Turnbull gives reason to veto Rudd’s UN bid
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AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday he vetoed a predecessor’s bid for the top United Nations job because Kevin Rudd lacked the interpersonal skills and temperament to be a candidate.
Turnbull had previously declined to explain his reasons for rejecting Rudd’s bid to succeed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon beyond saying that Rudd was not “well suited for that role.”
But Turnbull confirmed the reasons Rudd gave The Australian newspaper in an interview published yesterday.
“He (Rudd) has said in the paper today ... I said to him the reason he was unsuitable for the job was his interpersonal skills and temperament — well, I wouldn’t dispute that,” Turnbull told Radio 3AW.
Rudd told the newspaper of their telephone conversation last week: “Mr Turnbull said that in his judgment, I had neither the interpersonal skills nor the temperament to be a candidate.”
Rudd said Turnbull would not discuss submissions to his Cabinet from Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or Australian diplomats in Washington and New York that supported his candidacy.
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