I am pasting below a letter received from Mr. Chandy Mathew (formerly a resident of Manchester, presently in Australia). I thought this is very relevant in this forum.
Alex Kaniamparambil
Dear Editor,
I am deeply saddened to see the rampant factional-feud and the slanging-match of the UKCCA election contestants. In fact, they are rather vying with each other, by hook or by crook to secure their berth and their group’s dominance in the National Executive. This new trend has often stooped to such a low level of mudslinging and washing their dirty linen in public. I personally feel that it is high time for the UKCCA to moot statutory legislation for the criterion or the eligibility of the contestants of the UKCCA. There has been no such undemocratic and unethical stifle during the National Election of the KCCNA, a parallel organisation for the Knanaya Catholics in the USA, owing to its strict practise and precedence of limiting the National Executive term for just once under the leadership of a National President.
Unfortunately and ironically, there have been quite a lot of people who have served the UKCCA as president or as the other national executive member for more than two occasions, are seemingly the front runners for the top job again.
May I take this opportunity to plead to these autocratic power-mongers to give way for those hundreds of dynamic and educated Knanaya catholic youngsters who have been waiting in the wings for ages, as they have been sidelined so indiscreetly by the very well- orchestrated political pitfalls and horse-trading of the same incumbent guys
However, I have all praise for one of the former presidents of the UKCCA Mr. Cyril Padapuackal who had set new standards for democratic values by refraining from any further contesting after his first and final term as the UKCCA President. Mr. Padapuackan who has never come to the limelight after his presidential term, certainly deserves kudos and his predecessors and successors should take a leaf out of his book.
May I also welcome this online paper to debate this issue so that hundreds of indignant and righteous Knanaya Catholic people would be able to express their dissents and emotions against the so called unethical and undemocratic practices prevailed in UKCCA elections
Chandy K. Mathew
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