On Sun Mar 30 06:14:38 PDT 2008, Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
Dr. Oscar Rebello should be asked to step down as Convener of GBA since in my emphatic opinion he no longer represents the wishes and aspirations of the Goan people. Au contraire, his utterances are guaranteed to subvert them.
RESPONSE: Rajan, your opinion notwithstanding, some queries: #1) Do the Goan people decide who is the Convenor of the GBA? #2) Do the members of the GBA executive support Dr Rebello? #3) What is it that we want from Dr Rebello? #4) The GBA were formed in the aftermath of the RP2011 being bulldozed on Goans. Did Dr Rebello and the GBA arrest the implementation of the RP2011? #5) Why are we expecting Dr Rebello and the GBA to fight every environmental violation? I find it impossible for Dr Rebello to deliver on all of Goa's needs. He has a personal/professional life too besides social activism. Over a dozen other organizations support GBA. On Fri Mar 28 22:02:45 PDT 2008 , Rajan P. Parrikar wrote:
Finally - regardless of the political cast at the helm, I would urge the citizens to remain actively involved. This must be a novel idea to the Comrade, citizen participation and all.
RESPONSE: I share this point of view. This has been proven to be a workable solution. Gerson DaCunha of AGNI fame has talked on this issue to Goans and I quote verbatim: "The strategy is not to get at the land sharks, corruption, etc-that's hopefully the outcome of the strategy. The strategy itself is the creation of citizen numbers by networking existing bodies and individuals so that they can jointly raise a citizen voice that no politics or governance can ignore." Are we just frustrated that Goans cannot come together and instead create more GBAs to dilute and undermine the original GBA? Do we have more chiefs than ......?? Now mind you.......Gerson DaCunha is a friend of Dr Rebello. - Bosco References: http://www.goanet.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=952 http://www.agnimumbai.org http://savegoa.com/gba/about_us/