ANKARA - No court decision has been issued regarding Turkish Labor Party (IP) leader Dogu Perincek, Swiss Embassy in Ankara announced on Monday.
Embassy executives indicated that the prosecutor dealing with the case has applied to the authorized court, and said that a person is considered innocent until a court rules out the opposite.
There is separation of powers in Switzerland like in Turkey, the executives stated. Therefore, the embassy cannot make any statement about the procedures or contents of the case, they added.
Meanwhile, the file regarding Perincek has been submitted to a local court in Lausanne.
Perincek was detained in Switzerland on July 23rd, 2005 for his remark against the so-called Armenian genocide. He was released after an interrogation.
Under Swiss laws, a person who ''denies genocide or crimes against humanity'' is either fined or sentenced to prison terms.