Kofi: the Man, the Myth, the Mercedes and the Apartment

Pajamas Media ^ | December 23, 2006 | Claudia Rosett

[george76]

On his way out the door, Kofi Annan has signed new rules meant to curb corruption in UN procurement activities, which since the Feds began investigating last year have been sprouting indictments and guilty pleas pertaining to the abuse of enormous amounts of taxpayer money on Kofi’s watch.

It’s thoughtful of Kofi to bequeath brand new rules to his successor, Ban Ki-moon, who takes charge Jan. 1.

But this leaves the question of why Kofi, who worked in the UN system for more than four decades, and spent much of that time deep in the nitty-gritty of UN personnel and financial management, did not sign such a package of rules early in his decade as Secretary-General...

Kofi’s evasions and derelictions can fill volumes — and in matters such as the multi-billion dollar Oil-for-Food scandal, some of them have.

But let’s focus for a moment on two things easy for anyone to relate to: the car, and the apartment. The departing Kofi, who has refused to disclose his UN financial “disclosure” form to the public, has stonewalled to the end on what became of Kojo’s Mercedes, or the accompanying UN paperwork for the car — which was shipped into Ghana at a hefty savings in 1998 under false use of Kofi’s name and the UN seal;

Kofi has also refused to explain how his old taxpayer-subsidized apartment in New York ended up in use over the past decade by the family of his brother, Kobina Annan —who has served for years as Ghana’s ambassador to Morocco.

At a farewell press conference, asked how the apartment was transferred to Kobina’s family, Kofi replied: “I know that my spokesman answered the thing.” That is flat-out false. His spokesman in multiple rounds of email refused to answer any factual questions whatsoever about “the thing.”

[hnj_00]

why can't he just go back to the grass hut and tend his goats????

[Carry_Okie]

Payment for a job well done.

The globo-thugs made a pretty penny because of this clown.

[Kenny Bunk]

just go back to the grass hut and tend his goats????

Why would one of the richest men in Sweden want to do that?

[Democratshavenobrains]

Liberals don't mind left wing corruption. It is only American corruption that angers them.

[CottShop]

lol- you say that as if you think libs aint american lol (I happen to almost agree :) )