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  • ANKARA: Armenian Bill In France Manipulation Of French President, Tu

    ARMENIAN BILL IN FRANCE MANIPULATION OF FRENCH PRESIDENT, TURKISH DEPUTY PREMIER SAYS

    Anadolu Agency
    Jan 23 2012
    Turkey

    BURSA (A.A) - 22.01.2012 - Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc
    said Sunday French President Nicolas Sarkozy manipulated a bill that
    penalizes denial of Armenian allegations to win political support
    ahead of the French presidential elections scheduled for April.

    "France in trying to pass such a law just for on certain political
    calculations and on Sarkozy's manipulation. They attempt to force
    a person into believing in something," Arinc told reporters in the
    western province of Bursa.

    The bill penalizes denial of the Armenian allegations on the Ottoman
    era incidents of 1915 with a prison term of one year and a fine of
    45 thousand euros. And it is set to come to the Senate floor on
    Monday but French senate members could vote to uphold an earlier
    parliamentary committee decision and drop the bill off the agenda
    without even debating it.

    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 decision back then.

    Arinc said the bill was an open breach of the freedom of expression
    and human rights, an opinion which he said was also shared by many
    French intellectuals and politicians.

    "Let me reiterate a question posed earlier by French dailies: Suppose
    that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to France and
    said 'there was no genocide.' What will happen then - And I am sure
    there are thousands of Turks who would dare to say that openly and
    similarly there are thousand of French intellectuals who would defy
    the bill," Arinc said.

    Nearly 40 thousand Turks living in France and other countries in
    Europe gathered in the French capital to shun the bill despite rain
    and cold weather on Saturday.

    Arinc described Saturday's protest as "a success story," adding that
    Turks in Europe showed their rightful reactions to the bill.

    "We believe that this bill which merely aims to win votes of the
    Armenian diaspora in the French presidential elections will not be
    approved by the French senate," Arinc said.


    From: Baghdasarian
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