18:05 . 04/04
German Chancellor Angela Merkel may address the issue of the genocide of Armenians and Assyrians. Merkel intends to learn about the urgent issues concerning citizens through the proposals to be presented in her official website within the frames of the initiative exceptional for Germany “Dialogue of Future”.
In the part “How we want to live jointly?” among about 6 000 proposals, the proposal developed by the author and music methodology associate professor Norbert Fol is in the first place according to the present results. The proposal is titled “A law against denying the genocide of Armenians and Assyrians”. There proposal has been voted for by about 140 000 people.
Norbert Fol has said in his talk with our colleague Alla Serobyan: “I am a descendent of a deportee family and I know what slaughter and deportation mean. The denial of the genocide is perceived by its victims as a continuation of that genocide. Frankly, I didn’t expect the proposal would be supported by so many. If I succeed to continue clarifying the matter, then the people who take the memory of the Holocaust seriously in our country will take our side. As to Mrs Merkel’s response, she usually doesn’t address complex topics and waits. Of course, I want her to accept the proposal: it will be democracy”.
Presenting the proposals and voting will last till April 15 after which the authors of the 10 proposals which received the most votes, as well as the 10 succeeded proposals chosen by corresponding independent experts will be invited to the chancellor’s office to discuss their ideas with Merkel.
