BILL ON ESTABLISHING PUNISHMENT FOR DENIAL OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE TO BE PLACED ON FRENCH SENATE’S AGENDA UNTIL 2007 JUNE
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 06 2007
ISTANBUL, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The bill on
establishing a criminal punishment for denial of the Armenian Genocide
adopted by the French National Assembly on 2006 October 12 will be
placed on Senate’s agenda after the presidential and parliamentary
elections to be held in that country, no sooner than in June.
According to Marmara daily of Istanbul, Bernard Ruliet, Secretary
General of Socialist Party having submitted the bill declared that
the party’s deputies do not hurry to submit the above mentioned bill
for Senate’s discussion.
To recap, the bill is to be approved by the Senate, after which it
is to be signed by the President in order to receive a legal force.