2002 Parumala Association – Facts - Malankara Syriac Voice

18. Mangalam - 22nd march 2202..... 'Kananaya Association' questions the inclusion of two
members in the Managing committee of Methran Kakshi
19. Mathrubhumi - 6th april 02 ..... Split in the malankara church complete.
The concluding arguments of the Methran Kakshis is that, the right thing to do would have been
to attend the association meeting and then if there were complaints to approach the court of
law.
Such a practical and innocent suggestion.
The Methran Kakshis forget that we have come a long way since 1958. They cannot cheat us
always. If we had attended the association meeting it would have been suicidal to us. All the
Methran Kakshi claims which have been accepted by the Supreme Court are based on our
acceptance of them in 1958. They regularly take pleasure in ridiculing us asking ‘what is the
point in opposing now when we had accepted Catholicate, 1934 constituion etc.,. in 1958’.
Compare that situation again with 2002. The electoral process was being pursued with a single
point agenda of somehow electing Mathews II as the Malankara Methran. When this was the
case and if we had become a part of the meeting the decisions of the said meeting would have
been legally binding on us. Later, when there would have been a conflict the the Methran
Kakshis, they would surely say... ' parumala meeting il vayum pothi irunnavanokke ippol vaalu
pokkunnu'. This has happened in 1970's.
Of course we could have questioned it in the court but to what effect This present court cases
started in 1975 and what have we achieved after 35 years
We did the right thing by boycotting the elections. There was no choice left to us.