He leaves the bank on 30 June after a presidency that was controversial both at the beginning and at the end.
His appointment was originally opposed by many European nations, who disapproved of his previous role as a senior Pentagon official and an architect of the Iraq war.
Vindication
Speaking to the BBC World Service, Mr Wolfowitz denied that his own actions were the root cause of his departure.
I'm pleased that finally the board did accept that I acted in good faith and acted ethically," he said.
"I accept the fact that by the time we got around to that, emotions here were so overheated that I don't think I could have accomplished what I wanted to accomplish for the people I really care about."
He denied suggestions that lingering personal antipathy against him had contributed to his decision to leave.
"I think it tells us more about the media than about the bank and I'll leave it at that.
"People were reacting to a whole string of inaccurate statements and by the time we got to anything approximating accuracy the passions were around the bend."
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