“We should clearly understand that political science and morality are not always on the same page and morality is pushed to the sidelines, every time the national interest of a country is at stake, accompanied by some economic reasons, strategic longings. In that regard, we must always know that Turkey is not the country that can be ignored completely, it doesn’t matter concerning what issue. Its socio-political status, potential, abilities both in NATO and in other international organizations will always make everybody take into account the Turkish factor more than the Armenian one. Certainly, we don’t have the information on what there is between France and Turkey, what leverage Turkey has today to convince France to give up the bill, but we must clearly realize that it has that leverage,” Garik Keryan, the head of the chair of political institutes and processes of the Yerevan State University, explained submitting the bill passed by the French Senate to the Constitutional Council in this way, i.e. by foreign policy issues.
Mr. Keryan explained submitting that bill to the Constitutional Council also by some internal political issues during a discussion that took place at Debate Press Club. According to him, “The second is the internal political factor. France is at the threshold of an election. French parties are not homogeneous – there are a lot of factions both among socialists and the alliance of leading center-left parties. Now Sarkozy’s faction is in power, but there are factions inside it that try to weaken Sarkozy’s positions before the election by any means (not opposition, but inner-party). And naturally, the denial of that resolution (if the Constitutional Council denies it and sends back to the National Assembly), both the opposition and factions opposing Sarkozy inside the party will try to use that against Sarkozy’s image.”
