Officials of the Socialist Party of France assessed today that the former head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, could make a political "comeback" now that the US Attorney admitted that he had problems with the credibility of his key witness and when Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest.
As the BBC reports, Strauss-Kahn was considered a possible candidate in the presidential elections in France before the chambermaid of the Sofite Hotel in New York accused him of sexual assault on May 14.
Strauss Kahn was previously considered the favorite of the Socialist Party in the upcoming presidential elections, which will be held in the spring of next year, and connoisseurs of the situation believe that the decision on whether to run is primarily up to him.
It is up to Strauss-Kahn to decide whether he will run in the elections
"If we assume that all doubts about Dominic and all accusations will be removed, which of course I hope will happen, then it will primarily be up to him to decide and it will be up to the socialists to decide," said the last socialist prime minister, Lionel Jospin.
"Strauss Kahn will fight for France"
Socialist MP Jean-Marie Legen said he believes Strauss-Kahn will run in the presidential election.
"If what we've heard is true and if the American justice system frees him and rehabilitates him and restores his honor and dignity, then, given that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is a fighter, he will fight for our country," Legen said.
Socialist supporter Jean-Marie Legen said he believed Strauss-Kahn would run
The nomination list will close on July 13, five days before his next court appearance is scheduled, but a senior official in Francois Hollande's Socialist Party says that deadline may be pushed back.
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