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FRENCH SENATORS OPPOSING GENOCIDE BILL TO VISIT BAKU
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 3, 2012 - 21:09 AMT
French senators opposing Genocide bill to visit Baku
PanARMENIAN.Net - A delegation of French senators having appealed
to the Constitutional Court with a demand to abolish the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, will arrive in Azerbaijan
on Feb 5 at the invitation of State Committee for Work with Religious
Organizations, Trend reported.
The delegation comprises senators Nathalie Goulet, Sylvie Goy-Chavent,
Jean-Marie Bockel, Herve Maurey, Andre Reichardt and Jeanny Lorgeoux.
In the framework of the visit the senators will conduct meetings
within Azerbaijani parliament and a number of ministries.
The delegation will leave the country on February 10.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. Expected
to be signed into law by President within 14 days, the bill will
impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France
who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Two separate groups of French politicians who oppose the legislation
- from both the Senate and the lower house - said they had formally
requested the constitutional council examine the law. The groups said
they each had gathered more than the minimum 60 signatures required
to ask the council to test the law's constitutionality. The council
is obliged to deliver its judgment within a month, but this can be
reduced to eight days if the government deems the matter urgent.
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 3, 2012 - 21:09 AMT
French senators opposing Genocide bill to visit Baku
PanARMENIAN.Net - A delegation of French senators having appealed
to the Constitutional Court with a demand to abolish the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, will arrive in Azerbaijan
on Feb 5 at the invitation of State Committee for Work with Religious
Organizations, Trend reported.
The delegation comprises senators Nathalie Goulet, Sylvie Goy-Chavent,
Jean-Marie Bockel, Herve Maurey, Andre Reichardt and Jeanny Lorgeoux.
In the framework of the visit the senators will conduct meetings
within Azerbaijani parliament and a number of ministries.
The delegation will leave the country on February 10.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. Expected
to be signed into law by President within 14 days, the bill will
impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France
who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Two separate groups of French politicians who oppose the legislation
- from both the Senate and the lower house - said they had formally
requested the constitutional council examine the law. The groups said
they each had gathered more than the minimum 60 signatures required
to ask the council to test the law's constitutionality. The council
is obliged to deliver its judgment within a month, but this can be
reduced to eight days if the government deems the matter urgent.