translated from Spanish: Evangelical leaders start planning for rejection of new Constitution

Agency One

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The President of the National Council of Bishops and Pastors of Chile and High Representative Protocolar of the Church before the government, Jorge Méndez, said that “we are for rejection, we want modifications to the Constitution not patched and querem unit, 20% of the population is evangelical and we made our position known to La Moneda.”

The National Council of Evangelical Bishops and Pastors of Chile met on Saturday in order to organize to go in rejection of the new Constitution in the April plebiscite. In this sense, the President of the institution and High Representative Protocolar of the Church before the Government, Jorge Méndez, argued that “we are for rejection, we want modifications to the Constitution not patched and we want unity, 20% of the population is evangelical and we let The Coin know our position,” she said. He added that “we have approached representatives of other churches, such as the Catholic church, who is also about rejection and our position in April is clear and we will not approve,” he argued. On the occasion were present the deputies of National Renewal Francisca Muñoz and Eduardo Durán Salinas.

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