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France likely to criminalize denial of Armenian Genocide - expert
18:47 * 07.11.14
Expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan considers it highly probable
that the French Parliament will favorably respond to the bill
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide and adopt it.
French Parliament member Valérie Boyer has introduced another bill
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, haberler.com
reports.
"Criminalizing the denial of the [Armenian] Genocide is a priority
task that has to do with French democracy - how consistent France is
in honoring the values it itself declared. By criminalizing the denial
of genocide France will once again prove its commitment to panhuman
values and its leading mission as champion of democracy," Mr Melkonyan
told Tert.am.
A politicized approach may be shown to the bill as well.
"Regrettably, cold political calculations rather than moral approaches
will dominate. However, given the precedent of Switzerland, which
criminalized the denial of the [Armenian] Genocide, and the nearing
centennial of the Armenian Genocide, as well as France being leader in
recognizing the Armenian Genocide and the Armenian community's serious
role there, I think that there is a high probability that the debates
on the bill will produce positive results and the denial of the
Armenian Genocide will be criminalized," he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
18:47 * 07.11.14
Expert in Turkic studies Ruben Melkonyan considers it highly probable
that the French Parliament will favorably respond to the bill
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide and adopt it.
French Parliament member Valérie Boyer has introduced another bill
criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide, haberler.com
reports.
"Criminalizing the denial of the [Armenian] Genocide is a priority
task that has to do with French democracy - how consistent France is
in honoring the values it itself declared. By criminalizing the denial
of genocide France will once again prove its commitment to panhuman
values and its leading mission as champion of democracy," Mr Melkonyan
told Tert.am.
A politicized approach may be shown to the bill as well.
"Regrettably, cold political calculations rather than moral approaches
will dominate. However, given the precedent of Switzerland, which
criminalized the denial of the [Armenian] Genocide, and the nearing
centennial of the Armenian Genocide, as well as France being leader in
recognizing the Armenian Genocide and the Armenian community's serious
role there, I think that there is a high probability that the debates
on the bill will produce positive results and the denial of the
Armenian Genocide will be criminalized," he said.
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: A. Papazian