economist Muhammad Yunus has lost another round in the battle to remain head of the Grameen Bank he created thirty years ago. Bangladesh's High Court dismissed an appeal against the esonoro reached retirement age 'and other violations on his appointment as Executive Director. Last week, the government, which owns 25% of the bank, it was summarily ousted in making him understand that it was time to retire. But the septuagenarian banker of the poor'', he pointed to his feet and decided to switch to legal action.
The judges said that the removal from office and '''perfectly legitimate'' perche’ la carica che gli e’ stata rinnovata nel 1990 non puo’ eseree mantenuta da chi ha superato I 60 anni di eta’. La sentenza non e’ pero’ definitiva e i legali stanno ora preparando l’appello.
Subito dopo il verdetto, i suoi simpatizzanti sono scesi in strada a Dacca con dimostrazioni di salidarieta’ e striscioni sul grattacielo dove ha sede la Grameen. Inoltre, a Washington, la segretaria di stato americana Hillary Clinton, ha espresso preoccupazione per la vicenda del banchiere che doveva incontrare proprio ieri.
Yunus, che nel 2006 ha vinto il premio NOBEL per la Pace, gode di un largo seguito internazionale, ma di recente la sua immagine e’ stata oscurata da un’accusa di embezzlement and other legal problems that according to its advocates are part of an orchestrated smear campaign entourage of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who recently accused him according to his words of''sucking the blood of the poor''and that he He had never forgiven the attempt, four years ago to found his own party.
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