NETHERLANDS: TURKISH CANDIDATE REMOVED FROM PARTY LIST FOR ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DENIAL

PanARMENIAN.Net
27.09.2006 15:23 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the Netherlands, a Turkish candidate for MP
status in the Social Democrat Workers’ Party has been removed from
the party’s candidate list following his refusal to acknowledge the
Armenian Genocide.

Ethnically Turkish Dutch citizen Erdinc Sacan was previously on the
list for the upcoming November 22 elections in the Netherlands,
this after being elected to a leadership position in 2003 in the
Netherlands’ Brabant State. The leader of the Dutch Social Democrat
Workers’ Party commented on the situation, saying "It was a difficult
decision. But there cannot be any ambiguity within our party with
regards to our stance on this question. The fact that Sacan was not
giving his support clearly to the party on this position left us with
no other choice," reports Hurriyet.com.