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On 11th May, 2006 Mr Luisinho Faleiro, 54, Minister
for Industries and Education, MLA, Navelim Assembly
Constituency (over 25 years ) ex CM, ex GPCC
President, of Goa will interact with Goans in DOHA
QATAR where he will later on be the Chief Guest for
the MAY QUEEN BALL of the Goan Welfare Association,
Doha Qatar.
It is traditional for elected representatives visit
foreign countries at the cost of the State Exchequer
or at cost of sponsors (ex MLA Herculano Dourado and
others recently in March 2006 fiscal year end )
visited a Gulf country to "study " problems of NRI
Goans at the cost of the State Exchequer, and on
return learnt that his outfit the NRI Facilitation
Centre was in limbo. The brief that such elected
representatives (all past or present or future ) carry
to sell to our gullible NRI -"Goemcars" who do not in
any case constitute their vote banks but their
families in Goa do ) is mere wishful thinking.
They could promise you anything short of the MOON on a
platter. NRI "Goemcars" starved out of emotive love
for "Amchem Bhangarachem Goem "fall prey to this
bait. But when they come back to "Amchem Goem" the
elected representatives (past, present or future
despise them.
This writer has come across umpteen NRI "Goemcars" who
confess to have wined dined and feted or what have you
our "Mukhel Montris" "Montris" and "Amdars' and
"Khasdars" in the Gulf and Western countries but
suffered humiliation bitterly when they tried to meet
them in Goa.
Mr Faleiro's impending visit is a great opportunity
for NRI Goemcars to seek clarifications on:
Whether Mr Faleiro's INC led coalition Government (of
MGP NCP and an Independent in Goa ) will table the
amendment to the Official Language Act 1987 in the
forthcoming monsoon session of the Goa Legislative
Assembly in July 2006 to grant recognition to Konkani
in the Roman script; N.B. The NCP Dr Wilfred A Se
Souza has publicly stated its support for such an
amendment Bill if introduced in the Assembly. The
South Goa Member of Parliament Mr Churchill ALemao has
similarly publicly whole-heartedly ensured to garner
party support for such an amendment Bill. As a matter
of fact when confronted by this writer in his Chamber
in the presence of several visitors during the August
2005 Assembly session to move an amendment Mr Faleiro
merely sermonised on his personal attempts to
introduce Roman script in 1987 but did not respond
positively to the appeal for introduction of an
amendment bill citing political expediency of
coalition politics.
Whether it is just for Mr Faleiro's INC led
coalition Government (of MGP NCP and an Independent in
Goa) to give mere "ASSISTANCE" ( call it doles or
"izmoll" to votaries of Konkani in Roman script, who
have developed and used the script since the 16th
century in all its liturgical, "tiatrs" its cultural
programmes viz Mandos etc which constitute the flesh
and blood ( read vote bank ) of the INC in Goa .
Whether it is appropriate for Mr Faleiro's INC led
coalition Government(of MGP NCP and an Independent in
Goa) to fund Konkani in Devanagari script (whose
votaries constitute a miniscule 3% of the population
(mainly Hindu Saraswat Brahmins) with BUDGETARY
grants for their activities; vis a vis doles "izmoll"
to votaries of Konkani in Roman script.
Whether it is appropriate for Mr Faleiro's INC led
coalition Government(of MGP, NCP, and an Independent
in Goa) to on the one hand complain that ----all these
"ghanties" read non goans are destroying Goa " ---N.B.
CM Mr Pratapsing Raoji Rane made this statement at
his Altinho Panaji residence to this writer in
December, 2005 --- and on the other woo and encourage
them (same "ghanties" ) clandestinely to strenghten
their vote banks? (Mr Faleiro himself depends on an
unprecedented influx of the Kannadiga Moslem and
other migrant vote bank in his constituency segment at
Davorlim and Housing Board -- and has an avowed soft
corner for similar migrants at "Monte" Margao)
Whether Mr Faleiro's INC led coalition Government(of
MGP, NCP, and an Independent in Goa) and its coalition
Government at the Centre can boldly NOW politically
pack off the arrogant Navy, encroachers (though
belatedly -- i.e. after nearly 45 years of adverse
possession ) from Dabolim and send them to Timbuctoo
and retrieve encroached land OR acquire neighbouring
land under urgency clause for expansion improvement of
the CENTRALLY located Dabolim International Airport to
meet the demands of the coming years.
Whether Mr Faleiro's INC led coalition Government(of
MGP, NCP, and an Independent in Goa) can ensure that
devotees are permitted access ( declared out of bounds
since 2005 )to the Anjediva Island where the ancient
Church of Our Lady of Springs feast is held on 2nd
February and on 4th October feast of St Francis de
Assisi at the Chapel (now in partial ruins since 2000)
in terms of the Revenue Department (Govt of Goa) order
1987 condition "that the Navy (Sea Bird )should allow
celebration of the customary feasts with due security
considerations".
Whether Mr Faleiro's INC led coalition Government(of
MGP, NCP, and an Independent) in Goa has put forth
concrete proposals by way of incentives and sops viz;
first preference ir early bird offer exclusively to
our NRI "Goemcars" to invest in INFO TECH parks etc
at DONA PAULA and SALVADOR DO MUNDO etc OR whether
Communidade or Government land is provided to NRI
"Goemcars" to set up an " NRI city " either in the
North or South Goa --- when "ghanties" read non goans
have been blatantly encroaching such lands (latest at
Bambolim, Chimbel, Monte Margao etc) or several
dubious "charitable" NGO's, religious, educational
institution outfits from outside the State have done
so with clandestine patronage of elected
representatives.
Whether Mr Faleiro's INC led coalition Government(of
MGP, NCP, and an Independent) in Goa has at least now
come out with a STATE CULTURAL POLICY that would
reflect not only the pre-Portuguese (1510) era culture
but also include the Portuguese era (1510 to 1961
Velhas Conquistas and 1763 to 1961 Novas Conquistas )
so that Goan culture which is a fusion of East meets
West which gives us our UNIQUE IDENTITY as distinct
from the rest of the country is preserved for all
purposes and not only to boost the room occupancy of
starred hotels ( promotion of Carnaval and Shigmo by
Department of Tourism NOT by the Department of Culture
and real estate business (using Portuguese names for
Apartments)
If in the affirmative Mr. Faleiro should be asked to
quote and produce excerpts of the relevant text of
such intentions utterances by his INC led coalition
Government(of MGP, NCP, and an Independent) in Goa and
at the Centre made on the floor of the Goa Legislative
Assembly since 2nd February 2005 / 7th June 2005 till
date or on the floor of the House of Parliament.
If in the negative, Mr Faleiro should be asked to show
cause -- why he and his INC led coalition
Government(of MGP, NCP, and an Independent) should not
then be booted out lock stock and barrel by the voters
at the next hustings due post monsoons
September/October in favour of a third front a
fledgingly regional outfit on the Goan horizon.
GODFREY J I GONSALVES
Borda Margao Goa
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
9822158584
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