Joy's letter does say it all. But it's good news in many respects. It shows Joy in his truest light. His US handlers will write in his file: just like Mommy / jealous type / upset that Mommy did not get the Nobel Prize / delusions of grandeur.
We need the West to see Joy for what he is.
It's good news really : D
-- In alochona@yahoogroups.com, Isha Khan <bdmailer@...> wrote:
>
> *Joy's 'letter' tells it all*
>
> *Friends of Yunus critical of his statement*
>
> Friends of Grameen, an international effort to save Prof Muhammad Yunus and
> Grameen Bank, yesterday said an open letter of Sajeeb A Wazed, son of Prime
> Minister Sheikh Hasina, has exposed fully the dynamics behind attacks on the
> country's most prestigious organisation and its founder.
>
> The group, chaired by Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and former
> United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said it has been
> particularly alarmed by the statements made by Sajeeb.
>
> "Friends of Grameen are shocked by this letter, its existence, signatory,
> allegations and the themes that are developed, that are now exposing fully
> the dynamics behind the attacks on Grameen Bank and Prof Yunus, the very
> strong personal content of the harassment of Yunus and Grameen Bank, the
> allegations that Grameen Bank has been designed as and remains an organ of
> state, the clear underlying view that Grameen Bank is a useless organisation
> that has brought no relief to poverty in Bangladesh, the full and explicit
> opposition to microcredit as an efficient way to alleviate poverty."
>
> The group said: "He wrote and signed an open letter on Saturday in his
> capacity of 'Advisor to Sheikh Hasina, Honourable Prime Minister of
> Bangladesh', claiming that he was representing the official view of the
> Government of Bangladesh on the matter, in extremely troubling and
> defamatory terms."
>
> "Here are the facts from the Bangladesh Government's side on the Yunus and
> Grameen Bank issue", starts the email. It continues, "Last year Norwegian
> Television uncovered documents revealing massive financial improprieties at
> Grameen Bank under Mohammed Yunus.... Commenting on the fact that the
> government of Norway has totally cleared this issue, he says "no doubt Yunus
> lobbied the Norwegian Government."
>
> The letter continues with very acrimonious, pseudo-legal terms, and contains
> such words as illegal activities, criminal offence, fraud, improprieties,
> theft, embezzlement, and molestation, according to a statement of Friends of
> Grameen.
>
> "Even more alarming, Mr Sajeeb Wazed goes on by saying: 'Contrary to the
> popular perception, Yunus did not found Grameen Bank. The Government of
> Bangladesh did', and continues with the following conclusion: 'Despite the
> hype, there is no evidence that microcredit has in fact reduced the rolls of
> the poor in Bangladesh. Grameen Bank has been in the microcredit business
> for 30 years, yet Bangladesh remains one of the poorest countries in the
> world.'"
>
> The letter came as the High Court yesterday ruled that Grameen Bank did not
> obtain formal approval from the government on Yunus' reappointment as the
> managing director in 1999.
>
> The Group said the government is the member of the board of Grameen Bank by
> running three seats out of 12, but it has never questioned the position of
> Prof Yunus as the managing director.
>
> On the contrary, the board voted unanimously for Yunus to continue as
> managing director. The court decision is politically oriented and without
> legal grounds, it said.
>
> Friends of Grameen hoped the position expressed by Sajeeb is not the
> official position of the government of Bangladesh.
>
> Meanwhile, Óscar Arias, former president of Costa Rica and 1987 Nobel Peace
> Prize Laureate, joined as Friends of Grameen.
>
>
> http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=177004
>
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