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    SARKOZY GETS OFF THE HOOK - EXPERT

    Tert.am
    29.02.12

    The French Constitutional Council's ruling helped Sarkozy to get off
    the hook, according to Artak Shakaryan, a turkologist.

    Commenting on the Council's Tuesday ruling to deem the genocide denial
    criminalization bill unconstitutional. the expert told reporters on
    Wednesday that the move enabled the French leader to prove that he
    had nothing to do with the constitutionalists' opinion.

    Shakaryan said such outcome was not predictable given that the final
    decision depended on several members who were politically isolated
    from electoral processes and public moods.

    "Although they say now that the Turks gloat over the ruling, the
    Constitutional Council's decision depended actually on just a few
    members, so there's absolutely nothing to rejoice at," he said.

    On January 23, the French Senate voted 127 to 86 to criminalize the
    denial of all the genocides recognized by the country. Several
    lawmakers protesting against the bill later applied to the
    Constitutional Council asking it to revise the document. The Council
    was expected to issue its ruling within a month. On February 28, it
    declared the bill unconstitutional, arguing that such legislation
    would curb freedom of speech in the country. If enacted, the bill
    would threaten anyone publicly denying the Armenian Genocide with a
    one-year prison sentence and a fine of ~@45,000.

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