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Goanet mourns the passing of Cornel da Costa in London, England - Sep 10/10
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On 12 September 2010 15:25, Carmen Miranda <[email protected]>wrote:
>
> And how about India also consulting us goans about what we wanted and how
> we
> wanted to be governed? Did they ask for our opinion when they marched in
> and
> took over Goa by force? Was the opinion of the handfull of freedom fighters
> really representative of the majority of people in Goa at the time?
>
> Carmen, for that, we're supposed to have an elected government. Never mind
that the system in place allows those elected as "people's representatives"
to be wholly unrepresentative, selfish, taking care of their own interests,
and caught up in communalism or corruption to flourish and rule the roost.
In Kashmir, the negation of the people's will in elections (through out and
out rigging) is now being pointed to as a major cause for the large-scale
alienation of the ruled from the rulers, whichever party has been in power.
We've had elected governments in Goa since 1963 (December). If all have
spent more time and energies on playing on fissures among different
segements of the population, and feathering their own nests, then why not
point to the problem where it actually lies? FN
