I really have empathy for the sentiments expressed by the 'discontented daughter of Goa' in her letter posted on Goanet Vol 5, Issue 410. It is surely time for all the law abiding citizens of Goa ( who are the majority) to unite against all these injustices perpetrated by the minority whose only interest is to enrich themselves at the expense of the people and land of Goa. The elections are just two years away, but the time to act is NOW. We must energize the grass roots to ensure that they register as voters and then to come out and vote so that beginning with the top, Alibaba Kamat and his forty thieves can be soundly defeated and a new era in Goa's history is born. This will lead to the weeding out of corrupt officials from top to bottom. commencing with the very top in every sphere of government to the lowest rank ensuring that bribery, corruption, nepotism, dishonesty and illegal transactions of every nature be they in the civil service or in public life are not only exposed, but routed out completely.
Goa used to be the most peaceful corner of the subcontinent of India, now it has become the most unruly spot and instead of being the pearl in the Indian Crown, has degenerated into a den of thieves, scoundrels and cheats. The only way that some semblance of Law & Order can be restored is to have a total transformation and this has to start from the very top and continue to the very bottom. The people have the power and they must exercise it and thereafter continue to be vigilant in defending the true values of old which must be upheld. There is no place for injustice, deceit and self enrichment in a society which has not known of such activities until the ill fated Liberation which has only brought untold misery and hardship to the peaceful and peace loving people of Goa. My only consolation is in the fact that some citizens of Goa are waking up to the situation affecting them and are willing to challenge the powers that presently rule Goa. One can only hope that this spirit is contagious and will spread like wild fire come election time. Manuel ( Eddie) Tavares
