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FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PLEDGES TO RESUME GENOCIDE BILL ADOPTION PROCESS
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 29, 2012 - 14:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French presidential candidate Francois Hollande
representing the Socialist party promised to resume the process of
adopting the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in case
he is elected.
French TF1 TV channel quotes him as saying that the timing for adopting
the bill was not appropriate, and it shouldn't have been submitted
towards the end of presidency term.
"However, this process needs to be resumed, and I undertake the
commitment to complete the issue," French deputy stated.
For his part, Claude Goasguen, representative of the ruling Union
for a Popular Movement, chairman of France-Israel friendship group
expressed regret for the Constitutional Council's decision saying
that the bill on Holocaust may also be "attacked", and anything can
be said in future in terms of denial.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. If signed
into law by the President, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine
and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime
against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
On February 28, the French Constitutional Council ruled the bill as
unconstitutional. The Council justified it by the fact that the law
"contradicts Article 33 of the Constitution of France and the freedom
of speech".
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 29, 2012 - 14:56 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French presidential candidate Francois Hollande
representing the Socialist party promised to resume the process of
adopting the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial in case
he is elected.
French TF1 TV channel quotes him as saying that the timing for adopting
the bill was not appropriate, and it shouldn't have been submitted
towards the end of presidency term.
"However, this process needs to be resumed, and I undertake the
commitment to complete the issue," French deputy stated.
For his part, Claude Goasguen, representative of the ruling Union
for a Popular Movement, chairman of France-Israel friendship group
expressed regret for the Constitutional Council's decision saying
that the bill on Holocaust may also be "attacked", and anything can
be said in future in terms of denial.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. If signed
into law by the President, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine
and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime
against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey reacted furiously when the Senate approved the law. Ankara
halted political and military cooperation with France and was
threatening to cut off economic and cultural ties if the law took
effect.
On February 28, the French Constitutional Council ruled the bill as
unconstitutional. The Council justified it by the fact that the law
"contradicts Article 33 of the Constitution of France and the freedom
of speech".
From: A. Papazian