Sexual Assualt Charges: IMF chief case ‘damning’, says US senator
'We have in America a presumption of innocence, but obviously the circumstances are very troubling if not damning.'
WASHINGTON:
US Senator John Kerry said on Tuesday that the circumstances surrounding International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged assault of a hotel maid were “very troubling if not damning”.
“You’ve got to give it a few days to let that develop. But if the evidence is what it appears to be, I think it would be very difficult for him to manage. It’s very troubling,” Kerry told reporters. “We have in America a presumption of innocence, but obviously the circumstances are very troubling if not damning.”
Meanwhile, investment giant Pimco’s chief executive Mohamed El-Erian said he was not interested in leading the IMF.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.
US Senator John Kerry said on Tuesday that the circumstances surrounding International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged assault of a hotel maid were “very troubling if not damning”.
“You’ve got to give it a few days to let that develop. But if the evidence is what it appears to be, I think it would be very difficult for him to manage. It’s very troubling,” Kerry told reporters. “We have in America a presumption of innocence, but obviously the circumstances are very troubling if not damning.”
Meanwhile, investment giant Pimco’s chief executive Mohamed El-Erian said he was not interested in leading the IMF.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2011.