Philippe Kaltenbach, Mayor of the French town of Clamart, condemned double game of president Nicolas Sarkozy regarding a bill making it a crime to deny the Armenian Genocide.

Kaltenbach stated changes in position of a top official regarding such serious issue is unacceptable, writes Nouvelles d`Arménie, France-based Armenian newspaper of. Sarkozy broke his campaign pledge, he added.

According to him, the Senate should immediately consider the text of the document. “We can’t cope with the situation when people can deny existence of such barbaric crime being unpunished. This genocide, along with all those which blooded history of 20th century, should not be denied with impunity,” he said.

On October 12, 2006, the French National Assembly adopted, in its first reading, the draft law aimed punishing the denial of the Armenian Genocide. The bill should be considered by the Senate.

A WikiLeaks-published document revealed that president Nicolas Sarkozy, one month after having promised to the CCAF (Co-ordination Council of Armenian Organisations of France) to support the law penalizing denial of Armenian Genocide retracted on May 27, 2007, after being elected a president. Moreover, French leader promised Ankara that this law will die in the Senate.