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Majority of Sarkozy`s UMP party seek constitutional refusal of pro-Armenian Senate bill

The majority of French President Nicolas Sarkozy`s Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party are preparing to file a petition with the country`s Constitutional Court to protest the Senate`s passing a bill criminalizing the denial of the so-called Armenian genocide.
Jacques Myard, a member of UMP`s group at the National Assembly, condemned the passage of the bill, saying it was a black spot in France`s history.
He said the majority of his party colleagues protested the bill, and added they were preparing to address an official letter to the Constitutional Court urging it not to approve the draft law.
According to Myard, the appeal should be signed by 60 people before being sent to the Court.
MP Michel Diefenbacher, President of the Franco-Turkish Friendship Group, who initiated a Constitutional Court appeal, denounced the bill as unconstitutional, adding its passage in France, which champions the human rights, was a source of regret.
MPs Eric Ctroman and Jean-Philippe Maurer said they would also sign the petition. They said that signed under the pressure of pro-Armenian parliamentarians, the bill totally contradicted France`s constitution, adding it was nothing but a pre-election game.
Lionnel Luca, a member of UMP`s group at the National Assembly, said the bill did not reflect the will of the French people.

AzerTAc

26 January 2012, Thursday
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