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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    France to Discuss Bill Criminalizing Armenian Genocide in November

    20.05.2006 15:37 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ `The most important role, played in the dropping of
    the motion to penalize those who deny the Armenian Genocide in France
    yesterday, was undertaken by Parliamentary Speaker Jean Louis Debre,'
    the Zaman newspaper writes. Though not customary, Debre, a close
    friend of President Jacques Chirac, took the decision of directing the
    session where the draft was discussed. It is very rare for
    parliamentary speakers in France to chair the sessions where motions
    brought by the opposition are discussed. Debre gave the deputies
    discussing the first item of the session the unlimited right to speak,
    which diminished the time remaining. He twice allotted a break to ease
    the tensions that rose because of this. In the statement he made after
    the session, Debre said, `We can write the history of neither France
    nor its relationships among other nations,' and repeated once again
    that he is against the bill. Nevertheless, the PS must also use its
    next `right to determine the agenda' for the motion to reach the
    parliamentary agenda again, which would be possible only in November.

    Alexis Govciyan, Chairman of the Coordination Council of the Armenian
    Organizations of France, who foresaw the delay of the bill until
    November. Even the Armenian associations, the architects of the
    project, did not expect the bill to pass in the first attempt.
    Turkish analysts note that the discussion is postponed due to coming
    parliamentary and presidential elections in France.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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