HERALD NEWS BUREAU
PANJIM, JUNE 25
The Council for Social Justice and Peace (CSJP) has stated that the State
has sunk into such a shameful situation that those entrusted with the
enforcement of the law have blatantly availed of loopholes to acquit drug
traffickers.
In its hard-hitting message to mark 'International Anti-drugs Day' on June
26, the CSJP has also claimed that people in the State have "lost confidence
in all arms of the authority and are led to believe that there definitely
exists a nexus between the politicians, police and all rungs of
traffickers."
"The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed in 1987 that June 26 be
marked as the International Day against Drug abuse and illicit trafficking.
However, over the years organized international illicit trade in cannabis,
cocaine, hallucinogens, opiates, amphetamine-type of stimulants has
increased manifold, taking into its snares and using all types of people at
all levels, the most vulnerable being young people and even innocent
children used for peddling," stated the CSJP press note.
Commenting on the situation in the State, the CSJP stated that many
citizens, NGO's and those responsible to control the illicit trade admit
that the trade in different types of narcotic drugs has spread its tentacles
far and wide into the depths of Goa, even into the portals of the law
enforcing authorities and educational institutions.
"Traffickers and users have been caught and the process of law to punish
them has been initiated, in many cases."
"However, Goa has sunk into such a shameful situation that those entrusted
with the duty of upholding justice by enforcing the law, blatantly avail of
loopholes to acquit the accused. Hence, today Citizens at large have lost
their confidence in all arms of the authority and are led to believe that
there definitely exists a nexus between the politicians, police and all
rungs of traffickers," the CSJP said.
"Besides, the irrational race to 'have more' rather than 'be more' has
created challenges in homes and among families. Parents are not fully
available to their adolescents and children to give due psychological and
emotional stability which is crucial to sustain family life." Law enforcers
avail loopholes to acquit drug traffickers: CSJP
"In Goa, bars and taverns are focal points of relaxation where soft-drinks
laced with narcotic substances and hard liquor flow freely and other
psychotropic substances are easily available. This behaviour gnaws into the
fabric of family life."
The CSJP has stated that families, educational and other institutions,
social organisations and volunteer groups must make concerted efforts to
inspire people, especially the young, to put their holistic health above all
else, saying a decisive 'NO' to narcotic drugs, other substances and abuse
of alcohol.
Other measures suggested by the CSJP include prevention of vulnerable
individuals from falling into such traps, organizing collective vigilance
against drug trafficking in any form in the State and the demand of strict
enforcement of law by all authorities.
The CSJP has also strongly recommended counseling therapy for all,
detoxification, healing and rehabilitation of the individual, and a
consistent support system over a long period of time.
"On this International Anti-drug Day, let us make a firm commitment to
holistic health and total elimination of narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances and addiction to alcohol," state the CSJP.
COMMENTS
Yesterday, 25th June, 2010, we saw a serpentine rally of St. Xavier's
College (Mapusa) girls walking the streets of Mapusa with varied placards...
all related to the use/abuse of DRUGS. One such placard that caught my
attention was " YOU DON'T NEED HEROINE TO BE A HERO' . Very well said, that.
But then when the laws are slack to the extent that they are non-existent,
where a pan-walla in front of the school/college whatever is dishing out
mints and things to school children laced with drugs, it goes a long way in
furthering and nursing the appetite of Goans for these drugs. Do these
people need advertising? What are the present safe-guards, checks, by the
anti-drugs, FDA, agencies to keep a vigilant, random, eye on these outlets?
One person caught once in a way is enough? Do we see anybody asking
questions to anyone, anywhere and checking what they have with them?
When we openly see the nexus between our legislators ( I am not calling them
politicians because this word stinks to kingdom come), our esteemed police
force and the drug peddlers, what more can one expect? The case of Atala
being released on bail and the very fact that he is allowed to speak freely,
absolving our legislators and/or their sons etc. is a case in point. That
even our judiciary is short-handed to check this abuse is a matter of real
shame. The police will want to get off the hook. So they will cook the case
so that it does not stand up in court. There is no punishment to the police
for cooking up the case. If one or two IOs were dismissed out-right, things
would be different. Here we have the king of drug peddlers in the can, not
through the efforts of the police, but because of the efforts of a foreign
lady to expose this trade in Goa. And the police does not even make a move
to get the statement of this crucial witness who is next door in Mumbai,
when she is actually awaiting such a move by the police. And then, we hear
that the police is going to Sweden to do the same. This land has become the
land for jolly good romps to foreign lands not only by the legislators but
also by the police force in Goa?. This is a double shame. The lady say that
the son of the prominent Goa legislator is involved. We know who it is. The
police do not make a move to extract that name. We know why. So for whom is
this big tamasha?? The Goan people are considered nuts, good for nothing.
By now these legislators ( who do not know what laws are -- forget about
making them) should have been already burnt alive by a liberal sprinkling of
kerosene, though it is becoming expensive by the day. :-)
The above statement by CSJP is appreciated. But when it says
Quote
"On this International Anti-drug Day, let us make a firm commitment to
holistic health and total elimination of narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances and addiction to alcohol," state the CSJP.
Unquote
We do hope that the 'Political' health of Goa is included in the line with
the total elimination of not only the narcotic drugs, psychotropic
substances and addiction to alcohol but also the corrupt political parent
organizations who shelter these corrupt legislators who in turn force the
police of Goa to be ever so corrupt.
We shall be disappointed (as usual) if 'it', with all its might, goes
ahead and helps elect the same 'rotten' political basket in 2012 because
the other one on offer 'stinks'. Hope it dawns on 'it' that with a little
effort it might be possible for 'it' to discover a smiling fresh basket
waiting to be discovered, the absence of which is the raison d'etre of all
the above ills of GOA.
Cheers
floriano
goasuraj
9890470896
www.goasu-raj.org
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