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FRENCH RIGHTISTS AND LEFTISTS HAVE TACIT AGREEMENT OVER GENOCIDE BILL - SENIOR ARF-D REP
Tert.am
13.01.12
The French Senate is likely ratify the Genocide denial criminalization
bill by a 2/3 majority of votes, according to the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun's (ARF-D) Hay Dat Office
in France.
Speaking to Tert.am, Kiro Manoyan, the head of the ARF-D Office of
Hay Dat and Political Affairs, explained that such conclusion results
from periodical meetings with political circles.
He noted that the right- and left-wing political forces and
politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist
candidate Francois Holland, are thought to have a tacit agreement
over the bill.
Asked whether there will be other countries following France's example,
he said the Armenian society is very often unaware that Switzerland
(which criminalized Genocide internationally) and Slovakia (where one
Turkish national has been convicted on such charges), had condemned
Genocide much before France.
"They interpret the Genocide criminalization law in the light of the
Armenian Genocide as well," he said, adding that all the EU member
states are obliged to admit the fact.
"So France is actually the third country which has legislation
penalizing the Armenian Genocide. It is just differs from the other
two due to its greater political impact," he added.
Tert.am
13.01.12
The French Senate is likely ratify the Genocide denial criminalization
bill by a 2/3 majority of votes, according to the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun's (ARF-D) Hay Dat Office
in France.
Speaking to Tert.am, Kiro Manoyan, the head of the ARF-D Office of
Hay Dat and Political Affairs, explained that such conclusion results
from periodical meetings with political circles.
He noted that the right- and left-wing political forces and
politicians, including President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist
candidate Francois Holland, are thought to have a tacit agreement
over the bill.
Asked whether there will be other countries following France's example,
he said the Armenian society is very often unaware that Switzerland
(which criminalized Genocide internationally) and Slovakia (where one
Turkish national has been convicted on such charges), had condemned
Genocide much before France.
"They interpret the Genocide criminalization law in the light of the
Armenian Genocide as well," he said, adding that all the EU member
states are obliged to admit the fact.
"So France is actually the third country which has legislation
penalizing the Armenian Genocide. It is just differs from the other
two due to its greater political impact," he added.