The Coptic Church announced in a statement their refusal to be dragged into the elections. The statement came following a comment on one of the documents that was published under the name of the church, in which certain candidates were recommended that Copts vote for.

Archpriest Sergius Sergius, deputy of the patriarchate for administrative affairs, refused any attempts to drag the church's name into the elections battle.

[Reviewer's Note: AWR was not able to verify the title of Archpriest Sergius in English but was able to verify the title in Arabic which is "Wakīl al-Batriarchīyah lil-shu'ūn al-idārīyah" meaning literally "deputy of the patriarchate for administrative affairs." Read the original statement in Arabic of Pope Shenouda appointing Archpriest Sergius in his current position at the official Coptic Church al-Kirāzah Magazine [al-Kirāzah, issue no. 23-24, October 23, 2009, page 1]. In Rose al-Yūsuf, October 24, 2009, Pope Shenouda appointed Archpriest Sergius as the Deputy of the patriarchate for administrative affairs to withdraw some powers from Bishop Yu'annis, Secretary of the Pope.]

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