This is in reply to Goanet Digest, Vol 5, Issue 819, and message: 3, dated: Wed, 4 Aug 2010.
Most Goa based Goans watch live assembly proceedings as such interested Goans watch and listen to every thing beamed live. In connection with this news item, I think Goanet News forgot to even make a mention the most crucial part that lead to uproar in the house. Speaker Pratapsingh Raoji Rane showed his "Pratap" by refusing to allow discussion under Rule 71 on British woman's claims in which she has accused Goa's home minister (Goanet News preferred to name it as interior minister!)& his son of having links with drug trade, while opposition was pressing for discussion under Rule 68. What is strange is, lay man or rather Aam Admi finds that speaker is correct in denying discussion and equally they find opposition to be correct in demanding discussion. Considering the seriousness involved and the prevailing situations in Goa these days, it was the duty of speaker Pratapsingh Raoji Rane, for the benefit of MLAs (Lawmakers in terms of Goanet News) and Goan TV viewers, to explain the difference between the rule 71 and 68 rather than just saying "I have given my decision.....that's all". Best regards, U. G. Barad * * * Was life in the *kudds* glamourised? Who said, "It appears that the Goanese (sic) are a roving people, prepared to go to any part of the world for well-paid employment"? How did Goans find their first toehold in the Gulf? Find your answers in Selma Carvalho's *Into the Goan Diaspora Wilderness*. Buy from Broadways Book Centre, Panjim [Ph +91-9822488564] Price (in Goa only) Rs 295. http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/ * * *
