SHORT DURATION DEBATES ON PENDING ISSUES STEPHEN DIAS DONA PAULA mob: 9422443110 Date 24th Jan 2019
So that issues that had not been taken up for discussion and voting during the previous abbreviated session of the assembly it is to be borne in mind that all the pending issues be discussed and voted upon in short and varied manner. It is obvious that the government has curtailed the winter session only because they are scared to face the opposition. On the issue of installation of a statue of Dr.Jack de Sequeira in the assembly complex, this issue should be put to voting so as to reveal the large support that this pending issue has generated on the 52nd anniversary of the Opinion Poll on 16th January 2019. This issue should test the honesty, integrity, and resolve of all the 40 MLAs who have come in open support for this long pending credit to Father of the Opinion Poll and the Architect of Goa' s unique identity. This is the only chance before the Lok Sabha elections to find if a majority of MLAs mean what they have said in right earnest. This issue has been deliberated sidelined after it elicited support that could dislodge the Government. Why not name the 3rd Mandovi bridge after Dr.Jack de Sequeira unanimously?
