Occupy Protestors Demand Meeting with Citigroup's Pandit — Again

Occupy Wall Street's Alternative Banking Group doesn't like to be kept waiting.

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The group posted a letter to Citigroup's (NYSE: C) chief executive, Vikram Pandit, on the website Occupy.com on Thursday, reiterating its request for a meeting with him.

"Your shareholders recently asked you, as CEO of Citigroup, to rethink executive compensation. The conclusions you come to will have a huge impact on Wall Street," the letter begins. "The Alternative Banking Group, a working group of Occupy Wall Street, remains ready to sit down with you and share our perspective."

The website says a copy of the letter was emailed to Pandit on Wednesday, but that the group hasn't received a response.

Citigroup spokeswoman Shannon Bell declined to comment on the letter.

A very public conversation between Occupiers and Citigroup's top executive erupted in October at the height of the protests, after Pandit publicly offered to talk with any interested activists.

In its latest letter, the Alternative Banking Group says in late February it accepted Pandit's offer to meet, and that on March 7 Pandit's assistant said the bank would be back in touch shortly. (One complicating factor: the group wanted to bring a camera crew.)

"We have yet to hear from you. We trust that you will keep your word and respond to us now," the letter says. "This is a historical moment. Let us seize it together."


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