Re: [Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos
On 7 March 2012 05:14, Eugene Correia wrote: I hoped our "clinical eye," the Rt. Hon JC would have caught that. ..Eugene CORREIA (not Monteiro) . Good to see Selma back on the "ground." ..Valanka and Caitu and Valanka could have pipped Caitu at the finishing tape KHOMMENT: I am in 'total upsetment' at the electoral loss suffered by Valancca, If we research Eugene's recent writings, we might find the names of two young ladies ...appearing repetitiously i.e. Selma and Valancca. Selma, of course, is married and (good for her) lives in the UK/US; If Valancca was elected, our Genius Patracar would have a good excuse to interview her (perhaps) every week. But, unfortunately, Valancca lost. But there is still hope for an enterprising patracar. Another title: 'Anatomy of Valancca'. (:-) from the Tongue-in-Chik mangalore jc . --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos
Come on Selma. It's Eugene Correia, not Monteiro. Your assessment is correct. Too many good cooks spoiled the soup for the Alemaos. As far as Goa having GR8 leaders is concerned, every second person in Goa is a leader :-) But what Goa badly needs is a 'SYSTEMIC LEADER' to walk the talk of Good Governance with spelled out moves and procedures that will not lead to chaos and infights for the spoils of war after the WIN. And if you again believe that this is not available too, then all you have to do is hit www.goasu-raj.org to see it rolling upwards in front of your eyes. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 PS: I was at the Calvin Ferry point during the great tragedy recently were the bus rolled into the waters which in itself is a great mystery with terrible loss of life of young kids among adults. And people of Calvim seem to have been gunning for just one head. 'NARVEKAR'S' from that day on. Against all odds, I campaigned into Calvim along with Julius Pereira (candidate)extensively, going door to door, commisserating with the bereaved families and telling them that the cover-up of the incident should not be permitted at all costs and if need be we were willing to lead a delegation to the Police Station (Mapusa/Panjim) to demand thorough investigation into the incident. I have just got the booth voting results/pattern of 10-Aldona Constituency: Booth No. 41: St Domnic Savio Sports Club, Calvim: Dayanand Narvekar-INC: 199 Glen Ticlo-BJP: 143 Julius Pereira-GSRP: 0 Wilfred D'Souza-TMC: 20 Ravindra V. Panjikar-Ind: 3 Lesson: People vote for Leaders, not foot-soldiers of LEADERS. Cheers again. - Original Message - From: "Carvalho" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 12:41 PM Subject: [Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos RESPONSE: There is no great "backlash" against the Alemaos. In Cuncolim, John Monteiro (Independent) fractured the vote, otherwise he had a clear win. In Sanguem, Prasad Goankar fractured the NCP-Congress base or he had a clear win there.In Benaulim, Vikas party voters are all former Congress voters and so are Hubert Gomes' voters. If it wasn't for Hubert, Valanka would have had a win. Goa Vikas party has done the greatest damage to the Congress. Vikas is the brainchild of Micky -Micky's voters are all recovering Congress voters. Micky has no greater agenda or ideology than the Alemaos. Goa is an extremely small state. A matter of 2000 votes can make the difference between a win and a lose. The only thing you can discern for certain in this election is that the Catholic population of Goa is in disarray without any clear political leadership. They are hopping mad and they were out for blood - not particularly Alemao blood but Congress blood. In the end, that is how peaceful revolutions come about. But like every revolution, there must be great leaders waiting in the wings to take over, otherwise the Alemaos can regroup within 2 years and re-emerge like a nightmarish severed head. Does Goa have great leaders in the wings waiting to take over? Because I'm a Goan, I hope so. Best, Selma --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
Re: [Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos
