Everyone Is Happy

After giving it much thought, I have finally come up with a solution to the Davið Oddsson/Central Bank issue.  I think that all involved will be equally pleased and disappointed at exactly the same time meaning it either absolute genius or complete stupidity.  I favor the former myself.The solution is so simple I am totally surprised that no one in the Althing has thought of it first. (Not really).  The solution is to NOT fire Davið.  That's right. DO NOT FIRE HIM.  Perfect!  Yes Johanna, when you amend the bill on the Central Bank don't give the government the power to remove the chairman.  Just change his job description- Demote him! Simple!  And insert a new position into the Central Bank with a new name, maybe President or Czar or something along that line and give that new position the chairman's old power.  What to do with the chairman, you ask?  Assign him tasks that he can perform to help the new President (or Czar) of the Central Bank's job easier.  For example, changing the toner in the copier, or making coffee in the morning . Very critical work in Iceland I have learned.( Not joking)  OR , even better, he can assure that everyone has a seat for meetings in the conference room - then he can still be called the Chair Man!

 And everyone is happy.  The Independence party is happy because Davið stays in the Central Bank (and out of politics).  The new government is happy because Davið is no longer in charge and they didn’t have to do something that seemed political and fire him. The people are also happy because he is no longer in charge or in politics. And finally Davið is happy because he can say that he never resigned and they couldn’t fire him.  He gets his same pay as before and why not; he is doing basically the same job as he did before – not much at all.

Athugasemdir

[hilmar jónsson, 10.2.2009 kl. 00:32]

makes sense..