Dear Goan, just remember that our blood goan Ministers n Mps can't do or remember Dr. Jack de Sequeira statue , one Day see non goan person will come on the CM chair n they will do the Dream true just beleive my words.
yours fellow goan stephen fernandes Muscat/Divar --- "A. Veronica Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Statue for Dr. Jack de Sequeira. > > These days lot of statements is made in support of > erecting of a statue of > the late Dr. Jack Sequeira who is called the father > of Opinion Poll. It is > a good suggestion but who will bell the cat? Is it > the Congress Government > headed by Pratapshing Rane? Never. Rane having > been brought up in the > cradle of MGP in Goa under Dayananda Bandodkar will > never opt nor support > the building of a statue of Dr. Sequeira because > supporting this view means > Rane going against the wishes of MGP which supported > merger. Ranes MGP that > time dubbed Christians who in an overwhelming > majority opposed merger of Goa > with the land of Shivaji as anti-Indian and they as > MGP as pro-Indians. Who > else will support this move in the Goa Government? > According to me, nobody. > The only hope we had from our supporters during > the Opinion Poll is also > dashed away when as former Chief Ministers of Goa > namely Francisco Sardinha, > Dr. Willfred DSouza, Dr. Proto Barbosa, Churchill > Alemao and Luizinho > Faleiro totally ignored the father of Opinion Poll > during their governance. > BJP and others are also not interested in Jack de > Sequeira because BJP under > Parrikar a RSS man will not support keeping alive > the memory of a Christian, > Dr. Jack de Sequeira. Besides this, there is not > even a single MLA in Goa > Legislative Assembly during last so many years to > raise his or her voice in > the House for the erection of Dr. Sequeiras statue. > If the above mentioned > chief ministers and others enjoyed the political > privileges and political > positions in Goa they must know that they owe a lot > to Dr. Sequeira. When I > see the monument of Dayananda Bandodkar in Panjim > and in Calangute I see him > not as the first Chief Minister of Goa but I see him > and tell others also > especially the young generation that this was the > man who betrayed Goa and > Goans with a Judas Kiss, I tell everyone that this > was the man who wanted to > liquidate the identity of Goa, Goans, its language, > culture, history and > tradition. When I see Bandodkars monument in Goa I > see it with hatred > exactly the way the Goan freedom fighters used to > see with hatred the > monument of Afonso de Albuquerque at Azad Maidan in > Panjim. Both were > traitors, one colonized Goa and the other > volunteered to sell Goa. > Ultimately both failed in their missions. > Albuquerque failed to make Goa a > Portuguese territory permanently and Bandodkar > failed to make Goa a > territory of Maharastra permanently. Because he was > traitor the Monument of > Afonso de Albuquerque was removed from Panjim but > surprisingly the Monuments > of Bandodkar is still intact. I am sure the next > generation of Goans who are > going to feel the greater pinch of degoanisation > process, out of revenge and > frustration will surely uproot Bandodkars Monument. > > In the light of what I said above I feel some very > sincere and dedicated > persons in Goa who worked tirelessly for the victory > of Opinion Poll should > come forward and make a committee to raise funds for > the building of a > monument of Dr. Jack de Sequeira. Goans in Goa and > abroad who subscribe to > this idea are not beggars, they will surely support > this move with their > financial backing but the persons who are coming > forward for this cause > should be sincere and dedicated. The plot and place > in Panjim can be > selected with the help of any well wisher of Opinion > Poll or well wisher of > Dr. Jack de Sequeira. There are many in Panjim > including the relatives of > Dr. Jack de Sequeira who will volunteer for this > cause. Dr. Jack de > Sequeira worked for the good of Goa and Goans and as > such Goans should do > something for him in turn and I think Goans are duty > bound to do this. > > In Agacaim, Ilhas, in the Church compound in front > of the Church of St. > Lorenco while passing on the main road you can see a > statue of Konkani > Martyrs erected by the people of Agacaim, main funds > coming from Kuwait. If > this issue of erecting Konkani Martyrs statue was > left into the hands of Goa > Government and our Ministers and MLAs who supported > Konkani and Statehood, I > am sure nothing would happen because those whom we > call amche are no more > ours, they forget our causes once they are elected > in the Assembly. Once > they are elected they become cowards, crooks and > Bamtte for this reason > our causes are suffering. > > Above I said sincere and dedicated persons should > come forward and make a > committee to raise funds for the erection of Dr. > Jack de Sequeiras statue > because in the past we had a very bitter experience > of relying unknowingly > on chor & bamtte who duped us of our money we > raised to crate funds for so > many good causes of Goa. For example, for Konkani > Novem Goem Daily Paper we > from Kuwait itself donated about 5 lakhs of rupees > and yet it failed. Why? > Because the persons who initiated and handled this > move Gurunath Kelekar, > Christopher Fonseca, Dr. Rebello and others were not > sincere and dedicated > persons. They had different motives in their minds > which they wanted to > fulfill thru Konkani movement. For Cancer Hospital > we donated about 15 - 20 > lakhs and yet there is no Cancer Hospital of Goans. > Where our money gone? > Is it gone into the coffers of Manipal Hospital or > into the pockets of those > who originated this idea? These are the only two > examples which make us > more concerned and extremely alert in collecting > funds for any good cause of > Goa. For this reason, those who are willing to come > forward for the cause > of Dr. Jack de Sequeiras statue, they should be of > clean record, sincere > and dedicated. For example, Fr. Freddy embarked on > collecting funds for the > construction of a Church at Bambolim. The results > was positive. It must be > like this. > > A. Veronica Fernandes, > Kuwait. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! > Download today it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com