Dear All,

Elections are over and some of the candidates of the United
Malankara Church(both factions put together) have won.

Now there is some confusion regarding which faction they belong to.
It is only they who can tell to which faction they belong.

Media is branding them as Jacobites and quoting them as they won
because of the patriarch faction votes.
http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?
ID=IER20060513235457&Page=R&Title=Kerala&Topic=0&
http://www.geocities.com/malankaravoice11/news_section.htm

One thing is clear, the Left candidates in Kunnathunadu , Piravom ,
Muvattupuzha,and Kothamangalam constituencies have evoked the
sentiments of the Jacobites by using posters of the Jacobite
catholicos' hunger strike and the police lathi charge in Aluva church
to get votes.Such posters are widely seen in
Muvattupuzha/Piravom/Pallikara/Kothamangalam areas.
Even posters of the these LDF candidates receiving blessings from the
Jacobite bishops are also exhibited.Their election speeches had heavy
dose of the Aluva lathi charge and promises of a better deal.
If this is the case then whom will they stand for?

An exception is Saju Paul from Perumbavoor who has won because of his
Image and anti muslim votes.

As reported in Almaya Vedhi, Babu Paul is a member of Kunnakurudy
Orthodox Cathedral but currently he is attending a Jacobite church in
Trikalathoor.Monayee, is also currently attending a Jacobite church
near kizhakkambalam.

There is a correction in Almaya Vedhi's article.
T U Kuruvilla is not a member of Bethel Suloka but from Chelad Bes
Ania and his opponent was not P J Poulose but V J Poulose.

Lets accept them as members of the united Malankara Church rather
than associating them to a particular faction.

And all these candidates are from Ernakulam dist, but it is sad to
observe that the church failed to pressurise the left and right
fronts to field its candidates from districts like
Pathanamthitta,Alapuzha and Kollam which has a lions share of voters
from Malankara Church.

This is the result of the divided stand in our church, we have lost
the bargaining power.

Sunil Mathew
Koramangala
Bangalore-34