Put your wish into practice, Rajan. The best and pragmatic idea I have ever heard re Goan politics and Goan politicians. Only include the entire political spectrum.
floriano goasuraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] Manohar Parrikar wishes to speak to Goanet > To Goanet - > > Vivian A. DSouza wrote: > >I personally would prefer an informal live open forum open... > > For months I have had this idea of an American-style > town hall forum, where we invite a politico to a public > platform, engage him in a conversation with a moderator, > and then have him take uncensored questions from the > audience. Civil behavior is absolutely essential - we do not > want disrupters and hecklers in there. The goal is to get > a genuine exchange going. It can/should be tough and > animated but it should not be used to settle scores or > to make personal accusations. I am hoping that our > current proposal will be a first step leading towards > the town hall type format (I have no delusions that it will > come to pass, but a man is occasionally allowed to dream). > > > Seb dc wrote: > >But our former president used too... so whats the big deal, doing emails?? > > Indian presidents are (titular) heads of state not heads of > government, and so have a different of constraints than > those elected to government or political office. > > Regards, > > > r > > >
