YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS. Archbishop Karekin Bekçiyan, who has been elected as the locum tenens by the Clerical Assembly, made a statement about the notice from the governor’s office which states that “the election is legally impossible”, “Armenpress” reports Istanbul-based “Agos” informs.

Right after the meeting of Clerical Assembly in which Archbishop Karekin Bekçiyan elected as the locum tenens, a notice from the governor’s office claiming that “the election is legally impossible” was handed out. Locum tenens Bekçiyan made a statement about this development. 

Bekçiyan stated that a group including Ateşyan and Maşalyan will go to Istanbul governor’s office. Bekçiyan said, “I won’t be there. In this planned meeting, our party will explain the logic of election of locum tenens. Then, an announcement will be made. This will happen within a couple of days. I will be here in the mean time.”

Primate of the Armenian Diocese of Germany Archbishop Garegin Bekchyan has been elected locum tenens of the Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul.