------------------------------------------------------- CONVENTION OF THE GOAN DIASPORA FROM GOA INTO THE WORLD Lisbon, Portugal June 15-17, 2007 Details at: http://www.goacom.org/casa-de-goa/noticias.html -------------------------------------------------------
Excerpts from a weekly column in GT: >>If you, or anyone you know, accepted inducements from a candidate, be >>certain you owe >>no obligation. Vote with a free mind. There is nothing to fear. Is this an attempt to encourage people to accepts 'inducements' from some candidates and then vote for someone else? Shameful! >>As my cousin, Luis de Sequeira Nazareth, Regional Manager of ?Air France? >>from Yemen in West Asia to >>Pakistan in the East, writes from Dubai, "Even if a voter has accepted >>everything from >>everyone, he must vote his own way. After all, the vote is by secret >>ballot. There?s no >>way a contestant will know who you cast your vote for. We must underscore >>this secrecy >>aspect of the ballot. Everyone knows it, but at times even simple things >>must be >>repeated to be reinforced in people?s minds, for fear of being forgotten." The "Regional manager of Air France from Yemen in West Asia to Pakistan in the East" has apparently lost touch with the functioning of the Goan democratic system or maybe elections in general. During the last elections, our richest politician made a substantial donation to a Sansthan and warned the people of that area that with the new electronic system, ward(vaddo) wide results can be easily known. If he lost that ward he threatened to have all the illegal extensions of the temple and their houses demolished. What needs to be 're-enforced' into people's mind is not the above disgusting nonsense, but the simple fact that if you do illegal stuff(like accepting inducements) yourself then stop complaining when your elected representatives do the same on a larger scale. Sunith Velho ------------------------------------------------------- Goanet recommends, and is proud to be associated with, 'Domnic's Goa' - A nostalgic romp through a bygone era. This book is the perfect gift for any Goan, or anyone wanting to understand Goa. Distributed locally by Broadway, near Caculo Island, Panjim & internationally by OtherIndiaBookStore.Com. For trade enquiries contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------
