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    PRESS RELEASE
    Catholicosate of Cilicia
    Communication and Information Department
    Contact: V. Rev. Fr. Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
    Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
    Fax: (04) 419724
    E- mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.cathcil.org/

    PO Box 70 317
    Antelias-Lebanon

    Armenian version: http://www.cathcil.org/v04/doc/Armenian.htm


    HIS HOLINESS ARAM I EXPRESSES HIS OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT ELECTORAL LAW

    His Holiness Aram I had a telephone conversation with the president
    of the Republic of Lebanon, His Excellency General Emile Lahoud,
    and expressed his opposition to the parliamentary electoral law that
    was adopted in 2000.

    His Holiness stated that the most basic principles of a democracy
    are the participation of people in elections and their right to
    elect their representatives. He stressed that these principles are
    especially important in countries that are based on a confessional
    system. President Lahoud shared the Aram I's concerns and informed
    the Catholicos that he has already sent a letter to the parliament
    concerning this matter.

    His Holiness had met with the American Ambassador to Lebanon a few
    days ago and had widely discussed the issue with him.

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    The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates
    of the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the
    history and the mission of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer
    to the web page of the Catholicosate, http://www.cathcil.org/ The
    Cilician Catholicosate, the administrative center of the church is
    located in Antelias, Lebanon.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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