Kristalina Georgieva adds criticism and questions IMF continuity

According to what the British newspaper says, this had a negative impact on global financial institutions based in Washington, USA, to the point that requests to resign began to materialize.

Since the accusation came to light, the director has been performing her duties in a hot climate and “amid increasing calls for her resignation.”, described the Financial Times.

In turn, the weekly The Economist published an op-ed titled “Why the IMF Leader Should Resign” and in which he indicates that “this does not easily fit with her current role at the IMF”.

Among the various reasons, he noted: “The next time the IMF attempts to arbitrate a currency dispute, or helps reschedule the debt of a country that has borrowed from China, critics of the Fund will surely cite this investigation. to undermine the credibility of the establishment “.

For this reason, he felt that “Ms. Georgieva, an esteemed official of various international institutions, should resign”.

Georgieva spoke about it this week, categorically dismissing the accusation: “Be clear: the conclusions are wrong. I have not pressured anyone to change the reports. There was absolutely no quid pro quo for the funding of the World Bank. ” .

“As much as I tried to be open and inclusive, I was sorry to hear that some of the staff felt their concerns had not been heard. In the future, I will make sure to be even more attentive to the opinions of the staff, ”he said in a statement released through the American strategic communications firm SKDK.

This decision not to do so through a document signed by the Monetary Fund raised all kinds of suspicion about the continuity in the position he assumed in 2019.