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THE BILL CRIMINALIZING GENOCIDE DENIAL WAS REJECTED
AZG DAILY #81, 06-05-2011
By P.K.
On Wednesday, after 3 hours long discussions and speeches, where the
speech of Michel Mercier, Minister of Justice and Freedoms of France,
who together with admitting the fact of the Armenian Genocide,
considered the bill as not legislative and restrictive the freedom of
opinions, became decisive. The French Senate voted 196 to 74 to block
a formal debate on the issue.
Whilst, on October 12, 2006, the French National Assembly approved a
bill penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, but as a result of
the intervention of the government the bill did not approved. On July,
2010, the socialist senators suggested a new bill criminalizing the
Genocide denial. Ultimately, it was decided to put it to the vote on
May 4, 2011. The bill was called to widen the enforcement sphere of
the law of 1881 referred the freedom of the press. These would allow
extending the application of the law Gayssot (1990) in the denial of
the Armenian Genocide.
The French-Armenian community and organizations held a protest in
front of the senate building since 14:00 o'clock on Wednesday. Singer
Charles Aznavour, the mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe, famous French
philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and others has earlier called on French
legislators to vote for the bill and maintain justice. "Nobody could
stop the process of annihilation of the Armenian population of Turkey.
Let this bill at least serve as a means to prevent the denial, while
we are still at peace," the singer wrote in an article published in
daily "Liberation".
Bertrand Delanoe mentions in his appeal that "Nicolas Sarkozy broke
his promise. On April 24, 2007, the candidate for the presidency
Sarkozy promised the Armenian unions to assist the approval of the
2006 bill in Senate and castigated "state denial" of Ankara. But after
the election he stated giving promises to the Turkish government..."
From: A. Papazian
AZG DAILY #81, 06-05-2011
By P.K.
On Wednesday, after 3 hours long discussions and speeches, where the
speech of Michel Mercier, Minister of Justice and Freedoms of France,
who together with admitting the fact of the Armenian Genocide,
considered the bill as not legislative and restrictive the freedom of
opinions, became decisive. The French Senate voted 196 to 74 to block
a formal debate on the issue.
Whilst, on October 12, 2006, the French National Assembly approved a
bill penalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, but as a result of
the intervention of the government the bill did not approved. On July,
2010, the socialist senators suggested a new bill criminalizing the
Genocide denial. Ultimately, it was decided to put it to the vote on
May 4, 2011. The bill was called to widen the enforcement sphere of
the law of 1881 referred the freedom of the press. These would allow
extending the application of the law Gayssot (1990) in the denial of
the Armenian Genocide.
The French-Armenian community and organizations held a protest in
front of the senate building since 14:00 o'clock on Wednesday. Singer
Charles Aznavour, the mayor of Paris Bertrand Delanoe, famous French
philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy and others has earlier called on French
legislators to vote for the bill and maintain justice. "Nobody could
stop the process of annihilation of the Armenian population of Turkey.
Let this bill at least serve as a means to prevent the denial, while
we are still at peace," the singer wrote in an article published in
daily "Liberation".
Bertrand Delanoe mentions in his appeal that "Nicolas Sarkozy broke
his promise. On April 24, 2007, the candidate for the presidency
Sarkozy promised the Armenian unions to assist the approval of the
2006 bill in Senate and castigated "state denial" of Ankara. But after
the election he stated giving promises to the Turkish government..."
From: A. Papazian