"We expected the repeal might be stayed, not revised. We are very worried". This was said by mgr. Shlemon Warduni, patriarchal vicar of Baghdad, who doesn't mince his words to highlight all the aversion of the Chaldeian Church for the repealing of art. 50 of the electoral law of the provincial councils, that actually takes 13 seats away from the Christian minority. "We will keep making our voice heard, hoping our appeal to repeal will be granted, not just in Iraq, but also in the rest of the world - states mgr. Warduni to Baghdadhope -. Our rights as Iraqi citizens are at stake". To speak about this situation, states Warduni, "today, first in the Church of Saint Joseph, then in the premises of a Chaldean association, I will have a meeting with some Muslim leaders and maybe there will be mgr. Gewargis Sliwa, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, with me. We must speak up to raise everyone's awareness of the denial of our rights. We only hope many people will act. In Baghdad there's still fear, people are scared of going out for fear of suicide attacks. This is our life: the law that forgets us, the electricity that doesn't work, the risk of dying at any time. The world - he concludes - is leaving us alone. Why is nobody doing anything in Europe, in Italy, for article 50?".
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