French Parliament sent the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial to special commission

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 3, ARMENPRESS. French Parliamentadopted decision on sending to special commission the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denialintroduced by MP Valerie Boyer. As “Armenpress” reports, 26 out of 38 MPs were “for” the bill, 12 MPs were “against”. Majority of MPs, participated in the discussion, were “for” France to have a law which envisages punishment for denial of the Armenian Genocide.

“It is time for France to take the responsibility which it has in the protection of democracy. I hope that Parliament MPs will be united during voting on draft,” Boyer expressed hope at the beginning of the discussion.

A bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide was adopted by the French Parliament (December 22, 2011) and Senate (January 23, 2012); it was, however, declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional council of the country on February 29, 2012.