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TO: HERALD / NAVHIND TINES / CYBERVOICES / PUDHARI / GOA TODAY / GOANOBSERVER / GOMANTAK TIMES / UNI / INDIAN EXPRESS / ASIAN AGE / IXTT / GOA MESSENGER / GOANET. Press Statement : The Goa Su-Raj Party sympathizes with the Old Goa Panchayat members and the villagers of Panzorcone, Cuncolim in their fight against the dictatorial behaviour of the Goa Government vis a vis its decisions which belittles the mandate of the Indian Constitution w.r.t. the 73rd and 74th amendments. Far from honouring the above mandate, the Goa Government has shown that it has little respect for the self-governing bodies to decide and/or to have a say in their own governance and development. Whereas the Old Goa Panchayat members are right in demanding a share of the income through allotment of stalls within its jurisdiction during the exposition of the relics of St. Francis Xavier, the government, through its dictatorial behaviour is hell bent in depriving the Panchayat of its rightful revenue by manufacturing reasons to do so. It is ridiculous to state that since the State Government will be looking after the law and order situation and other arrangements such as sanitation, transport etc., it is therefore entitled to absorb the entire revenues generated from allotting stalls within the Panchayat jurisdiction. The Manohar Parrikar Government must realize that it is in place at the pleasure of the people to maintain law and order and other services, in the first place. Mere inclusion of the Panchayat Secretary in the committee instituted to mop up the income, and who is a government servant, does not take away the right of the Panchayat members to decide for the village. It is acknowledged that the government of Manohar Parrikar does require this additional income in order to offset the expenditure in crores of rupees it is incurring to pay for the unplanned and unnecessary IFFI, which Goa could do without, in view of there being more pressing needs for this money to be spent on, specially when the IFFI was sold to Goans as a gift by the Centre, now to find that Goans are required to pay for it through their noses to satisfy the eccentric hallucinations of just ONE MAN. As far as the Panzarcone Housing project is concerned, the Government of Manohar Parrikar badly needs to dilute the minority voting strength of the locality/Constituency by bringing in outsiders as the beneficiaries of this massive housing project. Its mind is set on just one track - ELECTIONS and WINNING ELECTIONS by hook or by crook. To hell with sporting facilities and the welfare of the youth of Panzorcone, just like the Campal ground at Panjim for IFFI. Goa Su-Raj Party urges the Old Goa villagers to support the fight of its Panchayat members. Likewise, it urges the villagers of Panzorcone and the Municipality of Cuncolim to stay on course to defeat the evil designs of the Manohar Parrikar Government at all costs. In solidarity. for Goa Su-Raj Party Sd/- (Floriano Lobo) President Office: 2nd. Floor, Karekar Building, Above IOB, Angod, Mapusa-403 507 Tel: 2266111
