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    PATRICK DEVEDJIAN: GENOCIDE IS NOT ONLY A HISTORIC FACT BUT ALSO A LEGAL NOTION

    AZG Armenian Daily
    23/05/2006

    French-Armenian politician Patrick Devedjian, deputy of the Union for
    Popular Movement and adviser of interior minister Nicola Sarkozy,
    dubbed "comedy" the May 18 session of the French parliament that
    discussed a draft law on criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial.

    Below we present his interview with Le Figaro:

    - Mr. Devedjian, are the results of the parliamentary discussions
    surprising to you?

    - I did not think they would dare to go that far. The aim of the
    comedy that we witnessed was to prolong the discussions not to put
    the draft for discussion. This game was organized by the socialists'
    spearhead and part of the rightists acting apparently on demand.

    This is a disaster for the parliament where seems to be a ban on
    discussing concerns facing the French.

    - The government also pressed arguments to justify its opposition.

    - The foreign minister was the government's representative. He
    explained that Turkey should not be distressed by adopting this
    bill. I am astonished over his arguments on trade relations, which is
    not only immoral but also wrong. Should I say that around 1.5 million
    people fell victim to the Armenian Genocide?

    Besides, the market economy is no subject to Ankara's orders. Turkey
    threatened with sanctions. But the next year our export to Turkey
    rose by 32 percent.

    - What will you tell historians opposing the draft?

    - History is not the historian's manor. Genocide is not only
    a historic truth but also a legal notion that is defined in
    the French Penal Code. The parliament is entitled to deal with
    legal issues. Nevertheless, I stand for free historic debates. The
    issue that we discuss today is the shameful Turkish denialism in
    France. The legislative power's interference is necessary to avoid
    clashed between communities.
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