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    FRENCH SENATOR: CANCELLATION OF GENOCIDE BILL IS SARKOZY'S DEFEAT

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    February 29, 2012 - 10:46 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - The French Constitutional Council supported the
    arguments of parliamentarians who signed a petition saying the bill
    on the Armenian Genocide verges on censorship, said member of the
    Senate commission for international affairs, deputy chairman of
    France-Caucasus friendship group Natalie Goulet .

    "Cancellation of the bill by the French Constitutional Council on
    February 28 is the defeat of President Nicolas Sarkozy who did not
    follow the advice of experienced lawyers and wished to turn the
    parliament into his instrument," Goulet declared. She said deputies
    honourably withstood the "pressure" and appeared strong enough to
    oppose it.

    On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
    Armenian Genocide denial 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.

    On February 28, the French Constitutional Council 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".



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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