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Sects in Armenia preparing for elections, says priest
16:25 - 27.08.11
Sects in Armenia are making serious preparations to get ready for
elections, Priest Yesai Artenyan has said.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Artenyan said that some
political forces are cooperating with some sects and giving pledges to
gain more votes.
"That is an electorate," said Artenyan, meaning the people who are
members of a particular sect.
"It is often beneficial to come up to a 'shepherd' and to immediately
get an assurance of let's say 10,000 votes of their followers, rather
than to persuade those 10,000 people separately," explained he.
Artenyan did not, however, mention any such political force or sects
that are in cooperation.
Further, he said that the sects recruit people by giving promises of a
socially welfare life and an easy salvation.
He also said that the official number of 300,000 members of various
sects in Armenia refers to all the sects, while the approximate number
of Armenian citizens that are sects of the Evangelical Church is about
100,000.
Tert.am
16:25 - 27.08.11
Sects in Armenia are making serious preparations to get ready for
elections, Priest Yesai Artenyan has said.
Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Artenyan said that some
political forces are cooperating with some sects and giving pledges to
gain more votes.
"That is an electorate," said Artenyan, meaning the people who are
members of a particular sect.
"It is often beneficial to come up to a 'shepherd' and to immediately
get an assurance of let's say 10,000 votes of their followers, rather
than to persuade those 10,000 people separately," explained he.
Artenyan did not, however, mention any such political force or sects
that are in cooperation.
Further, he said that the sects recruit people by giving promises of a
socially welfare life and an easy salvation.
He also said that the official number of 300,000 members of various
sects in Armenia refers to all the sects, while the approximate number
of Armenian citizens that are sects of the Evangelical Church is about
100,000.
Tert.am