DSK Dominique Strauss Kahn and the French Way

The soon to be former head of the IMF, french-born Dominique Strauss
Kahn who is currently jailed in New York in the USA on sex charges is
finally coming to terms with what the French have been getting away
with in many parts of the world for so long.

If a man of such stature is found guilty, it will truly mark the end
of impunity and reassert the primacy of the authority of the American
Justice System. You are presumed innocent until proven otherwise, and
all are equal before the law.

This contrasts sharply with the way this case may have been handled in
France and in Africa, where there would probably have been no case.

Bringing such charges against the high flying M Strauss Kahn who was
tabbed to be the next French president will invite more scrutiny of
public personalities in France.

In South Africa, where different social conditions exist, current
president Jacob Zuma fought similar charges and it didn't stop him
from becoming president.

But a similar case by famed movie director, Roman Polanski set the
precedent that has certainly caused M Strauss Kahn to be denied bail.
Polanski had sex with a 13 year old, and fled to Europe when released
on bail.

So it looks like it will be a long, and painful process for the French
political class as one of their own is paraded before the cameras, and
ripped apart in the United States.

The World will be better off whatever the outcome, and hopefully, the
presumed victim and her family will find some closure.