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FRENCH LEFTISTS TO REJECT 'GENOCIDE' BILL
Hurriyet Daily News
Jan 14 2012
Turkey
French Parliament approve the bill which will be voted in French
Senate Jan 23.
Radical leftist senators in France announced plans Jan. 13 to vote
against a resolution criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as
genocide when the bill goes before their chamber Jan. 23.
Following in the footsteps of the Green group in the French Senate,
the European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE), which has 16 senators,
officially announced that they would oppose the resolution.
A RDSE statement said the group respected the memories of nations who
had suffered but added that the resolution would not help normalize
relations between Turkey and Armenia, Anatolia news agency reported.
The statement also said parliaments should not pass laws regarding
historical incidents. The Green Group also said they would vote against
the resolution. There are also senators from the Socialists and the
ruling party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), who object
to the resolution. Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek urged
the head of the French Senate for a "timely intervention" to prevent
the adoption of a bill outlawing the denial of Armenian "genocide,"
warning bilateral ties are on the brink of deep crisis. "I do not want
to believe a great institution such as the Senate would ignore the
universal values held by France and support attempts to limit freedom
of expression," Cicek said in a letter to Senate President Jean-Pierre
Bel. He stressed a rejection of the bill could provide an opportunity
to revive reconciliation efforts between Turkey and Armenia.
Hurriyet Daily News
Jan 14 2012
Turkey
French Parliament approve the bill which will be voted in French
Senate Jan 23.
Radical leftist senators in France announced plans Jan. 13 to vote
against a resolution criminalizing denials of the 1915 events as
genocide when the bill goes before their chamber Jan. 23.
Following in the footsteps of the Green group in the French Senate,
the European Democratic and Social Rally (RDSE), which has 16 senators,
officially announced that they would oppose the resolution.
A RDSE statement said the group respected the memories of nations who
had suffered but added that the resolution would not help normalize
relations between Turkey and Armenia, Anatolia news agency reported.
The statement also said parliaments should not pass laws regarding
historical incidents. The Green Group also said they would vote against
the resolution. There are also senators from the Socialists and the
ruling party, the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), who object
to the resolution. Meanwhile, Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek urged
the head of the French Senate for a "timely intervention" to prevent
the adoption of a bill outlawing the denial of Armenian "genocide,"
warning bilateral ties are on the brink of deep crisis. "I do not want
to believe a great institution such as the Senate would ignore the
universal values held by France and support attempts to limit freedom
of expression," Cicek said in a letter to Senate President Jean-Pierre
Bel. He stressed a rejection of the bill could provide an opportunity
to revive reconciliation efforts between Turkey and Armenia.