As the curtain comes down on the three month old
Presidents rule 4/3/2005 to 6/6/2005, this writer
interacted with a number of citizens in both the North
and South Goa Districts to ascertain their views on
era of Presidents Rule in the State.
The impressions are collated here below
a) The Governor of Goa is seen as a man of impecccable
credentials. His honesty integrity and his keeness to
gudnerstand the nitty gritty of the State socio
economic scenario and solve the problems of the down
trodden is significant.
b) The bureaucracy under the regime did not measure up
to the expectations of the CM (read common man).
Despite the absence of the legislative assembly
members (under suspended animation) who the
bureaucrats often blame for interference they bungled
in the matters of CET exams and were not sensitive to
the aspirations of the concerned students
c) The general impression was that either the
bureaucracy were not responsive to the administration
or hoodwinked the office of the Governor. A case in
point is the River Princess issue which resulted in
the suspension of the Director of Tourism, and the non
disclosure of forensic report by the DGP.
d) The attempts of the Governor to meet the people
were not taken to kindly i) the top heavy security
almost a heavily regimented and garrison scenario ii)
the general cases pertaining to land matters did not
get the deserved attention -- no doubt there may have
been exceptions -- but one swallow does not an autumn
make;
e) Whether it was the Police the general
administration there was no fear among the government
staff --- late coming early going and a sabattical
were resorted to;
f) the Governors visit to a mine in North India ---
stage managed by a scion of an Industrial House who
eventually joined the INC placed the visit in bad
light
reflecting a pro-INC attitude of the Governor;
g) the Governors lunch (after the meet the people
programme at the Collectorate )at the residence of an
ex Attorney General of Goa in Margao reportedly close
to the ruling INC came in for a measured criticism
h) the visit to Hospicio Margao did not remedy
situation as it did when the then Governor J F R Jacob
indulged in spring cleaning which earned the
appreciation of the masses.
i) an impression was gaining that the bureaucracy
knowing the short term tenure of Presidents Rule was
not responsive to the Governors queries -- adopting a
wait and watch attitude
j) transfers of Police and then reversing some gave an
impression that fair play was not the criteria;
k) there was no down fall in the crime rate --- and a
free for all situation prevailed -- unlike in earlier
periods of Presidents Rule.
l) the Governors messages conveyed at every given
opportunity to the bureacracy to be sensitive to the
aspirations of the people was viewed merely as a
sermon from the pulpits in Churches as this advise
never percolated into the mindset of the over bloated
bureaucracy who continue to this date as obstructors
instead of being facilators to resolve peoples
problems
m) in conclusion while it is true that no new
enactments etc could be put into force during the
tenure -- atleast if the officers in the
administration were directed to clear up all the
pending matters affecting the public in a given time
frame ---- and the same logically implemented with
desired results --- there would be reason for
appreciating the role of the Governor
n) The bureacracy continued to maintain its lethargic
care to hoot attitude and accountability was lacking
as before.
The people however hope that with a new Government on
the anvil with secular credentials the Governor would
continue to inculcate in them the spirit to serve the
people rather than themselves (nothwithstanding the
fact that the politicians will have to "make up" for
lost years (over 51 months) they were out of power.
One plea made by a senior citizen a retired Government
officer is that the Governor should pull up the
administration ----- those involved ---- for
dereliction of duties ---- based on complaints
recieved in his office --- and news and views
appearing on the print and visual media ---- and
pursue them to their logical conclusion.
GODFREY J I GONSALVES
BORDA MARGAO GOA
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