Ashot Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 H. Res. 106 may be put on a vote in mid-January The Armenian Genocide Resolution (H. Res. 106) may be put on a vote in the plenary session of the US House of Representatives in January 2008, Democrat Bred Sherman declared after the meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “The bill will be brought to a vote, when we have the support of the necessary number of Congressmen. Possibly, the voting will take place in January 2008,” Bred Sherman declared. Let us remind that Nancy Pelosi had recently reconsidered her decision to put the bill on a vote before November 22. Most probably, the Speaker’s doubts connected with the success of the vote are connected with the fact that several members of House of Representatives withdrew their support. The Turkish press associates Mrs. Pelosi’s doubts with the pressure from Israel. Israeli President Shimon Peres called Speaker Pelosi and Chairman of eth Foreign Relations Committee Tom Lantos to say that the passage of the resolution would cause serious damage to the United States and Israel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artusian Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Ashot Very interesting. Thanks for shwoing us Artusian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpa Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 (edited) H. Res. 106 may be put on a vote in mid-January The Turkish press associates Mrs. Pelosi’s doubts with the pressure from Israel. Israeli President Shimon Peres called Speaker Pelosi and Chairman of eth Foreign Relations Committee Tom Lantos to say that the passage of the resolution would cause serious damage to the United States and Israel. Tom "flip-flop-hypocrite" Lantos@ satkum e.Thogh ir hogh@ dzanr ga veran. Ayd shunshanordin or aynqan tariner payqarets mer dem. Ibr the ayd shunshanordin ch@giter tourk@ minjev 2003- in or ir atspes kochvadz barekam turker@ argiletsin ir ayspes kochvads "hayreniqi"(voch!!!), ("hayreniq" or iran apastan er er yeghel Nazi Germania yev fascist Turkyayen) banakin oughigh janaparh depi Baghdad. Edited January 5, 2008 by Arpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Tom "hypocrite" Lantos@ satkum e.Thogh ir hogh@ dzanr ga. AMEN Arpa jan!!! togh satki, heto yes ira het k@xosam!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashot Posted January 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Bill to amend Article 301 to be submitted to the Turkish Parliament A bill to amend the much-criticized Article 301 of the penal code that penalizes "insulting Turkishness" is expected to be submitted to Parliament, a government official said yesterday, the Turkish Daily News reports. "I believe the proposal could be submitted to Parliament this week," Justice Minister Mehmet Ali Şahin told reporters yesterday. The government has the intention to submit the bill not as a law, but as a proposal by a group of parliamentarians. As proof of this intention, government spokesperson, Cemil Çiçek, said the cabinet did not discuss the issue in yesterday's weekly cabinet meeting. Şahin declined to say what the changes would consist of before they are first discussed at a cabinet meeting. Article 301 makes it a crime to insult Turkish identity or Turkishness. In the draft amendment, the term “denigrating Turkishness” is expected to be replaced by “denigrating the Turkish nation,” while the term “denigrating the Republic” will be substituted with “denigrating the Turkish Republic.” Paragraph 4 of the contentious article, which stipulates that the expression of an opinion for the purpose of criticism is not a source of crime, will be completely scrapped from the draft amendment text. The controversial article has been considered a threat to freedom of speech in both Turkey and the EU, which Ankara hopes to join. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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