It “doesn’t behove” France to pass the bill stipulating criminal responsibility for Armenian Genocide denial as the document serves election interests of only one person, TRT Haber quoted President of Turkey, Abdullah Gül as saying.

Earlier, Constitutional Commission of the French Senate passed a decision against debating of the bill criminalizing Armenian Genocide denial, accepting Senators’ solicitation that oppose the aforesaid legislation.

The proposal on rejection of the bill was adopted with 23 votes for, 9 against and 8 abstentions, according to the official website of the French Senate.

The decision stipulates debate of the draft law by the Senate, considering the proposal of the Commission prior to the overall voting.

On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in France who denies this crime against humanity committed by the Ottoman Empire.