French MP Jacques Myard who was opposing the genocide bill will try to collect 60 signatures of lawmakers to appeal to the Constitutional Council, he told a source, Le Figaro reports referring to AFP.

Sixty MPs, 60 senators, head of the state, head of the National Assembly or Sentae can appeal to the Constitutional Court.

In his turn MP Lionnel Luca, who also opposed the bill, said he was against the appeal.

“If it is used to support scandalous attitude of the Turkish government, I do not see sense,” he said.

With a vote of 127 in favor and 86 against, France’s Senate passed Monday the bill that criminalizes the denial of the genocides which this country has formally recognized.

This bill sets a one-year prison sentence plus a 45-thousand-Euro fine for anyone who denies these genocides. According to the regulations, the French President will ratify it within fifteen days of the Senate’s decision. And Turkey had announced earlier that if the bill were to pass, it will impose a number of sanctions against France.