Hi Savika, I have not seen your posts before on any other thread. Your initial post received the usual "hammer and nail" response. I hope you get my zest. From your recent response, you have weathered the hammers; and the head of the nail refuses to budge. So I guess, you are committed and serious about doing something good for Goa's political process.
I do not live in Goa. But I have enough gray hair to help you (and other Goans) understand how democracy and elections work. If you think you can show up on election day and vote for the "honest candidate", you and others are mistaken. If you are serious, join the political party of your choice and understand the issues. Participate in the political dialogue before and after the elections. Be a candidate for (small) local offices, even though you can be "Goa's best CM" in your first public office.:=)) Don't waste your time with wild political allegations of corruption etc.. If there is political corruption, expose it, with specifics! Minimally write a letter to the superior and then the editor of the local newspaper. Just writing posts on Goanet are for old fogies like me (and a few others).:=)) :=)) Political activism is not reserved to just election day. Remember, in a democracy, the people are ruled by individuals they deserve / elect. For now you can show our activism on the single most important economic issue to North Goa and perhaps the whole of Goa - MOPA. One very intelligent Goaneter recently wrote, "I would be for MOPA if there was not so much corruption with it." Does the corruption change / reduce the economic value of MOPA for Goa and Goans? Should North Goans suffer because some politicians used the project to "make hay while the sun shines"? Refusing Rs. 100 crores from New Delhi for a modern new airport would only be undertaken by Goans on too much Feni saying, "Naka ree Saiba".:=)) Kind Regards, GL Savika Gomes 1) Manoj.........great perspective........now, can u please list out the good guys, the so called "honest candidates"? 2) JC (in reference to my reply in "savika gomes's excuse me in RED"), "On the EVE OF ELECTION voters r treated for SORRO and CHICKEN and such votes r for grabs" - this is the Disease that we have to cut away from our system and bury six feet under/submit to flames..........It is definitely us who are to be blamed, for encouraging candidates to resort to this practice for every elections........is there any stopping to this exercise? Will the candidates dare to even contest elections if we goans were strong enough to close our doors to entertaining these thugs? but, we being the educated lot that we are, and having so much knowledge of our candidates, still resort to shamelessly voting and electing a thug! 3) It is definitely time to change but how is the change is going to take place with "Faleiro's" and "Alemao's" and "Rane's" still at the helm of the coup? 4) Manoj : "Looted" is Pass� - our MP's and MLA's have gang raped our Goa! Manoj wrote : "If only GOANS elect the HONEST CANDIDATES AT THE TIME OF ELECTIONS,half the battle is won.GOANS r voting on communla lines,On the EVE OF ELECTION voters r treated for SORRO and CHICKEN and such votes r for grabs. And then what do u expect,such elected candidates who spent money to get elected will work for the development of Goans and Goa. Goans will continue dying in the road accidents and OUR MPS will utilise MP FUND to build subways at Verna and Nuvem only to fill up their pockets. Goans are looted by our elected MPS and MLA's ."
