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----- Original Message -----
From: "Averthan D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goan Observer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gomantak Times"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Ibonio M. B. D'Souza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Goanet"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'R.S. Kamat'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Claude Alvares'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Adv. Bernard D'Souza'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
"'Dr. Sushrut Martins'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Rahul Goswami'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Aravind Bhatikar'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Shashi
Kamat (Vaikunt A )'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: [Goanet] Unfortunate fallout from the Scarlette death.
> Dear Editor,
>
> The reactions to the unfortunate death of the British teenage
> tourist Scarlet Keeling by the Ministers of the Goa Government are very
> disheartening and unfortunate. These Ministers are behaving like street
> fighters trying to defend their own actions (or inactions) by pointing
the
> finger at Fiona Mackeown, the mother of the deceased
child.................
> It is high time that our Ministers grow up and stop behaving
> like immature children who indulge in mutual recriminations when a crime
is
> committed. It is time for an impartial (judicial?) enquiry into the nexus
> between the drug traffickers, the local police and even our politicians in
> this horrible cancer which has enveloped the beautiful state of Goa.
COMMENTS:
This will happen only and only if Goa's educated and conscientious citizens
including the 'elite' do all of these things, voluntarily and willingly,
and at the end of the day are prepared to stand in the line to vote, come
what may.
1. Demand written guarantees of 'Administrative Clean-Up' i.e. what/how
etc. from the contesting political class, not as a one page manifesto but
its entire manual on how they will operate to bring in good-governance.
2. Demand from political parties the following:
a) No second term for its MLAs.
b) Reduced by half the permitted strenght of the Cabinet.
c) No office of profit for its MLAs.
d) No dual post.
e) 'Recall Provision' if people not happy with the MLA's performance.
and last but not the least
f) Refuse to vote for INDEPENDENTS.
If the above is not forth-coming from the so-called vibrant citizens of Goa
who wish to see the 'good of Goa', then they should stop giving 'tall
lectures' which amount to nothing at all.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
