JoeGoaUK's anecdote about the Rs. 20,000 bribe suggests an interesting idea for exposing corrupt officials on Goanet. Citizens should be encouraged to report their personal encounters with corrupt officials in Goa. They should be allowed to do this anonymously if they want. The purpose is to expose the identity of the public official who engages in these nefarious deeds, and to lay bare his modus operandi.
RESPONSE: A good suggestion. Who will support the citizen when (s)he is ensnared in the Indian legal system??
But hang-on.....we have had photo after photo after photo presented as evidence here of violations of several laws of the land vis-a-vis illegal constructions by Rajan Parrikar in village after town after taluka. Not only have fellow-Goans derided Rajan, they have also poured scorn on him and dismissed his motives as being politically-motivated. Consider Rajan's motives are indeed politically-motivated, why is it so difficult for Goans to say in one voice, that yes, laws are being broken and lets collectively hold people accountable.
Why would the above suggestion work any differently? The consensus would once again be political-motivation as the purpose of such unmasking.
What we have seen here for several years is some Goans unhesitatingly willing to chew another's head off based on ideology; bereft of rational. Extrapolate this further and we have a few in Goa exercising their (il)legitimately acquired power and hegemony over the rest of the population.
A Goan Member of Parliament was caught on camera in a 'shindig' a little over 2 years ago. He is now fattening his illegal portfolio with proceeds from his legal portfolio. Valmiki Faleiro described this circumstance well several months ago. What happened of that video-clip and the ensuing hungama? Zilch!!!
- bOscO
