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TURKS HAVE SPENT MORE THAN 100 MLN USD TO FAIL FRENCH RESOLUTION: THE NEW RESOLUTION WILL NOT COME LATE
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=6103
18:11 . 29/03
Though the adoption of the Armenian Genocide denial criminalisation
bill in the two houses of the French parliament was the result of
long lasting work of the Armenian community in France, for the two
main leading presidential candidates Nikolas Sarkozy and Francois
Hollande the issue to make the denial of the genocide a crime has
become a means to attract votes.
The present president Nikolas Sarkozy had promised to make the denial
of the Armenian Genocide a crime since 2007, while his party came
up with a corresponding resolution at the National Assembly only
before the presidential elections. But we should note that before
the bill would appear at the Constitutional Council, Sarkozy could
have ratified the document, and it would become a law.
"Sarkozy didn't want to keep his promise. He told us on April 30,
2011, he wouldn't go any further. But then he changed his mind as
he saw that Holland is going to take this step," representative of
ARF-D Western Europe Central Committee Murad Papazyan said.
ARF-D Committee of France thinks the fact that the bill failed at the
Constitutional Council after having succeeded among the politicians,
is the victory of the Turkish lobby. The Turkish government has spent
more than 100 mln USD to fail the resolution. The anti-Armenian
demonstrations organized on those days in France, in which Turks
having gathered from different parts of Europe were participating, were
held under the auspices of the Turkish authorities, the Turkish prime
minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a thing to which, according to Director
of Paris Hay Dat office Hrach Varzhapetian, Turkey had no right.
"It is our internal issue, it is a matter of law. The intervention of
the Turkish state is inadmissible. Today we, as a state, don't run
an anti-Turkish policy unlike the Turkish government, which runs an
anti-Armenian policy. Armenian politics needs to become more aggressive
and must have a concrete emphasis," Varzhapetyan said.
The text of the document is being newly developed, in order to avoid
the repetition of the previous scenario. The socialist presidential
candidate Francois Hollande, whose candidacy is supported by part of
the Armenian organizations, has promised to make the denial of the
Armenian Genocide a crime.
Sarkozy has also given promises, much more official promises and to
our president personally. And though it was his fault that the bill
appeared at the Constitutional Council, Sarkozy ordered the government
to submit another bill to the parliament. Only the process will take
place after the elections.
We have already appeared in a similar situation, therefore we have the
experience of waiting. We have only to hope that the previous negative
experience will not be repeated and irrespective of whoever comes to
power at the Elysee palace, he will not prove that the promise given
was only a manifestation of election campaign.
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=6103
18:11 . 29/03
Though the adoption of the Armenian Genocide denial criminalisation
bill in the two houses of the French parliament was the result of
long lasting work of the Armenian community in France, for the two
main leading presidential candidates Nikolas Sarkozy and Francois
Hollande the issue to make the denial of the genocide a crime has
become a means to attract votes.
The present president Nikolas Sarkozy had promised to make the denial
of the Armenian Genocide a crime since 2007, while his party came
up with a corresponding resolution at the National Assembly only
before the presidential elections. But we should note that before
the bill would appear at the Constitutional Council, Sarkozy could
have ratified the document, and it would become a law.
"Sarkozy didn't want to keep his promise. He told us on April 30,
2011, he wouldn't go any further. But then he changed his mind as
he saw that Holland is going to take this step," representative of
ARF-D Western Europe Central Committee Murad Papazyan said.
ARF-D Committee of France thinks the fact that the bill failed at the
Constitutional Council after having succeeded among the politicians,
is the victory of the Turkish lobby. The Turkish government has spent
more than 100 mln USD to fail the resolution. The anti-Armenian
demonstrations organized on those days in France, in which Turks
having gathered from different parts of Europe were participating, were
held under the auspices of the Turkish authorities, the Turkish prime
minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a thing to which, according to Director
of Paris Hay Dat office Hrach Varzhapetian, Turkey had no right.
"It is our internal issue, it is a matter of law. The intervention of
the Turkish state is inadmissible. Today we, as a state, don't run
an anti-Turkish policy unlike the Turkish government, which runs an
anti-Armenian policy. Armenian politics needs to become more aggressive
and must have a concrete emphasis," Varzhapetyan said.
The text of the document is being newly developed, in order to avoid
the repetition of the previous scenario. The socialist presidential
candidate Francois Hollande, whose candidacy is supported by part of
the Armenian organizations, has promised to make the denial of the
Armenian Genocide a crime.
Sarkozy has also given promises, much more official promises and to
our president personally. And though it was his fault that the bill
appeared at the Constitutional Council, Sarkozy ordered the government
to submit another bill to the parliament. Only the process will take
place after the elections.
We have already appeared in a similar situation, therefore we have the
experience of waiting. We have only to hope that the previous negative
experience will not be repeated and irrespective of whoever comes to
power at the Elysee palace, he will not prove that the promise given
was only a manifestation of election campaign.