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GAP Points Out Report Misrepresentation
GAP has verified all of the following information from multiple high-level sources inside the Bank:
The Board report on the Wolfowitz-Riza scandal stating that, in being detailed from the Bank to the U.S. State Department, Riza was promoted to a “GH” level position “consistent with the practice of the Bank,” rests on incorrect information. The Board’s conclusion (paragraph 2b) was based on a belief that Riza qualified for a promotion and had been shortlisted by the appropriate body in a competition for the position of Middle East North Africa Communications Adviser.
In fact, Riza was turned down twice for promotion to level GH by the Communications Network Sector Board (Comnet), the appropriate authorizing body. Comnet found that Riza lacked the professional qualifications necessary for a GH level position as a Communications Adviser. GAP has confirmed from two sources that Comnet, the authorizing body for the promotion, interviewed her only as a courtesy because she had been “acting” in the position. The year before Comnet had rejected Riza’s application for a promotion in the communications sector because she lacked the necessary qualifications.
Nonetheless, on September 19, 2005, Riza was promoted non-competitively to Principal Communications Officer as part of her External Assignment – a decision supported by the President of the Bank. When transferred, she had no professional qualification for a GH Level position in the Communications area, which was why Comnet rejected her application for promotion twice. The title she was given as GH Level, Principal Communications Officer, is held by only one person in Comnet: Shaha Riza.
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