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Loretta Sánchez - A representative of Viet Tan in the U.S. Congress
Loretta Sánchez - A representative of Viet Tan in the U.S. Congress
2/6/16
We all know Loretta L. Sánchez, born January 7, 1960 is the U.S. Representative for California's
46th congressional district, serving in Congress since 1997. Sanchez
has represented California's
47th congressional district from 2003 to 2013 and the 46th
district from 1997 to 2003. She is a member of the Democratic
Party, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition.
The district lies in central Orange County.
Coming from a district with one of the largest ethnically Vietnamese communities outside
Vietnam, she voted against a trade agreement with Vietnam, saying
that political and human rights conditions in Vietnam needed improvement. Her
outspokenness led the Hanoi regime to refuse to allow her into the country late
in 2004 when she applied for an entry visa to meet with dissidents. By
April 2006, Sanchez had been denied a visa to visit Vietnam four times by the
country's officials. In honor of International Human Rights Day, she
joined a bipartisan group of 11 House Members that issued a letter to
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung calling
for the release of two U.S. citizens arrested by the government of
Vietnam.
All those to show that Loretta L. Sánchez seems to have interests in Vietnam’s human rights
record, but does it come from her true concern for human rights values or just
a trick to collect more votes from anti-Vietnam’s government elements? There’s
a lot evidence to prove for the second guess.
Loretta Sanchez was elected to the House of
Representatives in November 1996. She has since then become a member of
Congress in five terms and a representative for the 47th Congressional
District of California where a large number of Vietnamese nationals are
residing. While many of them are still making contributions to the
homeland, several groups of people, under the label of fighting for democracy
and human rights, continue carrying out ill-intentioned activities in an
attempt to sabotage Vietnam and Vietnam-US relations.
According to Los Angeles Times, Sanchez’s aim is to gather support from Vietnamese American voters in the upcoming election to win the post of California State Governor. To this end, following a plan made by a reactionary organization operating in the US called the Vietnam Reform Party or simply Viet Tan in Vietnamese, she came to Vietnam to meet relatives of several elements who were arrested by the Vietnamese Government on the charge of propagandizing against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. By doing so, she hoped to help this reactionary organization carry out activities against Vietnam.
According to Los Angeles Times, Sanchez’s aim is to gather support from Vietnamese American voters in the upcoming election to win the post of California State Governor. To this end, following a plan made by a reactionary organization operating in the US called the Vietnam Reform Party or simply Viet Tan in Vietnamese, she came to Vietnam to meet relatives of several elements who were arrested by the Vietnamese Government on the charge of propagandizing against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. By doing so, she hoped to help this reactionary organization carry out activities against Vietnam.
It’s widely known that Viet Tan is a wicked terrorist
organization. Thanks to the Frontline and ProPublica, prestigious communication
stations in the U.S., people can see all the truth about Viet Tan and its
wickedness in the documentary episode “Terror in Little Saigon” published in
November 2015. But, so wrongfully and disgustingly that Sanchez, due to her
votes, put all that terrorist things aside to support Viet Tan.
Recently, Nguyen Thanh Tu (or Tu Nguyen), a poor son of a
man who was murdered in pursuit of truth and justice through journalism by Viet
Tan, sent a letter to Federal Election Commission (FEC) to expose filthy links
between Sanchez and Viet Tan. Tu Nguyen stressed that the Loretta Sanchez’s
election campaigns, past and present, have received contributions from members
of Viet Tan, which is considered a foreign political party in the U.S.
political system, and allowed Viet Tan-associated entities to help with
fundraising activities. This is a blatant violation of Federal statute as
reflected in FEC regulations. In return, the Loretta Sanchez’s campaigns have
actively and willingly promoted, and at times covered up, for Viet Tan’s
illegal activities, which include the alleged murders of journalists and its
own dissenting members.
The letter also provides evidence that Sanchez has
received contributions from four Viet Tan senior leaders: Do Hoang Diem, Hoang
Dan, Tran Trung Dung and Nguyen Trong Viet, and received “soft” contributions
from Viet Tan-associated television station Saigon Broadcasting Television
Network (SBTN) in the form of television interviews.
U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez’s decision to receive
contributions from Viet Tan memebers and to follow this organization to
influence her policy making process is in direct violation of FEC regulations.
