DAVID SHAHNAZARYAN PROPOSES THE NA TO ADOPT A LAW SIMILAR TO ARTICLE 301 OF THE TURKISH PENAL CODE
Anna Nazaryan
"Radiolur"
16.10.2009 15:25
Representative of the Armenian National Congress presented proposals
today, in case of application of which we would stand on an equal
position with Turkey after the ratification of the protocols.
A month ago David Shahnazaryan declared he would make a proposal, which
the authorities could hardly refuse from. Today he actually suggested
the parliament to adopt a law similar to Article 301 of the Turkish
Penal Code before the protocols would enter the National Assembly.
"Before the protocols are brought to the parliament floor, the
National Assembly should adopt a law, prohibiting any official,
representatives of the local self-government bodies, legislative and
executive bodies to participate in any discussion that would call into
question the fact of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire,"
David Shahnazaryan said.
According to him, this will somewhat balance the situation in the
sub-committee of historians and will provide no opportunity to discuss
the genocide issue.
Shahnazaryan next proposed to prevent Turkey’s efforts to tie the
Armenian-Turkish relations to the Karabakh issue.
Representative of the Armenian National Congress suggests that the
authorities fix a term of two months for ratification of the protocols
by the Turkish Parliament and state that otherwise they will cancel
the process.