Dear Cota
You will never stop the people of Goa and other Indian states from
going to vote whenever there are elections. They were there in large
numbers and even the Catholic nuns were there as seen in the photos.
In addition to your friend Modi, you forgot to mention Trumph,
Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Duterte, Orban, etc… and the dwarf André Ventura.
Regards
Alberto
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Data: Thu, 9 May 2024 22:16:02 +0000
De: Joao Paulo Cota <joao_c...@hotmail.com>
Assunto: Re: [GRN] GOA : High Voter Turnout
Para: goa-research-net@googlegroups.com
Dear Alberto,
The dictator I was referring to is no other than our good friend Modi.
The Armani suit guy.
I wonder how these voting machines are rigged this time to favour
the votes towards a certain communalist, fundamentalist, party we
are familiar with the name.
Till date, I am curious to know why Mr Goel resigned as Election
Commissioner for 'personal reasons'. Could it be he did not agree to
certain 'stuff' imposed on him in West Bengal or elsewehre, or was
he threatened in any way?
Many organizations overseas already label India as an autocracy,
ruled by a dictator - not a democracy. If anyone disagrees with him,
it is his way or the highway... democracies function differently.
The main element being accountability - which he feels he has none.
BTW, these arrangements of refreshments, shades, etc. at pooling
stations are basics and should not be seen as freebies with a poster
of the big man - as if he has provided that.
Other states in India have candidates offering freebies like
chickens, booze, etc.
Democracy, seriously?
Regards,
Joao Paulo
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Cota
Your opinion expressed here must be referring to Donald Trump and
subsequent events in the USA or Iran.
As a Portuguese politician said: Let us have the humility to always
prefer imperfect democracy to dictatorship. Nobody wants to exchange
a less perfect democracy for a dictatorship. We want better, much
better democracy.
Now about retornados. The people (like a former Goan priest I met)
who left Goa after 1961 will never support tDemocracy, especially
when they jumped to where Salazar ruled, then from Portugal to
Africa and finally from here to Portugal and Brasil in 1975.
Cota, there's more. Polling booths in Goa were seen with
arrangements of refreshments, coolers, and shades to protect the
voters from the heat.
We can imagine, PEOPLE DRINKING COKE, JUICES, EATING SHRIMP, BEFORE
GOING TO VOTE.
Want better than that? Not even in the USA.
Regards
Alberto
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