It is dismal to hear how such meetings are conducted. Was Mr. Damu Naik of Fatorda, asking Floriano Lobo for a solution, a genuine query or tantamount to an aggressive posture? In such a situation is it up to the aggrieved to offer solutions, or does it merely amount to "tum kitem kortollo tem pouya " or "sang baba amkam, ami tujem aikonc toyar assat."
I find this a bit Kafkaesque but I could alos be misreading Florianos's comments. The part about the circular stating that no MLA or ministers may be defamed, in akin to soft thuggery (if one may put it that way). First of all, this circular cannot be binding, but sadly many will simple assume that it is. Goans in Goa do not need me to say my bit, but it is really galling to hear the Chairman's bhasa and the Ad Hoc Committee's kornneo — a la circular. I would rather a tormentor have marbles of steel, but these are sad caricatures that pass off as men, particularly Narvenkar. I often wonder how their children, particularly the women perceive their patriarchs — those in the Goan politics. And what is even worse is that they have high-level security. So essentially State-sponsored thugs or state-protected thugs. Its as if the Center and the State says, "chaddo un becharon par, par paise humare kabz mein dena, aur aap bhi raklo." Cartoonists lampoon these emasculates. I know it is hard, but try. It has been done before in the Eastern-bloc countries. venantius Message: 7 Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:49:22 +0530 From: "floriano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Going soft on Narvenkar I have so far attended the second round of the Ad Hoc Committees meeting at the Goa Legislative Assembly chaired by MLAs. This has given the opportunity to place before the committees various suggestions to the prevailing wrongs and even if nothing happens after the exercise has ended, one thing will remain, that the Officials of the respective departments have been forced to hear the comments of the lay people and be censured or praised as the case may be. When at the Law meeting, Chairman being Mr. Damu Naik of Fatorda, the first issue that I raised was about the Law makers not only becoming the Law breakers but also are gifted with the portfolio dealing with the Law itself. I named Dayanand Narvekar by name as the blatant example and asked the chairman if any confidence can be retained by me as a citizen in this situation. He asked me if I had any solution. To that I told him that the normal norm that " one is innocent until proven guilty' must be reversed in the case of elected representatives to read " one is guilty until proven innocent" and should not be given any portfolio least the Law and Finance, the departments for which Dayanand Narvekar has had contempt during his entire political career. You will be pleased to note that for the next day, there was a circular handed over to every participant that ministers and MLAs should not be named or defamed. :-)) floriano goasuraj
