2002 Parumala Association – Facts - Malankara Syriac Voice

But this proposed meeting was postponed to 20 th Dec 2001.
In the letter sent from Bangalore on 10 th Dec 2001 informing about this change of date, J.
Mulimutt asked Mor Divannasios (HB Mor Baselios Thomas I) to send his objections and
suggestions to reach him before 18 th Dec 2001. Accordingly Mor Divannasios (HB Mor
Baselios Thomas I) sent him a letter in four pages raising nine points which were our
contentions.
In between, Mathews II had sent a notice kalpana on 15th Dec 2001 to churches which was also
published in Malayala manorama ( Malayala manorama of 15th Dec 2001, KTM edition, pg 9 ).
The meeting was held at Kottayam on 20th Dec 2001 and representatives of both factions were
present in the meeting.
The first point raised was the usage of St. Thomas throne in Mathews II’s Kalpana and the usage
of Malankara Metropolitan in the same Notice kalpana of 15th Dec. The relevant Supreme
Court order in which Mathews II was asked to call the association by name was shown to the
observer and he accepted our contention.
After this initial problem was solved, the main issue of the actual conduct of the association
meeting was taken up..
At this stage, we have to explain our main contentions and the reasons for the same a bit in
detail for proper understanding...
1. Even before the first meeting took place between the concerned parties in the
presence of the observer on 20th December, the Methran Kakshis had already gone
ahead with the preparations and issuing Notice Kalpanas ( 15th Dec) to Churches and
in newspapers. At this juncture, it is very important to understand that, the Supreme
Court had ruled in its verdict that all elections and the office bearers elected in both
factions held after 1971 are only partial and they are not representative of the whole
church. While this directive of the court was in force, Methran Kakshis went ahead with
making arrangements for the association meeting as per the ' Nadapadi Chattam '
passed unilaterally by them on 1 st June 1989 even before both parties had met. So in
the beginning itself Methran Kakshis were going ahead on their own without taking us
into confidence.
2. The unrealistic dates for the election process. The last date on which we were asked
to report on the membership of each parish based on which the number of