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TURKEY SAYS FRENCH PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE MOVE SHOWS ARMENIAN BILL UNLAWFUL
Anadolu Agency
Jan 18 2012
Turkey
BRUSSELS (A.A) -January 18, 2012 -Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on Wednesday said a French bill over the Armenian allegations
on the Ottoman era incidents of 1915 was unlawful "even by French
laws," which he said was clearly shown by a French parliamentary
committee decision to propose to drop the bill off the agenda without
debating it at the Senate floor.
"This shows that the attempt is unlawful even by the standards of
the French laws. We hope that the French Senate will act wisely and
drop it off the agenda even before debating it," Davutoglu told the
Anadolu Agency.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor next Monday but French
Senate members could vote to uphold the Legislations Committee's
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without debating it.
The bill, which got the approval of the lower house of the French
parliament, makes denial of Ottoman era incidents of 1915 punishable
in France with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45 thousand.
A similar bill - proposed by the Socialist Party - was approved in
2006 by the lower house but the Senate rejected to debate the bill
last May when it upheld the committee's decision back then.
Anadolu Agency
Jan 18 2012
Turkey
BRUSSELS (A.A) -January 18, 2012 -Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet
Davutoglu on Wednesday said a French bill over the Armenian allegations
on the Ottoman era incidents of 1915 was unlawful "even by French
laws," which he said was clearly shown by a French parliamentary
committee decision to propose to drop the bill off the agenda without
debating it at the Senate floor.
"This shows that the attempt is unlawful even by the standards of
the French laws. We hope that the French Senate will act wisely and
drop it off the agenda even before debating it," Davutoglu told the
Anadolu Agency.
The bill is set to come to the Senate floor next Monday but French
Senate members could vote to uphold the Legislations Committee's
decision and drop the bill off the agenda without debating it.
The bill, which got the approval of the lower house of the French
parliament, makes denial of Ottoman era incidents of 1915 punishable
in France with a prison term of one year and a fine of 45 thousand.
A similar bill - proposed by the Socialist Party - was approved in
2006 by the lower house but the Senate rejected to debate the bill
last May when it upheld the committee's decision back then.