IT IS OUR OBLIGATION AS POLITICAL SCIENTISTS NOT TO ALLOW DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE – OPEN LETTER
NEWS.AM
February 21, 2012 | 23:22
PARIS. – Hauts-de-Seine Consul General Patrick Alexanian wrote an
open letter to French Senators on behalf of Communist Party condemning
their position on bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide.
“I would like to focus on the Communist Senators’ voting regarding
the Armenian Genocide.
The party was divided into three parts: for it, against it or
suspension. The votes for or against also supported the idea that
the struggle for values will have nothing common to the collective
political obligations. And it does not make me happy.
It is our obligation as political scientists not to allow the denial of
the Armenian Genocide. Not adopting it, including through law, means
supporting genocide repetition,” the letter published in Alexanian’s
blog reads.
To note, bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide was
adopted by the Senate on Jan. 23. However, a group of Senators and
MPs appealed it in the Constitutional Court.
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