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GENOCIDE BILL SHOULD BE SUBMITTED AT NEXT LEGISLATURE - FRENCH MP
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 5, 2012 - 13:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French politician, General Secretary of the Union
for a Popular Movement Jean-Francois Cope stressed the need to wait
for the French parliament's next term of office to introduce a new
bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.
French MPs have no opportunity to place a new draft law on parliament's
agenda, as the parliament temporarily suspends its activity.
The French Constitutional Council on Feb 28 ruled the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial adopted earlier by the
Senate of France 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".
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill 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.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 5, 2012 - 13:46 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - French politician, General Secretary of the Union
for a Popular Movement Jean-Francois Cope stressed the need to wait
for the French parliament's next term of office to introduce a new
bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.
French MPs have no opportunity to place a new draft law on parliament's
agenda, as the parliament temporarily suspends its activity.
The French Constitutional Council on Feb 28 ruled the bill
criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial adopted earlier by the
Senate of France 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".
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill 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.