GOAN ELECTION MAY 2002. >From the current events going on in Goa, it looks that many of the defectors are getting the same party tickets from where earlier they defected to contest the coming election. Other defectors who are denied party tickets are going to contest the election as independent. The Circular issued by the Church on this subject is very relevant and it is now left to the individual priests in their localities to use this Circular to campaign hard from the pulpit (as Martin Luther Jr. did in USA to eradicate apartheid) to educate the voters to vote for the right candidates. While using the Church forum openly to educate the voters the priests should be very vocal so that their voice is heard not only by the Catholics but also by others, such a powerful capacity priests should show. Every political party will harp on its sincerity. Every political party when it came into existence it came with a slogan to give clean politics but later on every party turned out to be a traitor. Even in future it may be the same case. For this reason Church has provided a very good opportunity for its priests to raise their voice against corrupt politicial life in Goa. While talking of Church campaing, will the entire Church in Goa follow the instruction of the Church Authority? I doubt. The Goa Church is polluted with some non-Goan elements in the form of non-Goan priests who are mainly affiliated to the congregation other than our Diocesan authority, these congregations are mushrooming in Goa and they have their own ulterior movives. Many of the priests belonging to these congrations have no love for Goan culture, Goan tradition, Goan history and Goan way of life. In fact many of the priests belonging to these congregations are anti-Goans. I am afraid they might use their priestly robes to misguide the Goan voters. Some of these congregations are inhaling Goan air for their survival but implant as heads and other office bearers of their congregations in Goa non-Goan priests who I feel will never do justice to the cause of Goa, instead they will do injustice to Goan cause. Patriotic Goans should be very careful of non-Goan priests and non-Goan Nuns, many of them are all out to destroy the fabrics of clean Goan life. They are envious of decent Goan life. Some of the Goan priests joined these congregations are suffering a lot for this reason Goan boys should refrain from joining these non-Goan congregations which are controlled by Mafia type of gangs from Mangalore and other places. Those Goan priests who are undergoing suffering in these non-Goan congregations should revolt and resign from there and join Goan congregations. Goans with social conscience must now come forward and start a solid campaign against all the defectors who are contesting the coming election again. For example Suresh Parulenkar in Calangute constituency should be questioned by all the voters who earlier voted him why he defected and if voted to power again what guarantee is there he will not repeat the same defection? Likewise all the Parulenkars in Goa should be questioned and reprimanded and if necessary booted out. If possible all the defectors and even other contestants should be made to give an undertaking thru any official method if available or be made publicly to swear upon their religious books or symbols that they will not defect to any other party once they are elected. To campaing for the right candidate one need not belong to any political party, in fact persons having no affiliation to any political party is is in better position to raise his voice against corruption in political life. Man like Christopher Fonseca Trade Union Leader is going to contest the election. Mr. Fonseca was involved in creating disaster of Konkani Daily Newspaper Novem Goem. He failed in delivering proper administration in NG. If he gets elected then what sort of administration he will give? By the way is he first of all fit to get elected when he along with other NGP Trustees failed to run Novem Goem properly? If he cannot run a small venture like Novem Goem Daily then how he will run the affairs of Goa if he is elected? The relatives, nearest and closest of Gulf Goans especially of Kuwait Goans should ask this question to Christopher Fonseca when he comes for canvassing in Siolim. Likewise all other candidates especially having dubious character should be publicly questioned by the voters in their respective constituencies as the late Mark Fernandes used to do in Calangute some years back. If expatriate Goans had to have one Newspaper owned by them even a weekly now at their disposal in Goa, lot of educative campaign could have been carried out independently on our own behalf the way we want of course without affiliating to any political party. Unfortunately to press our views we have to rely on this forum which is the previllege of few and as such it can have a very little impact on Goan voters. The local press in Goa is controlled by their own affiliations, likes and deslikes and they are not likely to give space to our views however good and constructive our views may be. Whatever little space the local press gives us it goes as alms to the beggar. Currently local press in general is headed by Non-Goans who are unaware of Goan culture, tradition, history and so many other best things of Goan life. Their opinion they express on Goan life is a borrowed opinion and whatever little they do they do it only to please a section of Goan voters. They are not dedicated to Goan cause and being non Goans they will never do justice to Goan cause. Even the new breed of Goan writers among whom are those born in “X” place outside India and brought up in “Y” place outside Goa are not capable to fight for the Goan cause. Some of them are selfish, so selfish that for the sake of their personal gains they will even sell their pen which should be rightly greater than sword. We need staunch Goa lover editors, writers and publishers to put forth our views and the same cannot be done without having the Goan press in the hands of true, genuine and dedicated Goans. This is the sad part of Goan life. In our own land we adore others, in our own house we make our guests as Kings who will never be sincere to our cause. In Goa people are very much interested in having good leaders but unfortunately good leaders are not in existence and even if there are and if they are capable of giving good leadership people don’t trust them because they have not done anything worthwhile in the service of public. Precisely because of this type of attitude Bahujan Samaz was wooed to him and his party by crooks like Dayananda Bandodkar denying Jack Sequeiras and their Bhattkar/Bamonshahi an opportunity to give a good governance to Goa. If Goa is going to be saved from further disaster, non-political organizations, non-political persons having affiliation to no political party should come forward and educate the masses and voters to elect right candidates. If people think that only by getting elected they can change the structure of Goa then they are sadly mistaken, this is my view. To create a revolution in India Mahatmah Gandhi and Jayprakash Narain did not go to the local Assemblies nor Delhi Parliament. By not contesting election they created revolution in India. A. VERONICA FERNANDES, Kuwait. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
