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SARKOZY WILL REDRAFT GENOCIDE BILL IF IT FAILS
Ottawa Citizen
February 2, 2012 Thursday
Final Edition
President Nicolas Sarkozy will immediately submit a new draft of a law
punishing denial of the Armenian genocide if France's top judicial
body rejects it, two ministers said Wednesday. The law, which had
been approved by the National Assembly and Senate, was put on hold
Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that
its constitutionality be examined. The council is obliged to deliver
its judgment within a month, but this can be reduced to eight days
if the government deems the matter urgent. Turkey reacted furiously
last week when the Senate approved the law, which threatens with jail
anyone in France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by
Ottoman Turk forces amounted to genocide.
Ottawa Citizen
February 2, 2012 Thursday
Final Edition
President Nicolas Sarkozy will immediately submit a new draft of a law
punishing denial of the Armenian genocide if France's top judicial
body rejects it, two ministers said Wednesday. The law, which had
been approved by the National Assembly and Senate, was put on hold
Tuesday after politicians opposed to the legislation demanded that
its constitutionality be examined. The council is obliged to deliver
its judgment within a month, but this can be reduced to eight days
if the government deems the matter urgent. Turkey reacted furiously
last week when the Senate approved the law, which threatens with jail
anyone in France who denies that the 1915 massacre of Armenians by
Ottoman Turk forces amounted to genocide.