Cancelled??? SEZ who???
I, somehow, have a gut-feeling that all this rigmarole...cancelation at one
level, non-acceptance of same at a higher one, is but an astute byzantine
manouvre.
To extract Digu from a boiling chaldron as well as, eventually, save intact
all the SEZ factors: Investors, bribed politicos...the whole golden goose
alive!
We can but wait and see....or, promptly get about seriously driving as many
nails as required in the coffin, with Digu in'it or not...
Alfred de Tavares,
Stockholm, 2008-01-03> Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 19:34:08 -0800> From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] GMAS responds to Union
Commerce Secy's statement> > To Goanet -> > In response to the Union Commerce
Secretary's statement today> that the Goa Govt has no locus standii to denotify
the notified > SEZs, the GMAS Convener Matanhy Saldanha spoke to the news >
media this evening in Panjim. The press statement is reproduced > below.> > For
news of Union Commerce Secretary's position, see -> >
http://tinyurl.com/292cu6> > > GMAS's Press Statement on Jan 2, 2008 -> > Goa’s
Movement Against SEZs (GMAS) deplores the Union > Government’s stance on the 3
notified SEZs. It is now clear > that the Union Governent has scant respect for
the wishes > of the people of Goa despite knowing the fact that the SEZs > are
not in the interest of the state of Goa, and that they have > been opposed at
all levels. Before going public on such > serious issues, it is the bounden
duty of the Government > of India to verify the basis on which the SEZs were
forwarded > for approval in the first place. > > GMAS’s opposition to the SEZs
is with the government of > Goa, and it is the responsibility of the State
government to > respond to the Union government appropriately to get the >
notified SEZs scrapped.> > GMAS takes serious view of the brazen reaction of
the > Union Commerce secretary. Before adopting this autocratic > posture, the
Union Government should have clarified with > the State government its reasons
for recommending > de-notification of the 3 notified SEZs. Perhaps the Union >
Government has gone into panic mode for it appears that > there is much to hide
at the Union level as well.> > GMAS wants to make it absolutely clear to the
Goa government > that we are not concerned with the decision of the Union >
government and it is for the Goa govt to make sure that > the notified SEZs are
scrapped along with all the other SEZs. > GMAS would like to state that the
people of Goa are not > going to take this lying down. > > GMAS will meet on
January 3rd to discuss the recent > developments and to take appropriate action
to the > insensitive response of the Union government.> > Matanhy Saldanha>
Convener, GMAS> January 2, 2008> ******> > > > >
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