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FRENCH SENATE WILL NOT DISCUSS NEW "ARMENIAN GENOCIDE" LAW BEFORE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
Trend
March 1 2012
Azerbaijan
BY: A.Taghiyeva, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
March 01--A new bill criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide", which the French president instructed to develop, will
not be discussed by the Senate before the presidential elections in
France scheduled for June, the Zaman newspaper reported.
The French Government took this decision after the law criminalizing
denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" passed by the Parliament
was repealed by the Constitutional Council.
The Constitutional Court of France repealed a law criminalizing denial
of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on Tuesday.
The Council justified it by the fact that the law contradicts Article
33 of the Constitution of France and freedom of speech.
Following this decision, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered
the government to prepare a new bill criminalizing denial of the
so-called "Armenian genocide".
On Jan 23, after an eight-hour debate, the Senate adopted the bill
criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide". Some 127
senators voted in favor, while 86 voted against.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called genocide.
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
March 1 2012
Azerbaijan
BY: A.Taghiyeva, Trend News Agency, Baku, Azerbaijan
March 01--A new bill criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian
genocide", which the French president instructed to develop, will
not be discussed by the Senate before the presidential elections in
France scheduled for June, the Zaman newspaper reported.
The French Government took this decision after the law criminalizing
denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide" passed by the Parliament
was repealed by the Constitutional Council.
The Constitutional Court of France repealed a law criminalizing denial
of the so-called "Armenian genocide" on Tuesday.
The Council justified it by the fact that the law contradicts Article
33 of the Constitution of France and freedom of speech.
Following this decision, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy ordered
the government to prepare a new bill criminalizing denial of the
so-called "Armenian genocide".
On Jan 23, after an eight-hour debate, the Senate adopted the bill
criminalizing denial of the so-called "Armenian genocide". Some 127
senators voted in favor, while 86 voted against.
The bill demands a year's imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euro for
denying the so-called genocide.
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.