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TWO FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES READY TO PENALIZE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL
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March 29, 2012 | 17:40
French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande
confirmed their readiness to adopt the law criminalizing the Armenian
Genocide denial despite recent decision of the Constitutional Council,
they said in an interview with Nouvelles d`Armenie.
Nicolas Sarkozy said he had taken on an obligation and would fulfill
it as his duty as a president of the Republic is to protect French
citizens who are threatened by the denial.
In another interview his opponent Hollande said that country's
responsibility is to recognize genocides proved by historic studies,
for instance the Armenian Genocide. The denial of the genocides is a
manifestation of violence which has no place in the Republic, he added.
Hollande stressed that government's hurry on the genocide bill during
campaign is a propaganda stunt.
The bill criminalizing the genocide denials, including the Armenian
Genocide, proposed by Valerie Boyer, was adopted by the French National
Assembly and ratified by the Senate on Jan. 23.
Later the Constitutional Council of France recognized the bill as
non-constitutional.
news.am
March 29, 2012 | 17:40
French presidential candidates Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande
confirmed their readiness to adopt the law criminalizing the Armenian
Genocide denial despite recent decision of the Constitutional Council,
they said in an interview with Nouvelles d`Armenie.
Nicolas Sarkozy said he had taken on an obligation and would fulfill
it as his duty as a president of the Republic is to protect French
citizens who are threatened by the denial.
In another interview his opponent Hollande said that country's
responsibility is to recognize genocides proved by historic studies,
for instance the Armenian Genocide. The denial of the genocides is a
manifestation of violence which has no place in the Republic, he added.
Hollande stressed that government's hurry on the genocide bill during
campaign is a propaganda stunt.
The bill criminalizing the genocide denials, including the Armenian
Genocide, proposed by Valerie Boyer, was adopted by the French National
Assembly and ratified by the Senate on Jan. 23.
Later the Constitutional Council of France recognized the bill as
non-constitutional.