Co-chairperson of German Green Party says politicians should not investigate history of others

MUGLA (A.A) - Co-chairperson of German Green Party said on Wednesday that politicians should not investigate history of others. Claudia Roth said what politicians should do was not to judge or investigate what other countries did throughout the history. France made a choice but what Turkey should do was to discuss domestic issues instead of discussing what France did, Roth told reporters in the Aegean resort town of Bodrum. Roth also said politicians should deal with the history of their own countries. The lower house of the French parliament adopted on December 22 a resolution that criminalizes rejection of Armenian allegations pertaining to the incidents of 1915. Only 70 out of 577 parliamentarians joined the voting of the resolution which was adopted with majority of votes. The resolution envisages "one-year prison term and 45,000 Euro fine for those who deny genocide recognized by French laws." French Parliament had recognized so-called Armenian genocide in 1915 on January 29, 2001. The draft criminalizing the rejection of Armenian allegations had first been approved in 2006, but it could not become a law as French President Nicolas Sarkozy prevented its presentation to Senate. Now, the senate's approval is necessary to make the resolution a law. Turkey strongly opposes the issue of the incidents of 1915 being used as a tool in French politics. Many believe that French President Sarkozy supports the Armenian resolution in order to garner support from France's Armenian population that number around 500,000. France will hold the first round of next year's presidential election on April 22 and the second round run-off on May 6. Sarkozy is running for a second term. If the resolution is not adopted at the senate till February 22, 2012 when the parliament and senate will recess for presidential elections, it will be invalid.