............................................... I am glad to note that Wendell
has joined hands
with other GoaNs to form a
Goan Solidarity for Change (GSC)
I see no reason why more Goan Groups / Associations should NOT be formed
to cater for the special needs of the many Goans who otherwise would not be
part of the CHANGE.
The more Associations we have- the better it becomes - we reach more Goans.
But we need to keep in mind that ALL GOAN ASSOCIATIONS should work
TOGETHER under ONE umbrella .....for the betterment of the Goan Community
at large - not against each other.
The DAY - 2oth of AUGUST each year is dedicated as
* GOAN SOLIDARITY DAY -WORLD GOA DAY*
THIS YEAR we hope that MORE GOANS will celebrate
SOLIDARITY DAY.
VISIT BLOG :
WORLD GOA DAY MESSAGES:
http://worldgoadaymessages.blogspot.com/
The VOICE of GOANS
http://globalgoanassociations.blogspot.com/
Join me in wishing
the new organisation all the best -
New forum formed to save Goa
NT NETWORK
MARGAO
Prominent Goan personalities, including noted fashion designer, Wendell
Rodricks, noted singer, Hema Sardessai, historian Prajal Sakhardande and
others, on the occasion of the 21st state day celebrations, once again urged
Goans to be united and save Goa and its identity.
They were speaking at the inauguration of a new forum, Goan Solidarity for
Change (GSC), at the heritage house of Ms Sara Fernandes at Cota, Chandor.
The forum is a global platform to unite all Goans and non-resident Goans to
engineer a change, make a fresh start and transform Goa as India’s most
decent and non-corrupt state.
The delegates also signed on the Chandor Panchsheela and a 56-point action
plan, whose demand is that the Centre should grant Goa, special status on the
lines of Himachal Pradesh to ensure that land is not sold to non-Goans.
They are also demanding constitutional safeguards for the communidade and that
they should be declared as national heritage of India. Besides, the forum also
demands that Goans and non-resident Goans be given the first preference with
respect to employment and enjoying other benefits in the state and no second
term be given to elected representatives including at the village level, to
eliminate political dynasties besides revoking of voting rights for non-Goans
and migrants who are in Goa for 10 years or lesser period.
The forum also demands that non-Goans and migrants voting in Goa should
produce from their places of origin, a document issued by the electoral
authorities stating that their names have been cancelled from the electoral
voting list; failing which they must be denied the voting right. The panel also
said that non-Goans and migrants voting in Goa should produce a document from
their places of origin stating that they do not have any criminal record.
Speaking on the occasion, Rodrickssaid he is proud to be a Goan and Goa is a
special place and that all Goans shouldbe proud of their land. He said that if
Goans do not rise up, the state could soon turn into another Croatia, where
identity of the original Croatians has been done away with, by other cultures.
He said that if Goans are united, a change can take place and vowed to fight
for the cause of Goa.
Expressing similar sentiments, Hema Sardessai said that true Goa lies in the
villages. She said villages should not be commercialised in the name of
tourism and development.
Speaking further, she said we have spoken enough and now it is time to do
something to save the Goan identity and urged the people to keep their
differences aside and unite to save Goa. Sardessai said she is not against
tourism as tourists visit Goa to appreciate its beauty while on the other hand,
the land sharks come here with the intension of destroying the state.
The general secretary of GSC, Mr Manuel Caldeira said that the politicians are
to be blamed for selling Goa to the land sharks and for unemployment among the
Goan youth and other social problems. The president of the newly formed forum,
Mr Luel Fernandes, and Mr Sakhardande also spoke on the occasion.
rene barreto
WORLD ALLIANCE OF GOAN ASSOCIATION
TOGETHER ...the SINGLE WORD - that makes
ALL THE DIFFERENCE !
ON - WORLD GOA DAY - Lets express our SOLIDARITY
with GOA and GOANS everwhere.
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And this is a note recieved from Agustinho Proenca -
The following Objectives were listed for a Society to be registered by
Agostinho Proenca in March 2006.
The complete to be registered Document was handed over to a few
personalities who were approached to be the Core members of the Society ;
One of them being Dr. Oscar Rebello.
Unfortunately the author of the document, Agostinho Proenca met with an
accident and was laid up in bed for nearly a year.
OBJECTIVES
-Instill Pride, passion in the uniqueness in being a Goan.
-Demand and monitor Democratic, simple, clean and transparent governance from
the
political dispensation including the bureaucracy and the police.
-Educate and empower people at the Grass Root level of their Democratic rights
and their responsibility, to allow them to live with dignity.
-Involve school children, colleges and other educational institutions in mass
awareness of their Democratic rights and their responsibilities towards the
society they live in.
-Form a Core group in every village of Goa to educate them on their Democratic
rights.
-Compel the Government to install in a prominent place the Fundamental rights
and fundamental duties, framed in every government and semi government office.
-Compel the Government to scrap the Minority / Majority panels and insist that
even the Print and the Visual media desist from using these derogatory and
insulting terms.
- Achieve Social and Natural Justice for all irrespective of Religion, Caste or
Creed.
-Work with the grass root level entities
-Check / Stop drugs, paedophiles and prostitution.
-Seek employment for the locals with the minimum wage pay.
-Take up issues affecting the people and the environment.
-Create a Harmonious society
-Achieve all round development within local parameters and with total
transparency.
-Encourage peoples’ participation in units of Local Self Government like
Panchayat, Municipality, Communidade, so that there is increased involvement
and interaction.
-Seek effective implementation of the provisions of Right to Information Act
and analogous legislations.
-Take up issues relating to good governance like stoppage of corruption, red
tape and dereliction of statutory duties.
-To be involved in dissemination of knowledge, particularly as regards the
issues concerning the objectives of the Society.
-To take up issues relating to the environment and to make concrete efforts in
preventing environmental degradation.
-Organization to be Pro All-round development as long as the implementation is
done per the requirements, totally transparent , with peoples active
participation and presentation made through proper fora like the Panchayats –
Gram Sabhas, Municipalities, Comunidade etc,. Jobs to be made available to the
locals .
Basic Rules for Core and other members:
-No member to have political, religious or caste affiliation.
-No funds from political, religious or caste based organizations.
Agostinho Proenca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
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RB
