Folks, I received the following today: ----------------------------- PANJIM, Jan 4: Save Goa Front Convenor Aires Rodrigues was today restrained from attending the proceedings of the second day of the Global Goans Convention. Anticipating that Aires Rodrigues would raise the issue of the Goa Regional Plan 2011, Commissioner of NRI Eduardo Faleiro directed the Director of NRI affairs Ulhas Kamat to summon the police and arrest Adv. Rodrigues.
A police posse headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Deu Banaulikar rushed to Cidade de Goa, the venue of the Convention and requested Adv. Rodrigues who was a registered delegate to leave the venue. Banaulikar directed the organizers to refund to Adv. Rodrigues Rs 1000 paid by him as delegate fee. On receipt of the amount Adv. Rodrigues left the venue escorted by the police. Meanwhile, Aires Rodrigues has stated that Eduardo Faleiros highhanded dictatorial behavior today has shown clear signs of insanity setting on the Commissioner of NRI affairs. Rodrigues has further stated that any issue that affects Goa is a matter of concern to all including the Non Resident Goans and that Faleiro could not highjack the agenda of a Convention being hosted at tax payers expense. It may be recalled that some delegates walked out of the convention yesterday in protest against Eduardo Faleiros decision not to allow any discussion on the Regional plan. ___________________________________________________ If the above is true, Commissioner of NRI Eduardo Faleiro is turning out to be a commissioner more suited for Bihar than Goa! I am curious if anyone attending the meet is interested in following up and reporting if the above is true. I am also interested in knowing if the office of the commissioner has a list of projects that need foreign partners/financing. Mervyn3.0 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com