High probability for Genocide bill's inclusion in Senate agenda: Hurriyet
15:33 • 20.07.10
Three bills that define criminal responsibility for the denial of the Armenian Genocide are currently pending on the French Senate agenda, writes Turkish daily Hurriyet, adding that there is a high probability that the bills will be brought to full Senate session this fall.
According to the source there are three such bills: the first was initiated in 2006, the second - on May 19, 2010. On July 5 some 30 socialist MPs initiated the third one which they are going to discuss in the Senate in 2011 ahead of the next parliamentary elections.
"There is a high probability that the bill defining criminal responsibility for those who deny the Genocide will be included in the Senate agenda. Elections are expected in the near future. There are 500,000 Armenian voters in France. The number of Turks here is 500,000 but only 60,000 thousand can vote. So, the French political figures will listen to the Armenians," Mark Semo, expert on French-Turkish relations at the French daily Liberation told Hurriyet.
"Really, there is a high risk that the bill will be brought to Senate agenda. The Diaspora is playing with the same cards. That is a maneuver ahead of the [parliamentary] elections. But including the bill in the agenda does not [necessarily] mean to ratify it. At the same time it is possible that things will unfold very fast. We have to be very careful," French Centre for International and Strategic Studies Didiet Bion told Hurriyet.
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Three bills that define criminal responsibility for the denial of the Armenian Genocide are currently pending on the French Senate agenda, writes Turkish daily Hurriyet, adding that there is a high probability that the bills will be brought to full Senate session this fall.
According to the source there are three such bills: the first was initiated in 2006, the second - on May 19, 2010. On July 5 some 30 socialist MPs initiated the third one which they are going to discuss in the Senate in 2011 ahead of the next parliamentary elections.
"There is a high probability that the bill defining criminal responsibility for those who deny the Genocide will be included in the Senate agenda. Elections are expected in the near future. There are 500,000 Armenian voters in France. The number of Turks here is 500,000 but only 60,000 thousand can vote. So, the French political figures will listen to the Armenians," Mark Semo, expert on French-Turkish relations at the French daily Liberation told Hurriyet.
"Really, there is a high risk that the bill will be brought to Senate agenda. The Diaspora is playing with the same cards. That is a maneuver ahead of the [parliamentary] elections. But including the bill in the agenda does not [necessarily] mean to ratify it. At the same time it is possible that things will unfold very fast. We have to be very careful," French Centre for International and Strategic Studies Didiet Bion told Hurriyet.
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