Thanks Frederick. In response to your questions, 1) Yes only those males in the active list are eligible for being elected. If your name is not on the active list you can make a representation to the Administrator of Comunidades and you are given a hearing. The outcome of the hearing will either put you in or leave you in the outer darkness.
2) If there is no quorum, then the elections cannot be held. FYI elections are always by show of hands and not by secret ballot as per the code. In my village, interested persons saw to it that there was a large turn out by personally canvassing and putting together a panel. This panel is determined to salvage what little is left of our heritage in Moira. BTW Rene Baretto in a personal message has suggested the starting of a Blog for the comunidade. The idea is a very good one in that it will help our NRMs (Non-resident Moidekars) to keep a track of affairs in the comunidade. >Just a query: a friend mentioned that (i) the only persons >eligible to vote in the Comunidade elections are those >(males) who are currently registered on the comunidade >active list (ii) if there is less than the required quorum -- 25 or >so -- then elections are not held, and the government (or >Governor?) is entitled to nominate anyone to the >posts. -- Tony de Sa [email protected] M : +91 9975 162 897 Ph. : +91 832 2470 148 ^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v^v
