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NUMBER OF FRENCH SENATORS OPPOSING "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" LAW GROWS
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Jan 25 2012
Azerbaijan
Two more senators from France's ruling party the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) stated their intention to appeal to the Constitutional
Court to repeal the law criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide", TRT Haber TV channel reported.
So far the number of opponents to the law adopted two days ago is
growing in the Senate and it is expected that at least 60 senators
will sign a petition to appeal to the Constitutional Court. It is
expected that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will consider adoption
of this law within 15 days.
After an eight-hour debate, the French Senate adopted the bill. Some
127 senators voted in favour, while 86 senators voted against on
Jan.23.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is preparing
new sanctions against France.
The lower house of the French parliament adopted a bill criminalising
the denial of the so-called "genocide" on Dec.22. Some 45 out of 577
French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven against the adoption
of the bill.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called "genocide." In response to the decision, Turkey
announced that it has frozen all diplomatic relations with France.
MPs from the French president's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party, which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill aimed at
criminalising the denial of the so-called "genocide" to the legislative
committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.
Trend
Jan 25 2012
Azerbaijan
Two more senators from France's ruling party the Union for a Popular
Movement (UMP) stated their intention to appeal to the Constitutional
Court to repeal the law criminalising denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide", TRT Haber TV channel reported.
So far the number of opponents to the law adopted two days ago is
growing in the Senate and it is expected that at least 60 senators
will sign a petition to appeal to the Constitutional Court. It is
expected that French President Nicolas Sarkozy will consider adoption
of this law within 15 days.
After an eight-hour debate, the French Senate adopted the bill. Some
127 senators voted in favour, while 86 senators voted against on
Jan.23.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is preparing
new sanctions against France.
The lower house of the French parliament adopted a bill criminalising
the denial of the so-called "genocide" on Dec.22. Some 45 out of 577
French MPs voted with 38 voting for and seven against the adoption
of the bill.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called "genocide." In response to the decision, Turkey
announced that it has frozen all diplomatic relations with France.
MPs from the French president's Union for Popular Movement (UMP)
party, which has the parliamentary majority, proposed the bill aimed at
criminalising the denial of the so-called "genocide" to the legislative
committee of the National Assembly in early December.
Armenia and the Armenian lobby claim that the predecessor of the Turkey
- Ottoman Empire had committed the 1915 genocide against the Armenians
living in Anadolu, and achieved recognition of the "Armenian Genocide"
by the parliaments of several countries.