Manohar Parrikar was already bought off by Timblos when he declared
Sebastian Rodrigues a Naxalite and wanted that the anti-Naxalite laws be
stamped on Goa's mining belts, meaning incarcerate Seby in the dungeons.
But he, nor Timblos, not even Timblo's dogs, the Sujay Guptas, did not
bargain on the fact that Seby was a member of Goa's Green Party, the Goa
Su-Raj Party.
Now, from this so called peaceful march to the Raj Bhavan, and the positive
response from Manohar Parrikar, it may be assumed that MP has received a
bonus over the previous payments and Timblo's arch enemy Babush must have
notched up a few more CRs in his account to take him over the already 15 Crs
declared in today's newspapers (GT ' With 15 Cr, Babush is second in Goa).
That this 15 Cr. declaration is pea fart against what Babush is worth is
another matter altogether.
Hope somebody had the presence of mind to videotape the peaceful march so
that each member of the march may be identified.
The next thing that Goa will hear is that Timblos have withdrawn the 500 Cr
defamation case against Seby which has been filed in the Kolkata HC by
Sujay Gupta. This is sure to happen after the number one crore pati of Goa
Anil Salgaocar's help offer to Seby to fight the case was rebuffed by Seby
in no uncertain terms.
All I can say is that with the Supreme Court's Order, all the kings men,
women, children, students and all the kings horses, goons, policemen, truck
drivers and government chamchas in high places couldn't put Timblos' Cidade
together over again.
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hartman de Souza" <hartman.deso...@gmail.com>
To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 2:49 PM
Subject: [Goanet] 'Peaceful March' my a$$...
According to a press communiqué issued by the management of the Cidade de
Goa hotel, on February 16 about '900 employees, associates and family
members of the hotel marched peacefully to Raj Bhavan to call upon the
Governor, the Chief Minister and the Leader of the Opposition to save their
livelihoods'.
Before one unnecessarily sheds tears for the Timblos, this 'peaceful march'
follows the Supreme Court ordering Cidade de Goa to demolish their illegal
constructions encroaching on a public beach that the hotel has clandestinely
tried to keep private for years, refusing passage through the hotel lobby
(as is their right), but also sealing off public access to the traditional
road that goes down to the beach.
Which agitation in Goa – and these are growing in number – would not have
wished for this kind of orchestration? The Governor, the Chief Minister and
the Leader of the Opposition conveniently at hand to receive a memorandum.
200 odd employees of the hotel and students from the Academy of Culinary
Education (an illegal construction) joined by 'associates' (who could be
truck drivers from the mines for all we know) and 'family members' to make
up the numbers. Not a single lathi charge. Not a single old woman put in the
lock-up, not one woman abused by police officers in the pay of a mining
company, not a single villager harassed by cops as happened in Collomb. No
defamation case. Civilized politics.
The Chief Minister, as only to be expected, played for time. He made
sympathetic noises and promised to study the situation. The Leader of the
Opposition, given his propensity to take over space with his mouth, did
exactly that. The Herald quotes him say saying 'It is a simple matter. The
legislature should act and I will fully support so that so many jobs are
protected. We cannot afford to lose jobs in the time of recession'.
So what is he saying exactly, that the Legislature should act by
overthrowing a Supreme Court order? Not to be outdone, support for this
farce was also extended by Taleigao MLA and Education Minister Babush
Monserrate who the Herald quotes as saying 'The government must do all it
can to prevent demolition. The resort provides many jobs in the constituency
and I will support any effort to avoid the breaking down of any part of the
hotel which will lead to job losses.'
It is all very funny if it wasn't so sad. The Cidade de Goa memorandum
states that 'the Court has ordered that an integral part of the resort be
demolished' and pleads with the governor 'to intervene within the
constitutional framework and help us to avoid this demolition, which will
save us our jobs and livelihood'.
For 'integral' above read 'illegal', read that the Timblos knew exactly what
laws they were flaunting and why, and how their business prospered, read
that within the constitutional framework when the Supreme Court of this land
passes an order it must be respected. In any civilized country, the
Timblo-led 'peaceful march' would have been seen as contempt for the
constitution.
