French Senator: Constitutional Council’s decision not an insult for Sarkozy

PanARMENIAN.Net - Deputy of the French Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Brice Hortefeux commented on the decision of the Constitutional Council on the bill criminalizing the Armenian Genocide denial.

He said “he took the Council’s decision into consideration” but refused to see it “hit” President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, “Nouvelles d`Arménie” reports.

Responding to the question of “Preuves par 3” whether it was an “insult” for Sarkozy, Hortefeuxs said: “We will not use pompous words.”

“We must take the decision of the Constitutional Council into account but we will not cry over spilled milk,” he mentioned.

Hortefeuxs quoted Sarkozy as saying that he will soon meet representatives of the Armenian community in France, and has ordered the government prepare a text with consideration of elements that resulted in such decision of the Constitutional Council.

As to the question whether the Constitutional Council’s judgment is linked to political disagreements between the Constitutional Council chairman Jean Louis Debré and president Sarkozy, senator Hortefeux said: “I see what you’re leading me to, and I won’t follow this direction.” “Constitutional Council is made of wise men, and they expressed their wisdom,” he added.