MARSAUD SAYS: "IT IS AGAINST FUNDAMENTAL LAW"

Sabah, Turkey
Oct 12 2006

Regarding the legal draft voted on today regarding the denial of
the Armenian genocide, which anticipates imprisonment and monetary
penalty, the chairman of the parliament’s law committee Marsaud said:
"It is against the freedom of opinion and fundamental law."

France recognized the Armenian genocide four years ago. Today, the
French parliament will vote on the legal draft deeming the "denial of
the Armenian genocide as a crime" which was prepared by the socialist
party. Regarding the legal draft which has caused debates for months,
the chairman of the parliament’s law committee Marsaud said: "It is
against the freedom of opinion and fundamental law."