A new draft statute to select the next Coptic Orthodox Pope is expected to stir up issues now that it envisages a proposal to hold live debates among the candidates for the post.
The draft, handed to Anba Ermia, the Pope's secretary, from cĀdil Fakhrī Daniel, the founder of the under-construction Al-Istiqāma (Straightforwardness) Party, was termed by Qummus (Archpriest) cAbd al-Mas
īh Basīt
as a "silly joke."
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Names:
- Pope Shenouda III
- Qummus cAbd al-Masīh Basīt
- cĀdil Fakhrī Daniel