According to BP (NYSE:BP), Chief Executive Tony Hayward will not be testifying at the U.S. Senate hearing. The purpose of this hearing is to examine the evidence to see if BP had any influence in the release of the Lockerbie bomber.
BP did say they were willing to send another representative to testify at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, chaired by Senator Robert Menendez on Thursday. Although the name of the representative was not given. Menendez said he is going to continue to put the pressure on to have Hayward testify.
"It is apparently more important to BP and Mr. Hayward to focus on his multi-million dollar golden parachute then to help answer serious lingering questions about whether the company advocated traded blood for oil," said Menendez.
Menendez continued, "Though it may be convenient for BP to move Mr. Hayward out of his position, it does not change the need for answers. The bottom line is we need to hear from BP officials at the highest levels who had significant contact with both the Libyan and British governments. Mr. Hayward best fits that bill."
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