Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius affirmed that the church does not interfere in political affairs nor does it take sides with this or that candidate.

“Copts have cast their votes as Egyptian citizens. If anyone votes for a certain candidate, then it happened as citizens,” he said during a meeting with leading feminists including Dr. Layla Taklā, Dr. Suhayr Lutfī, Suhayr Qunsūwah and Counselor Tahānī al-Jibālī. [‘Āisha ‘Abd al-Ghaffār, al-Ahrām, May 31, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic