PARIS, France (Asbarez)—France’s National Assembly voted on Dec. 3 to send a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide—introduced by Valérie Boyer—back to the Justice Commission, which had discussed the measure on November 25.
Valérie Boyer
The majority of parliament members who took spoke during the session, supported the measure. Twenty-six parliamentarians voted in favor of the measure, and 12 against.
“It is time for France to take the responsibility which it has in the protection of democracy. I hope that Parliament members will be united during the vote on the draft,” Boyer said in her opening remarks.
A bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenian Genocide was adopted by the French Parliament’s lower house on Dec. 22, 2011 and its upper house—the Senate—on Jan. 23, 2012. However, it was declared unconstitutional by France’s highest judicial body, the Constitutional Council, on Feb. 29, 2012.
Source: Armenian Weekly
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