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5th Annual Konkan Fruit Fest
Promenade, D B Bandodkar Road, Panaji, Goa
16-18, May 2008
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-May/073789.html
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--- Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This calls for a SEZ-opposing-style agitation to
> restore respect for the Panchayats and Gram Sabhas
> that the Chief Minister is dismissing so easily.
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Another wonderful populist post from Mario, talking
through a hat which is weather-worn by now. The
self-proclaimed champion of capitalism in cahoots with
the Marxists? (no offense to Gadgil).
Let me just bring you up to speed about Panchayats in
Goa. First, their elected head is more often than not,
the most uneducated bandit of the village. Secondly,
he is not averse to corruption and bribes of his own.
For every one mega-project that he may oppose, please
ask him of the hundreds of illegal extensions, water
connections, room leases without sanitation, buildings
without relevant approvals, that he will turn a blind
eye too because he has been adequately bribed. Also
ask the Panch, how many small ventures or business he
puts on hold because he has not be adequately bribed.
Goa is such a small territory, there is no need to
divest planning power to the panchayats. Infact, there
is a need to consolidate power but with the intent to
use it beneficently. Unfortunately when such a move is
made, power rests in the hands of people like Babush,
thereby consolidation earning more ire.
I take it Mario's plan to SAVE GOA is about as solid
as his plan to abolish casteism among Catholic Goans.
Both are conceived in thin air :-)
selma
