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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: CONDONING IMPUNITY
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 3, 2012 - 21:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - As it might be expected, Turkey's EU Affairs
Minister Egemen Bagis goes unpunished for his Armenian Genocide denial
policy. He got away with the statement he issued during an economic
forum in Switzerland, despite the fact he breached the Swiss law that
banned denial of any genocide, including the Armenian one.
It would be naïve to think that Bagis plucked up the courage to state
"there was no genocide", unaware of the fact that his diplomatic
immunity would protect him from Swiss Penal Code.
Statement by the Turkish Minister became sort of a "gauntlet" addressed
to European legislation, and mockery of the Swiss moral principles.
Switzerland resolved to take up the gauntlet. Not without reason
the Prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich pledged to conduct the probe
against Bagis up to the end, whilst highlighting the need to consider
the Turkish Minister's diplomatic immunity.
Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office resolved that it can't instigate
a criminal case against the minister of another country, as it was
back in 2007, when three Turks were sentenced in Switzerland to 150
days of imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs for Armenian
Genocide denial.
This time, Switzerland will be forced to swallow mockery of its own
legislation. Meanwhile, the Turkish authorities should think over the
conduct of their ministers, as Europe has numerous other methods to
affect the country which strives for accession to the EU, ignoring
its laws at the same time.
PanARMENIAN.Net
April 3, 2012 - 21:20 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - As it might be expected, Turkey's EU Affairs
Minister Egemen Bagis goes unpunished for his Armenian Genocide denial
policy. He got away with the statement he issued during an economic
forum in Switzerland, despite the fact he breached the Swiss law that
banned denial of any genocide, including the Armenian one.
It would be naïve to think that Bagis plucked up the courage to state
"there was no genocide", unaware of the fact that his diplomatic
immunity would protect him from Swiss Penal Code.
Statement by the Turkish Minister became sort of a "gauntlet" addressed
to European legislation, and mockery of the Swiss moral principles.
Switzerland resolved to take up the gauntlet. Not without reason
the Prosecutor of the Canton of Zurich pledged to conduct the probe
against Bagis up to the end, whilst highlighting the need to consider
the Turkish Minister's diplomatic immunity.
Nevertheless, the prosecutor's office resolved that it can't instigate
a criminal case against the minister of another country, as it was
back in 2007, when three Turks were sentenced in Switzerland to 150
days of imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Swiss francs for Armenian
Genocide denial.
This time, Switzerland will be forced to swallow mockery of its own
legislation. Meanwhile, the Turkish authorities should think over the
conduct of their ministers, as Europe has numerous other methods to
affect the country which strives for accession to the EU, ignoring
its laws at the same time.