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SWEDISH MPS BACKING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE RESOLUTION FAIL RE-ELECTION
Tert.am
23.09.10
Swedish MPs of Turkish descent, who backed the Armenian Genocide
Resolution at the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) earlier this year,
have failed to be re-elected, reports local Turkish daily Zaman.
According to the newspaper, among those MPs are Yilmaz Kerimo from
Social-Democratic Party and an Assyrian by nation and also Gulan Avci
from People's Party, a Kurdish national.
The G-Resolution had also been backed by Ibrahim Baylan, who was also
born in Turkey. But the Turkish source does not mention whether or
not he was re-elected.
With a preliminary counting of the votes the distribution of the 349
parliamentary mandates at the Swedish Riksdag will be as follows: 173
seats will go to the 4 parties that have formed a coalition with the
authorities, 156 seats will go to the opposition, while the Swedish
nationalists will have only 20 mandates at the parliament.
On 31 March earlier this year the Swedish parliament narrowly voted
for the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (131-130).
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
23.09.10
Swedish MPs of Turkish descent, who backed the Armenian Genocide
Resolution at the Swedish parliament (Riksdag) earlier this year,
have failed to be re-elected, reports local Turkish daily Zaman.
According to the newspaper, among those MPs are Yilmaz Kerimo from
Social-Democratic Party and an Assyrian by nation and also Gulan Avci
from People's Party, a Kurdish national.
The G-Resolution had also been backed by Ibrahim Baylan, who was also
born in Turkey. But the Turkish source does not mention whether or
not he was re-elected.
With a preliminary counting of the votes the distribution of the 349
parliamentary mandates at the Swedish Riksdag will be as follows: 173
seats will go to the 4 parties that have formed a coalition with the
authorities, 156 seats will go to the opposition, while the Swedish
nationalists will have only 20 mandates at the parliament.
On 31 March earlier this year the Swedish parliament narrowly voted
for the adoption of the Armenian Genocide Resolution (131-130).
From: A. Papazian