On Mon, 15 Mar 2004 19:57:23 +0800, Karl & Josephine Pinto deSousa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Call them Moiracars or the sardarjis of Bardez, the butt of jokes for centuries in Goa. But one message sent out clearly by the voters in the recent Panchayat by-election of Atafondem ward was that winnability or money power or party affiliation was not important compared to honesty and a willingness to listen and work for the betterment of the people. The voters of Moira situated near Mapusa and famous for its banana's wanted to be henceforth remembered not as a banana republic but one where people are empowered and citizens problems are taken care of. The problems currently faced by the people in the village were mainly garbage and illegal construction . In fact on the eve of the election there was an active campaign by vested interests to try to frighten the voters not to vote for Vizilia because illegal constructions would be demolished. In the end however goodness won and Vizilia Hubert DeSa (122 votes) was returned defeating her rivals Nirmal Chodankar (120) and Yamini Gaude (84). A humble Vizilia said she faced an enormous responsibility but she would do her best and her priorities would be Rule of Law Justice for All Transparency Empowerment of Women. Cheers to the people of Moira! BY KARL PINTO DESOUSA H. No 635 ATAFONDEM MOIRA Mar 11-14, 2004 - Shigmo Festival, Goa ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
