----- Original Message ----- From: floriano To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 10:19 PM Subject: A clarification over a very surprising development.
Dear Goans, Subject: CLARIFICATION TO WHOSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN. At the outset, please take note of the posts originating from Marshall Mendonca and the response to the same by self. I, Floriano Lobo, do hereby affirm that I am a member of the newly formed MNE (Mapusa Nagrikancho Ekvott) headed by Adv. Antonio Lobo as its convenor. Adv. Lobo just telephoned to inform me that he got a very funny call from London while he was in Mumbai:- Quote I was attending the Bar Council Meeting in Mumbai Saturday (yesterday) last, and I received a call with a funny three digit number on my cell phone. I came out of the meeting to attend to the phone call, especially as I was confused with the number. The caller wanted to know if it was me, and I answered in the affirmative. The caller introduced himself to me as Dr. Virginkar, from London. When I told him I am attending a meeting he said he would be very brief. The question he posed is whether I was the convenor of MNE. When I answered in the affirmative, he asked me if Floriano Lobo is authorized to speak for the MNE. I told him 'NO'. I told him that I issue the press statements and I am the spokes person. That Floriano forwards my press statements to the net lists for the information of net-Goans. In that case, Dr. Virginkar asked me, why is it that Floriano Lobo is speaking in the name of MNE and soiling the good name of Manohar Parrikar stating that he called the Catholic Church in Goa Communal? I told Dr. Virginkar that Floriano speaks for himself and keeps Goans informed about the happenings thro' his reports. What he reports are facts that are discussed in the presence of a full delegation. That he is doing so in his own name and in the capacity as the member of the Ekvott. If Floriano is speaking for MNE as its spokesperson, then I shall order him to stop. Unquote Now for the clarification Adv. Lobo asked me to make. I speak for myself and I have the right to report what is factual. No one, not Dr. Anand Virginkar, can stop me from doing so. It is a fact that the floosies who were working under-cover with camouflaged intensions through full page advertisements, promoting the BJP are now slowly coming out from the cold and exposing themselves. What I have reported is pure facts and anyone can confirm these from Manohar Parrikar himself. Besides, I enjoy very cordial relations with Manohar Parrikar and I talk to him as a Goan to another Goan. If he has any problem with that, he is welcome to talk to me about it. I don't think he needs agents in the UK or in the US to do that for him. I am confident that he is quite intelligent enough to take care of himself. I have always worked in a transparent manner and shall do so fore-ever. For further information of Dr. Virginkar, let me say this. Manohar Parrikar said more during the meet with the MNE delegation which I had blissfully forgotten to report. He had openly complained that the POPE has not apologized to Goa for the atrocities committed by the Portuguese on the Hindus of Goa whereas His Holiness has done so to Europe. I am not reporting this to malign Manohar. But if Dr. Virginkar thinks that I do, then so be it. Dr. Virginkar cannot tape my mouth. On the contrary Dr. Virginkar must know that if one is feeling uncomfortable within as a result of a churning stomach, it is better to vomit and empty it of the accumulated bile and acidity rather than keep it inside and fall sick and be hospitalized. I think Manohar Parrikar is doing the former and I respect him for that. It is another matter altogether if the floosies are getting all worked out instead of minding their own business. Let it be known that Manohar Parrikar and Floriano Lobo are both bonafide Goans and are leaders of individual political thinking. They are not only working for the good of Goa and Goans but must be seen as doing so. The people of Goa will be the judge to identify who is and who is not. And therefore, I rest my case. Truly, floriano goasuraj PS: I am copying this post to Adv. Lobo for obvious reason.
