The following might be a possible solution. Ms. Abel, for her part, may wish to read the Act ....esp Section 3 of the Central Act. I believe the Goa "rules" for RTI refer primarily to the Central Act. http://egov.goa.nic.in/rtipublic/rtiact2005.pdf
Mr. Francis D'Souza and Mr. Manohar Parrikar may wish to advise IF they agree or disagree with Ms Abel's position and suggestion. That should clear any misconceptions that any person (with or without a normally Catholic surname)may have about the BJP and the Catholic church in Goa. This is specially so with cognisance of the 'swadeshi Catholic church' floater from a few years ago. jc == 2010-07-28 Target Goa http://www.targetgoa.com/newsd.php?id=775 Breach of privilege charges could be brought against several newspapers for carrying what Mapusa MLA Francis D'Souza is a michievous ploy to turn the people of the minority community against the Bharatiya Janata Party. An application was placed before different members of the ad-hoc committee for Law by a "Catholic lady" one Antonia Michelle Abel, asking that the office of the Archbishop Patriarch of Goa and Daman be brought within the ambit of the RTI Act. RTI can only be used to get information from government offices. Oppositon Leader Manohar Parrikar said, the same petition had come to him and he had referred it to the Home Department. 'Francis D’Souza did the same thing. He studied it and sent it on to the Law Department for examination. There was no recommendation on it' “This is a very sensitive issue, because it can give a wrong impression of a legislature group or MLA, because he is also a Catholic. Luckily the Chairman (Francis D’Souza) is Catholic and the Member (Reginaldo Lourenco) is also Catholic. Now this report will be put on the internet and quoted all the time that BJP is trying to interfere in the functioning of the Catholic Church. This is mischievous,” said Parrikar. * * * UK STOCKS EXHAUSTED! After a community-supported launch at Croydon, Selma Carvalho's *Into the Diaspora Wilderness* is available at Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. Ask a friend to pick up a copy. Details of the book http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
