HAY DAT FRENCH OFFICE CHIEF SAYS GENOCIDE BILL DECISION POSSIBLE FEB 28
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 27, 2012 – 21:19 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – The is a real possibility for the French
Constitutional Council to pass a decision on the constitutionality
of the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial, according to
the head of Hay Dat French office.
“There is no valid information on the issue yet,” Hrach Varzhapetian
told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
On January 23, the French Senate passed the bill criminalizing the
Armenian Genocide denial with 127 votes for and 86 against. Expected
to be signed into law by President within 14 days, the bill will
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.
Two separate groups of French politicians who oppose the legislation
– from both the Senate and the lower house – said they had formally
requested the constitutional council examine the law. The groups said
they each had gathered more than the minimum 60 signatures required
to ask the council to test the law’s constitutionality. 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.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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