French Parliament Not To Appeal Armenian Genocide Bill To Constituti

[Badalian Vardan]

FRENCH PARLIAMENT NOT TO APPEAL ARMENIAN GENOCIDE BILL TO CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL

Tert.am
24.01.12

Bernard Accoyer, President of the French National Assembly, refused
to appeal the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide to
the Constitutional Council of France.

The issue of appealing the bill to the Constitutional Council is not
on the agenda, he told journalists.

Bernard Accoyer pointed out the need to explain to Turkish partners
that the bill is not aimed at Turkey despite the fact that they are
of the opposite opinion.

French Senate President Jean-Pierre Bel, President of France Nicolas
Sarkozy and a group of at least 60 MPs can appeal the bill to the
Constitutional Council, www.itar-tass.com reports. However, the
bill was drafted by the Union for a Popular Movement led by French
president and was approved at the the Elysée palace. So the French
leader is most unlikely to refuse to sign the bill into law or appeal
it to the Constitutional Council.

As regards Jean-Pierre Bel, he voiced his support to the bill even
before the Senate vote.