Sarkozy can’t ratify the pro-Armenian law
"Nikola Sarkozy might go to the elections without ratifying the law," said ARF-D Bureau for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs Kiro Manoyan during an interview with "A1+" today.
He confirmed the news that 72 French Senators had been able to garner the required 72 signatures to present to the Constitutional Council.
According to Mr. Manoyan, the Constitutional Court has a month to discuss and give a conclusion.
"If the Council concludes that "the bill criminalizing the denial of genocide" is anti-constitutional, it will be returned to the National Assembly so that the latter discusses and eliminates the anti-constitutional elements of the bill," Manoyan clarified.
However, the National Assembly will be on vacation in a month in order to prepare for the upcoming presidential elections.
"The National Assembly might not leave and might discuss the elements urgently," said Manoyan, adding that the other version is that the National Assembly will discuss the elements after the break.
Kiro Manoyan presented three scenarios of the development of events. First, the Constitutional Council can rule that the bill doesn't go against the Constitution. Secondly, it can rule that some provisions of the bill go against the Constitution. Finally, the most undesired is that the National Assembly might rule that the law is anti-constitutional.
"If the National Assembly rejects the law, the process will start from zero," said the correspondent of the ARF-D Bureau for the Armenian Cause and Political Affairs. He also informed that President Nikola Sarkozy wouldn't be able to ratify the law starting today since the Constitutional Council still hasn't taken a decision. Manoyan also informed that the out of the 72 deputies recognizing the bill as anti-constitutional, 62 are extreme left-wing members of the Senate, including the Communists, Marxists and former Greens. The others are part of the ruling party and Socialists.
