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ANCA CHAIRMAN: TURKEY WILL KEEP THREATENING FRANCE OVER GENOCIDE BILL
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 22, 2011 - 16:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Upon adoption at lower house of the French
Parliament, the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial will go
before French Senate, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
Chairman said.
As Ken Hachikian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, "adoption of the
bill at Senate will likely take several weeks and I believe, Turkey
will continue to attempt to blackmail and threaten France to try to
prevent passage."
On December 22, French National Assembly passed the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial. The number of votes 'in favor' and
'against' is not announced yet.
The vote followed the December 7 decision by the Judiciary Committee
of the National Assembly to adopt the bill introduced by MP Valerie
Boyer (UMP).
The draft law envisages a year in jail and a fine of 45,000 euros
for those who publicly deny the Armenian Genocide in France.
Turkey has piled pressure on France to drop the law ahead of the
vote, with President Abdullah Gul and a Turkish delegation to Paris
warning its adoption will spark a diplomatic crisis and have economic
consequences.
PanARMENIAN.Net
December 22, 2011 - 16:53 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Upon adoption at lower house of the French
Parliament, the bill penalizing Armenian Genocide denial will go
before French Senate, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA)
Chairman said.
As Ken Hachikian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter, "adoption of the
bill at Senate will likely take several weeks and I believe, Turkey
will continue to attempt to blackmail and threaten France to try to
prevent passage."
On December 22, French National Assembly passed the bill criminalizing
the Armenian Genocide denial. The number of votes 'in favor' and
'against' is not announced yet.
The vote followed the December 7 decision by the Judiciary Committee
of the National Assembly to adopt the bill introduced by MP Valerie
Boyer (UMP).
The draft law envisages a year in jail and a fine of 45,000 euros
for those who publicly deny the Armenian Genocide in France.
Turkey has piled pressure on France to drop the law ahead of the
vote, with President Abdullah Gul and a Turkish delegation to Paris
warning its adoption will spark a diplomatic crisis and have economic
consequences.