In 2002 Congress expanded the prohibitions on the contributions to U.S.
election campaigns by foreign elements.
In exchange for Viet Tan’s contributions, Loretta Sanchez
hired a Viet Tan members, Ms. Lilly Ngoc Hieu Nguyen, as district staff. From
the vantage point of being an insider, she acted to serve the interests of Viet
Tan. In at least one instance, she passed confidential information from an
at-risk human rights advocate that was intended only for Loretta Sanchez to
Viet Tan instead. Viet Tan used that leaked information to threaten the
personal safety of that human rights advocate. Note that Sanchez has been fully
warned of the above possible violations by my multiple letters to her. Yet, she
has chosen to ignore those warnings.
So, Mr. Tu Nguyen therefore request that the FEC
immediately investigates this matter to determine the full extent of Viet Tan’s
relationship to Loretta Sanchez’s policy making team, and its effects and
influences on her 2016 campaign strategy as well as on her past election
campaigns. Using multiple venues and going through different operatives,
including SBTN and Human Rights for Vietnam Act, Viet Tan has clear intention
to cover its track and circumvent FEC rules, with the full knowledge and
collaboration of U.S. Representative Loretta Sanchez.
Instead of paying attention to the majority of voters who
look forward to a good future for Vietnam-US relations, Sanchez lent a helping
hand to a group of old-fashioned voters to sabotage the Vietnamese State. It is
a wrongful act which is not allowed in any sovereign country. Does the US
administration let a certain force or bad elements in its country support the
act of sabotage to overthrow the administration as Sanchez attempted to do in
Vietnam? It is unacceptable to justify Sanchez’s wrong doings against human
beings and human rights in Vietnam. In fact, human rights are being developed
and respected in Vietnam. In its latest report, the United Nations acknowledged
that Vietnam has made significant progress in developing its citizens’
fundamental human rights. Therefore, there is no need to deal with the human
rights issue in Vietnam as some US circles have called for.
Moreover, Sanchez is not qualified to accuse Vietnam of violating human rights, as she has turned a blind eye to Vietnam’s concerns about the human rights issue. While visiting the country, she refused to visit victims of Agent Orange/dioxin at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) village, who are deprived of the right to lead normal lives. She also turned down requests by the Vietnam War Veterans Association and the Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin exchange views on the spraying of toxic chemicals by the US army during the war in Vietnam.
Moreover, Sanchez is not qualified to accuse Vietnam of violating human rights, as she has turned a blind eye to Vietnam’s concerns about the human rights issue. While visiting the country, she refused to visit victims of Agent Orange/dioxin at the Huu Nghi (Friendship) village, who are deprived of the right to lead normal lives. She also turned down requests by the Vietnam War Veterans Association and the Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin exchange views on the spraying of toxic chemicals by the US army during the war in Vietnam.
Relations between Vietnam and the US are progressing.
During the official visit to Vietnam in November 2006, US President George W.
Bush told Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet that US-Vietnam relations were
developing well, meeting the expectations of the two countries’ people. So to
speak, Sanchez’s wrongdoings, like other efforts to justify her performance,
will cut no ice with the public as they only hinder the development of
relations between the two countries and people./.
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All comments [ 10 ]
By committing such inhumane acts, she could not represent Congress to give herself the right to bring democracy to Vietnam.
Obviously, she is again following the beaten track of reactionary forces in a deliberate attempt to sabotage Vietnam.
It is nothing but an act of intervening in the internal affairs of other countries.
The fact is that such acts have never brought about real democracy and stability to any country. The situation in Iraq is a case in point.
It has been widely alleged that Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has been involved in an intimate relationship with her former military escort and current homeland security and defense lobbyist, John (Jack) P. Einwechter.
Loretta Sanchez is dead wrong. I find it excruciatingly frustrating that she claimed to have 'fully analyzed unintended consequences' of the law and saw fit to support it nonetheless.
So dangerous she is for Vietnam! Hope she won't be voted again.
While Sanchez supports several gun-control measures, she did vote for the 2005 bill that granted gun makers immunity from lawsuits based on the misuse of their products.
Sanchez’s aim is to gather support from Vietnamese American voters, so there's no good intention for human rights and democracy anymore.
Sanchev is supporting terrorism on purpose or not, because Viet Tan is a terrorist group.
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