Expert says new bill to be presented in France will be approved

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 29, ARMENPRESS: The Constitutional Council of France recognized the bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide unconstitutional, which was rather expected. Speaking to Armenpress director of Oriental Studies Institute of National Academy of Sciences Ruben Safrastyan said the decision was the result of pressures by Turkey. "This decision has no sensible logic. There is no explanation why the bill penalizing the denial of genocides does not correspond to France's Constitution," Safrastyan stressed. He said the offer of President of France Nicolas Sarkozy to draft a new bill was quite expected but it would hardly be done before the elections.

If President Sarkozy be successive for the second time as well and starts the process, it will be approved by the National Assembly and the Senate and the Constitutional Council will not take such responsibility any more.