Brazil’s finance minister says the hunt for a new head of the International Monetary Fund is being rushed. He says a temporary leader should be chosen.
The IMF executive board has said it plans to make its selection by the end of June.
Brazil’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega says Monday that such a time frame doesn’t give world leaders enough time to know the candidates.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn quit last week after being accused of attempting to rape a New York hotel maid.
Mantega suggests have a temporary head serve out Strauss-Kahn’s mandate, which runs until the end of 2012.
Mantega reiterated that the candidate should be chosen on merit, and not based on the tradition that a European fill the job.