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The following editorial appeared in todays Oherald newspaper: www.oherald.com/modules.php?name=sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=382 Wildwest Goa Yes, there is no other word to describe Goa currently. There is no Director General of Police, no second in command and above the unbiased agency the Central Bureau of Investigation has been banished from the State. Where is the law and order in the State and who is there to enforce it. With no one in charge and no one to oversee the law and order situation, Goa is slowly taking on the hue of a lawless state. Yes, another Wildwest. Policing in Goa has never been easy. Not because of the large terrain or the people but because of the P factor. No, not policing nor partisans but politicians. Yes, that is the biggest problem Goa is facing today, that its populace cannot expect any good policing because of constant interference by politicians. And Amod Kanth is not the only example. He is one of the many examples that have dotted the Goan landscape of police chiefs who have come here and have fallen foul of the political establishment. Numerous cases in the past have shown that if someone tries to control the law and order situation in the State, then he is a victim not a victor. Yes, where is the law and order in the State. The coastal belts have been colonised with various nationalities controlling certain sections of Goa. Their rule runs their and not the law of the land. Similarly, on the road, it is the common man who is persecuted by the law and not any visitor. Crimes against women are on the rise, thefts are as common as stray cattle on the street and lawlessness is slowly becoming a common phrase which will soon be followed by Dev Borum Korum. The need of the hour is a good law and order machinery, officers who can uphold the law and ensure that the common man can sleep safely in the night. It is up to the government to ensure that this happens and this can only happen when there are some officers and agencies to enforce the law. And judging by Goa’s dismal record it appears that no one is interested in maintaining the law and order situation in the State. The need of the hour is an introspection as to what Goa needs – an upright honest police officer or a situation where everyone fends for themselves. No Goa has to wake up and realise that now is the time to take a call as to what Goa’s future – law or lawlessness. +++++ === Joseph Fernandes ________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Matrimony: Find your life partner online Go to: http://yahoo.shaadi.com/india-matrimony