Accusations against ANCA attempt to prevent Armenian Genocide recognition by U.S.

PanARMENIAN.Net - The letter that CREW, a privately funded Washington, DC-based interest group, recently circulated is baseless and replete with inaccuracies, misstatements, and misrepresentations, Armenian National Committee of America Spokesperson Elizabeth Chouldjian told PanARMENIAN.Net



"It's worth taking a close look at the timing of their accusation, which comes just as the White House and Congress appear ready, for the first time in generations, to finally reject the Turkish government's gag-rule on U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide," she said.



"In time, the forces behind this latest attempt to silence American citizens of Armenian heritage and block the long overdue commemoration by the United States of a crime against all humanity will become apparent. For our part, the ANCA remains undeterred in its efforts to educate, motivate, and activate Armenian Americans and others of good conscience in pursuit of our democratic aspirations," Ms. Chouldjian 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.