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Officer on Special duty to the Governor of Goa , Mr S
C Jamir 76, who on Saturday 24th November, 2007 missed
an assasination attempt the fourth such unsuccessful
attempt, made on his life, in his troubled homestate
Nagaland the North Eastern state of India sent this
communique to this writer to clarify the Governors
stand on the issue.
Though in love with Goa ever since 17th July, 2004
when he became the head of the State he is believed to
have been indulging in re-entering the political arena
to bring back the INC in power at the next Assembly
hustings scheduled in February, 2008.
Many eyebrows were raised, given that the Governor,
has recently been more often been visitng his home
state and also seen politicking while in office. But
that is now almost the order of the day among
Governors irrespective of the political affiliations
and the political parties that they represent and the
Governor of Goa could not be an exception. Read on...
_______________________________________________________Please
find attached herewith a story on His Excellency who
met the press today at the Raj Bhawan.
Best regards,
Sebastian Zumvu
OSD to Governor of Goa
.... Quote " I am not afraid of militants" : Jamir
I am prepared to go back to Nagaland politics
Panaji, November 28, 2007: My ideology is
diametrically opposite to that of the militants since
I strongly believe and uphold the unity and integrity
of the Indian Union, the Governor of Goa SC Jamir who
escaped from an abortive assassination attempt on his
life last Saturday by suspected militants in Nagaland,
told a press conference today at Raj Bhawan.
I am not afraid of militants and I am prepared to go
back to state politics if my services can be used to
maintain law and order, and protect the sanctity of
the Indian Constitution, he replied to a question if
he is still willing to go back to Nagaland politics
after the recent attack on him.
Asked why the militants hate him so much, Jamir
replied that his ideologies and principles were
diametrically opposite to that of the militants and
that since they, the militants have thoroughly
subverted the State administration, and knowing fully
well that if at all he goes back to State politics he
would ensure rule of law and maintenance of law and
order, he said perhaps they do not want to disturb
the present arrangement.
Asked when he is going back to Nagaland, Jamir said,
My duty is here in Goa, not there in Nagaland.
Replying to another query if the Central Government is
maintaining complete silence on the ambush because it
fears it would derail the ongoing peace talks with the
militant organizations, Jamir curtly replied,
Criminality has nothing to do with the peace
talks.It was not an attack on SC Jamir, it was an
attack on the Constitutional head of a State, he
said.
Asked what he feels about the Centres silence, Jamir
said, I do not know. It is very strange.
He however, reiterated that those supposed to defend
and protect Indian nationalism should do their duties.
The ambush on Goas Governor has been raised by both
the Congress MPs of Goa Francis Sardinha and Shantaram
Naik in Parliament during the Zero Hour and Discussion
hour.
Meanwhile, the Navhind Times, a popular daily
newspaper here in Goa in its in its editorial of
November 26, 2007 expressed concern has this to say
about the ambush: What is really disturbing is the
extremists of North East are now graduating under the
guidance of the ISI and LTTE. They view the ceasefire
as mechanism of the government of India to perpetrate
excesses in the region.
The most unfortunate aspect
of this agreement was the NDA government did not
consult the concerned state governments of Manipur,
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. Even Mr Jamir who was the
chief minister of Nagaland was not taken into
confidence. This simply strengthened the terrorist
belief that Mr Jamir was against the ceasefire. The
attack on Mr Jamir owes to the extremists perception
that Mr Jamir was one of the major stumbling blocks in
their path. Nevertheless, Saturdays attack underlines
that the government has miserably failed to crack down
on the militants and militancy. While the government
should involve persons like Mr Jamir in finding a
solution to the impasse, it also think of setting up a
National Security Vigilance Commission which should be
a constitutional body like the Election Commission
having the sanction of the law to monitor the
activities of the terrorists and take action.
Prominent intellectuals here in Goa have also
suggested that the Goa Legislative Assembly also pass
a unanimous resolution condemning this attack. For the
first time in Goa's history, our Governor visiting
another State has been so cowardly and mercilessly
attacked.
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GODFREY J. I. GONSALVES,
BORDA, MARGAO, 403 602, GOA. (INDIA)
+91 98221 58584 (24 HRS)
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