While India is swiftly inching to surpass Russia to be in third place
having the world’s most confirmed cases of COVID-19, the scene in the
nation’s smallest state Goa is alarming and a matter of great concern. From
being in the Green Zone just a few days back, we today are in the
precarious Zone having now already having over 1000 cases, and quickly
spreading across the State. The virus has struck across the length and
breadth of Goa.
Our fears stand allayed that the government was causal while not taking the
correct and timely steps. The series of flip flops and U-Turns has only
made things worse. The ground reality is that we are today in a very dicey
situation on account of the politicians in power being focused on wrong
priorities while the virus has merrily sneaked in much to everyone’s peril.
A confused and oscillating Chief Minister is not in the State’s best
interest. Mixed messages and wrong actions are a recipe for the disaster
unfolding before our eyes in Goa.
When the pandemic set in, it would have been prudent for the politicians to
have stepped aside, and allowed a team of experts to guide, monitor and
deal with the situation with their expertise. This destructive pandemic not
seen in over a hundred years requires politicians to follow the science,
and specialized branches of medicine like virology and epidemiology not
just ayurvedic medicine. A little knowledge can be dangerous as the current
infection rate in Goa shows.
But as we know politicians cannot do without having their hand and say in
every pie. Power corrupts and absolute Power corrupts absolutely. Goa is
now bearing the brunt. There has been a complete and total lack of
leadership and a failure to act in the best interests of the people.
In the current very gloomy scenario, imposing President’s rule and having
Governor Satya Pal Malik in command to steer the State through this current
calamity may be a step in the right direction. Only God can Save our Goa
from this looming catastrophe!
Aires Rodrigues
Advocate High Court
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