2002 GOAN ELECTION.

Finally the date for the election of Goa Legislative Assembly has been fixed 
as 30th of next month.  As usual all the former �Chor ani Bamtte� MLAs will 
try to contest the coming election either on the same parties or 
independents or new parties.  Whom the voters will elect and on what basis?  
In his masterpiece �If I Am Asassinated� written from the death cell by the 
former premier of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto wrote �My sons will not be my 
sons if they don�t shed the blood of those who dare to shed mine. Who are my 
sons?  Shanawaz and Murtaza (both real sons of Bhutto) and all the sons of 
Pakistan are my sons�.  Till his death Gen. Zia who was responsible for 
hanging Bhutto had to face problems from the sons of Pakistan till his death 
in a plane crash. Based on the statement of Bhutto let me say from Kuwait in 
a small room where I stay �My Goan voters will not be Goans voters if they 
don�t destroy in the coming election all the defectors and �Chor & Bamtte� 
MLAs who dare to destroy Goa by defecting from the elected party symbol to 
other parties that bribe them with huge money power and loot Goa.  Who are 
the Goan voters? They are the real and genuine Goans who have great love for 
the good of Goa�.  If today Goa is seized by the worst communal party BJP 
then the major culprit is Sardinha who allowed Parrikar and his BJP key to 
open the door for worst communal party to rule Goa.  Goa had unique 
distinction to be a model of communal harmony and as such communal party 
like BJP should not have place in Goan politics.  Sardinha should be 
punished severely in the coming election and who will punish him?  If 
Curtorcar voters are really Curtorcares then they will show their wisdom.  
It is Curtorcares who were deceived and cheated by Sardinha.  Congress party 
should be forced to deny ticket to Sardinha to contest the coming election 
on its ticket.  Sardinha will go down in the history of Goa as worst than 
Judas, it is a shame to have such a MLA in any constituency.  Likewise all 
the defectors should be denied tickets and if they still persist and succeed 
in getting tickets from the same parties then people power should be used 
and it should be used very forcefully.  It is a turn now of  �Demos� to use 
their �Kratia� in a right way. It is not enough just to talk saying Goa is 
going to dogs but to avoid it further going to dogs people must rise to the 
occasion and throw out all the defectors and Chors and Goondas.  The 
constituents must not allow to foist on them the candidates not of their 
choice.  The constituents must join together to stop the political parties 
to foist their choices on their heads.  It is time now for the constituents 
to stop the party bosses in Panjim and Delhi to impose their choices on 
people against the wishes of the people.  Constituents must stop acting like 
�ghantta boils� and fight for their rights to select right candidates.

Every time our MLAs fool us.  Once they get elected they take full liberty 
of the confidence voters given them and thus they make ill use of it.  One 
of the reasons for them to take power in their hands is there is no 
alertness on the part of the voters.  When they defect the voters take it 
lying down, neither their parties come out openly to condemn and raise 
public awarness.  I remember when first time in Goa 5 UGP MLAs defected to 
MGP, Jack Sequeira organized public meetings in all the 5 constituencies to 
condemn them and make the local constituents aware of the wrong they did for 
their confidence.  Valent Sequeira from Calangute constituency was one of 
the defectors, he had a small gotie type of beard.  While delivering his 
public speech attended by huge crowd at Calangute soccer ground, Dr. 
Sequeira asked �where are the all the prominent people including the doctor 
who were telling me to give ticket to Valente Sequeira?  Why they don�t now 
go after Valente Sequeira and shake him by his beard?�. Then he uttered 
these words to the utter astonishment of the crowd �Khuim assa re to 
bokddeachea khaddacho tumcho Valent Sequeira?  Cholat re ani dhorat re 
tachea khaddak ani haddat re taka hangasor�.  Fearing the worst, Valente 
Sequeira was hiding at Candolim in a secret location away from his house.  
But such a pressure is not coming now on our defectors because people and 
our voters are also become corrupt for accepting corruption.  The so called 
social workers are also become dormant because they are also wanting to 
contest the elections because they feel only from the Legislative Assembly 
they can change the society.  It is not true. By not contesting the election 
Mahatma Gandhi and Jayaprakash Narayan brought revolution in India.  It is a 
turn now of real social workers and real lovers of Goa to do something to 
awaken the public conscience so that good and reliable people are elected.  
The Church must also come on fore.  Because of Church silence for so long we 
Catholics in Goa were at receiving end.  It is not enough for the Church to 
issue statement occasionally to show its disgust on the corrupt political 
scenario in Goa.  Church must use its pulpit and other forum to raise its 
voice against all the barbarity going on in Goa leading to sinful life which 
Church must avoid. The purpose of Church is to guide the people in right 
path for the ultimate heavenly goal.  But by being silence over the 
disgraceful acts of politicians and political parties Church is encouraging 
sinful life in Goa.  If Church does not step in now then BJP will surely 
regain power and then they will destroy established Church and Church goers 
in Goa.  If church does not openly come forward by preaching the gospel of 
political justice then Goa will turn into Soddom and Gomorrah and then 
posterity will hold the Church responsible for not doing Its duty when It 
was required to do.  By using the forum of platform Martin Luther King in 
America challenged and destroyed the might of brute apartheid though he 
sacrificed his life for voicing his gospel of truth and justice.  Can our 
priest do that and even if they are willing to do, will the Church authority 
at Altinho allow them?  In the past even though silently and at times Church 
leaders and clergy played a very good role in protecting Goa and Goans from 
very many disasters.  But now Church must come out openly and challenge the 
brute might of money and goonda power of the disgraceful candidates.  If at 
this critical juncture Church remains silent then Church will be doing great 
injustice for the protection of Goa and Goans.  As its is Goa is getting 
degoanised and losing its pristine greatness and genuiness.  The Roma 
Udentichem is going to dogs because Ghantti Udentiche are capturing every 
piece of Goa.  They are all out to destroy Goa and Goans and in this pursuit 
they are helped by Church goer defector politicians, corrupt politicians and 
those who practice Narvenkarism. Till recently Narverakism, Godinism, 
Sardinism, Parulenkarism and all ism were unknown to Goa.  In order to 
destroy all these �ISM� we must come forward and destroy all the mentors of  
�ISM�.

While Goa is burning due to the upcoming political events, what will be the 
role of expatriate Goans who are craving for the good governance in Goa?  
Adeus now but see you later for more on this topic.

A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.


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