ACCUSATIONS AGAINST ANCA MIGHT BE INITIATED BY TURKISH LOBBY

PanARMENIAN.Net
24.02.2009 14:53 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Accusations against the Armenian National Committee
of America (ANCA) are purely political ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau’s
Hay Dat and Political Affairs Office Director said.

"The ANCA is registered as a public non-profit organization. It’s
not a charity organization, as it is inferred from the of CREW
incriminations. ANCA is not registered as a lobbyist organization
either in the House of Representatives or Senate," Kiro Manoyan told
a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.

"These accusations might be initiated by the Turkish lobby. Should
there be any financial violations, the American Government would have
noticed them," he emphasized.

"The accusations are much too serious. Discredit is thrown upon the
voices of 15 senators, 211 congressmen and U.S. President Barack
Obama," Manoyan said.

The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington asked
Wednesday federal agencies to investigate the Armenian National
Committee of America for alleged campaign-finance and lobbying
violations.

In a seven-page complaint, the CREW asserts that the Armenian-American
group failed to register either as a domestic lobbying group or as
a foreign agent despite its political work and its close ties to an
Armenian political party.

"We’re not saying they should be out of business," said Melanie Sloan,
a former federal prosecutor who’s now the head of the private Citizens
for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. "We’re saying there are
laws and they should be following them."

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress