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PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE ALGERIAN 'GENOCIDE'
The New Anatolian, Turkey
Oct 9 2006
Parliament is to be busy this week, as it's set to consider a
bill lowering the eligibility age to be elected a deputy to 25,
the opposition's censure motion against the education minister and
a revived bill criminalizing denial of France's "genocide" in Algeria.
The Republican People's Party's (CHP) motion against Education
Minister Huseyin Celik, submitted to Parliament on Friday, will be
debated tomorrow afternoon.
The CHP's criticisms of the minister include seeking to protect
religious orders as well as some school textbooks published by the
ministry being full of factual errors, inappropriate language and
religious overtones.
Parliament will then hold the first round of voting on a bill to
reduce the eligibility age to be elected a deputy from 30 to 25,
with the second round on Thursday.
A commission set up to investigate the current situation in the
vegetable and fruit production sector will convene on Tuesday as well.
Among the commissions to meet on Wednesday is one set up to probe
the threat of cancer posed by industrial waste in Dilovasi, Gebze.
Deputies will also continue debating issues carried over from last
week, such as debates on seeds legislation on Wednesday, which aims to
increase efficiency and quality in seed production and to restructure
the sector as called for in the last European Union progress report.
Under the bill, which has been criticized for opening the way for
the sector to be monopolized, plant types, production licenses and
genetic resources will be recorded by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Ministry. The bill also stipulates providing the sector with incentives
and harmonizing legislation related to the sector with the EU acquis.
The ninth EU harmonization package will also continue to be debated
on Thursday to formulate a brand-new roadmap for this legislative year.
France discusses Armenian 'genocide,' Turkey addresses Algerian one
Among the issues to be debated by Parliament are three once-shelved
bills to recognize an Algeria "genocide" committed by France, and
criminalizing its denial.
Although it hasn't been officially announced, Justice Commission Chair
Koksal Toptan stated over the weekend that three bills set aside
by the related commission will be debated on Wednesday in response
to the French Parliament debating a bill on the Armenian "genocide"
on Thursday.
The commission is ready to discuss the recently amalgamated bills
seeking prison terms and fines for those who deny there was an Algerian
"genocide."
The New Anatolian, Turkey
Oct 9 2006
Parliament is to be busy this week, as it's set to consider a
bill lowering the eligibility age to be elected a deputy to 25,
the opposition's censure motion against the education minister and
a revived bill criminalizing denial of France's "genocide" in Algeria.
The Republican People's Party's (CHP) motion against Education
Minister Huseyin Celik, submitted to Parliament on Friday, will be
debated tomorrow afternoon.
The CHP's criticisms of the minister include seeking to protect
religious orders as well as some school textbooks published by the
ministry being full of factual errors, inappropriate language and
religious overtones.
Parliament will then hold the first round of voting on a bill to
reduce the eligibility age to be elected a deputy from 30 to 25,
with the second round on Thursday.
A commission set up to investigate the current situation in the
vegetable and fruit production sector will convene on Tuesday as well.
Among the commissions to meet on Wednesday is one set up to probe
the threat of cancer posed by industrial waste in Dilovasi, Gebze.
Deputies will also continue debating issues carried over from last
week, such as debates on seeds legislation on Wednesday, which aims to
increase efficiency and quality in seed production and to restructure
the sector as called for in the last European Union progress report.
Under the bill, which has been criticized for opening the way for
the sector to be monopolized, plant types, production licenses and
genetic resources will be recorded by the Agriculture and Rural Affairs
Ministry. The bill also stipulates providing the sector with incentives
and harmonizing legislation related to the sector with the EU acquis.
The ninth EU harmonization package will also continue to be debated
on Thursday to formulate a brand-new roadmap for this legislative year.
France discusses Armenian 'genocide,' Turkey addresses Algerian one
Among the issues to be debated by Parliament are three once-shelved
bills to recognize an Algeria "genocide" committed by France, and
criminalizing its denial.
Although it hasn't been officially announced, Justice Commission Chair
Koksal Toptan stated over the weekend that three bills set aside
by the related commission will be debated on Wednesday in response
to the French Parliament debating a bill on the Armenian "genocide"
on Thursday.
The commission is ready to discuss the recently amalgamated bills
seeking prison terms and fines for those who deny there was an Algerian
"genocide."