RHONE PREFECT TO PROHIBIT ACTIONS DENYING ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
21.03.2006 23:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Prefect of the Rhone Jean-Pierre Lacroix announced
Monday that he will prohibit all new gathering of free-Turkish
associations which may result in denial of the Armenian Genocide,
following a demonstration held in Lyon Saturday. Blamed by Armenian
associations of France for not having prohibited this gathering
against the construction of a memorial to the Genocide, which will be
inaugurated on April 24, the prefect of the Rhone asked to understand
“the emotion and the anger of the French of Armenian origin”. “But,
from a legal point of view, we could not prohibit it. At present, we
have evidence and I will prohibit any other gathering of this type”,
he defended himself at a news conference. Previously, at a briefing
organized by Armenian associations, a decision was made to address
Minister of the Interior Nicolas Sarkozy so that this type of ashamed
gathering “is not held in our country any more”. “Mr. Sarkozy must
make the step necessary to complete the law of January 2001 on the
recognition by France of the Armenian genocide”, affirmed Martine
David, mayor of Saint-Priest (the Rhone). “The law on recognition of
the Armenian Genocide misses an article necessary for punishing those
who, on our ground, deny the Armenian genocide “, specified a person
in charge of the Coordination Council of the Armenian organizations
of France (CCAF), reports AFP.
March 18, when a wave of rallies shocked France several thousands of
Turks protested in Lyons against the erection of the monument to the
Armenian Genocide victims. They came across French rally participants
at the municipality. Turks attacked the French and the police dispersed
the crowd with tear-gas bombs.