The recent appointment has a good reputation but his hands are tied by the government limiting and restricting his powers to non-essential matters. The key for a successful Lokayukta is criminal oversight over the mafia which runs Goa (the nexus of politicians, builders and corporates, many of whom are non-Goans). There is no teeth in the current Lokayukta law. What Goa needs are 5 well-empowered Lokoyuktas to keep up with all the criminal activity in the state, may be even more than 5.
All of this begs the question: what is the Goa legal community doing in the current environment? Are they complicit and/or silent? Are they fighting the corruption on every front or by their complicity/silence are they guilty too? A few lawyers are fighting the criminal activity, but what about the vast majority of the legal profession? What is to be said of them? Shouldn't the legal profession always stand by the rule of law and their voices heard? There is no such thing as an innocent bystander in today's corrupt Goa.
