Swedish Parliament enters into discussions on Genocide Resolution
16:19 / 03/11/2010March 11 at 3 p.m. Yerevan time, the Swedish Parliament started discussion of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
Bill on Armenian Genocide recognition has been proposed by three oppositional parties: Social Democratic, Green and Left. The resolution condemns Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire as well as genocides against other nations.
DeutscheWelle reported that Swedish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee offered to reject the bill.
Resolutions on Armenian Genocide recognition have been proposed in previous years, but were always thrown. This time, Social Democrats, who used to vote against the bills, unanimously voted for it last November.
178 Swedish MPs represent the Government, while 171 are left-wingers. Thus, the bill will be rejected if the pro-government MPs vote against it. However, three of fifteen MPs who put forward the resolution are members of pro-governmental parties.
16:19 / 03/11/2010March 11 at 3 p.m. Yerevan time, the Swedish Parliament started discussion of the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
Bill on Armenian Genocide recognition has been proposed by three oppositional parties: Social Democratic, Green and Left. The resolution condemns Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Empire as well as genocides against other nations.
DeutscheWelle reported that Swedish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee offered to reject the bill.
Resolutions on Armenian Genocide recognition have been proposed in previous years, but were always thrown. This time, Social Democrats, who used to vote against the bills, unanimously voted for it last November.
178 Swedish MPs represent the Government, while 171 are left-wingers. Thus, the bill will be rejected if the pro-government MPs vote against it. However, three of fifteen MPs who put forward the resolution are members of pro-governmental parties.
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