The former candidate for president French Socialist Segolene Royal defeated by Sarkozy in 2006, has said in an interview this morning on Europe 1 radio that his party and fellow front-runner to become the Socialist candidate for president in 2012, Dominque Strauss-Kahn, "is entitled to the presumption of innocence" after der arrested in New York for an alleged crime of sexual abuse.
Royal has come out in favor of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and has repeated over and over again that Strauss-Kahn has the right to defend itself and the presumption of innocence. "Right now my thoughts are with his family. We have to respect a man who has not yet had the opportunity to defend itself." Asked what effect the news about the primaries in the Socialist Party which will rival Sarkozy, Royal said it was too early to decide.
"No rush events," he told reporters. "We must remain calm and serenity. Justice must maintain the serenity to discover the truth," he insisted Royal, and again asked about the impact on French political life of the arrest. For his part, Stephane Le Foll Socialist MEP has called for "prudence" about reports coming from New York.
The campaign manager also François Hollande, one of the primary candidates socialists, has refused to rule on whether whether Strauss-Kahn cleared out in this case will be submitted as a candidate. "It must be him who decides," had defended in the RTL. "Obviously it is a 'shock' terrible ', recognized for its part to Europe 1 Jean-Marie Le Guen, a spokesman and close associate of Strauss-Kahn.
"But until you have heard the point of view of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will discuss the facts but I will not draw any hasty conclusions," he underlined. "Discredited for politics" The first political reaction in France has offered the right-wing leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, who has held that the detention of Strauss-Kahn lets you "permanently discredited" as a possible candidate for the French presidency .
Le Pen, whom polls stood at the second round of the presidential election of 2012 with Strauss-Kahn as the Socialist candidate, believes that what happened has left his rival virtually out of choosing the "highest office of state." Although "as a lawyer" did not want to ignore the "presumption of innocence," the IMF chief, stressed that the facts are against him "tremendous gravity" and recalled, told RTL radio, which recent months the gala press had already published some reports putting into question their relationships with women.
First in the polls Meanwhile, the latest survey by the institute Ifop and published by the Journal du Dimanche places Hollande, former secretary general of the Socialists, virtually tied with Strauss-Kahn in the first round hypothetical. If Hollande out on Socialist candidate in 2012 would get 23% of the votes in the first round, two points more than in the previous survey, while second place would be Marine Le Pen with 23% and third is Sarkozy with 22% .
If the candidate was Strauss-Kahn, that would be imposed in the first round with 26% of the votes, followed by Le Pen and Sarkozy 22% to 21.5%.
Royal has come out in favor of the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and has repeated over and over again that Strauss-Kahn has the right to defend itself and the presumption of innocence. "Right now my thoughts are with his family. We have to respect a man who has not yet had the opportunity to defend itself." Asked what effect the news about the primaries in the Socialist Party which will rival Sarkozy, Royal said it was too early to decide.
"No rush events," he told reporters. "We must remain calm and serenity. Justice must maintain the serenity to discover the truth," he insisted Royal, and again asked about the impact on French political life of the arrest. For his part, Stephane Le Foll Socialist MEP has called for "prudence" about reports coming from New York.
The campaign manager also François Hollande, one of the primary candidates socialists, has refused to rule on whether whether Strauss-Kahn cleared out in this case will be submitted as a candidate. "It must be him who decides," had defended in the RTL. "Obviously it is a 'shock' terrible ', recognized for its part to Europe 1 Jean-Marie Le Guen, a spokesman and close associate of Strauss-Kahn.
"But until you have heard the point of view of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, will discuss the facts but I will not draw any hasty conclusions," he underlined. "Discredited for politics" The first political reaction in France has offered the right-wing leader of the National Front, Marine Le Pen, who has held that the detention of Strauss-Kahn lets you "permanently discredited" as a possible candidate for the French presidency .
Le Pen, whom polls stood at the second round of the presidential election of 2012 with Strauss-Kahn as the Socialist candidate, believes that what happened has left his rival virtually out of choosing the "highest office of state." Although "as a lawyer" did not want to ignore the "presumption of innocence," the IMF chief, stressed that the facts are against him "tremendous gravity" and recalled, told RTL radio, which recent months the gala press had already published some reports putting into question their relationships with women.
First in the polls Meanwhile, the latest survey by the institute Ifop and published by the Journal du Dimanche places Hollande, former secretary general of the Socialists, virtually tied with Strauss-Kahn in the first round hypothetical. If Hollande out on Socialist candidate in 2012 would get 23% of the votes in the first round, two points more than in the previous survey, while second place would be Marine Le Pen with 23% and third is Sarkozy with 22% .
If the candidate was Strauss-Kahn, that would be imposed in the first round with 26% of the votes, followed by Le Pen and Sarkozy 22% to 21.5%.
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