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    HAY DAT FRENCH OFFICE CHIEF SAYS GENOCIDE BILL DECISION POSSIBLE FEB 28

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    February 27, 2012 - 21:19 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - The is a real possibility for the French
    Constitutional Council to pass a decision on the constitutionality
    of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, according to
    the head of Hay Dat French office.

    "There is no valid information on the issue yet," Hrach Varzhapetian
    told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

    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.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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