How my friend has forgotten by surname (ha, hal). Monteiro from Correia, goodness gracias! I hoped our "clinical eye," the Rt. Hon JC would have caught that. Anyww coming to Selma's point, I wrote the piece as soon as I knew that all four Alemaos were defeated. I wanted to catch the OHeraldo deadline. As I write I haven't gone through Fred's article as I had to go for some errands. On returning, I saw Selma's post and thought I should reply immediately. I will be reading Fred's piece as soon as I send this post. As I said in my piece, the Alemaos cannot be ruled out of not making a comeback. But John Monteiro did make a big difference and robbed Joaquim of vital votes. In Benaulim, Hubert and John's votes make have been split between Valanka and Caitu and Valanka could have pipped Caitu at the finishing tape. Yuri was impressive in Sanquem, and two votes of the two Christian candidates could have taken him over the top. In Cortalim, UDGP did its former member Mathany a favour by fielding Borkar. These are "ifs" and "buts" of the election. Eugene CORREIA (not Monteiro) Good to see Selma back on the "ground." --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos
Eugene Monteiro wrote The defeat of the Alemaos is partly because of the BJP wave and partly because of the angst against Joaquim and Churchill’s arrogant defence of the “family raj” politics and their arm-twisting tactics that led to Congress giving ticket to Valanka. RESPONSE: There is no great "backlash" against the Alemaos. In Cuncolim, John Monteiro (Independent) fractured the vote, otherwise he had a clear win. In Sanguem, Prasad Goankar fractured the NCP-Congress base or he had a clear win there.In Benaulim, Vikas party voters are all former Congress voters and so are Hubert Gomes' voters. If it wasn't for Hubert, Valanka would have had a win. Goa Vikas party has done the greatest damage to the Congress. Vikas is the brainchild of Micky -Micky's voters are all recovering Congress voters. Micky has no greater agenda or ideology than the Alemaos. Goa is an extremely small state. A matter of 2000 votes can make the difference between a win and a lose. The only thing you can discern for certain in this election is that the Catholic population of Goa is in disarray without any clear political leadership. They are hopping mad and they were out for blood - not particularly Alemao blood but Congress blood. In the end, that is how peaceful revolutions come about. But like every revolution, there must be great leaders waiting in the wings to take over, otherwise the Alemaos can regroup within 2 years and re-emerge like a nightmarish severed head. Does Goa have great leaders in the wings waiting to take over? Because I'm a Goan, I hope so. Best, Selma --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
[Goanet] Anatomy of the Alemaos
>From today;s (March 7) OHeraldop. --- Anatomy of the Alemao EUGENE CORREIA The downfall of the Alemaos in the election will go down as a landmark event in Goa’s electoral history. During the run-up to the election and in the waiting period before the day of results, different scenarios were painted in the print and TV media and in political circles. Very few expected Churchill and Joaquim to lose and the performance of Valanka and Yuri was looked with keen interest. At least for a short period if not the full term of the new Government, the Alemaos would do well for themselves if they take a respite. They need the time away from the heat – and humiliation – of the voters’ anger against them and also to lick their wounds. It is not that Churchill hasn’t tasted defeat before. At the same time, he has scored big victories at the parliamentary and state levels, defeating Eduardo Faleiro to take a seat in parliament in 1996 and then dismissing Luizinho Faleiro, a friend-turned-foe on the latter’s happy hunting ground, Navelim, in the Assembly election. The Navelim contest was hailed as the Battle of the Kumpars (as Luizinho is godfather of Churchill’s son). The defeat of the Alemaos is partly because of the BJP wave and partly because of the angst against Joaquim and Churchill’s arrogant defence of the “family raj” politics and their arm-twisting tactics that led to Congress giving ticket to Valanka. The couple of incidents during the run-up, such as the British MP, Keith Vaz, making a pit-stop at a Valanka campaign meeting, Valanka’s threat against a journalist who runs a website, and the allegation of Churchill against Digambar Kamat, saying that the latter who working for Churchill’s defeat, the Yuri ticket compromise with the NCP, definitely shook the voters’ confidence and trust. It would have been best for Churchill to have passed on the baton to his daughter and quietly walked into the sunset. Doing that would go against the grain of Churchill’s character. He is a fighter and has shown how he has bounced back with more vigour and more vitality. Even if he is now forced into the shadows, Churchill’s presence will continue to loom large on the scene in Salcete. Except for his voters and supporters, Goans, by and large, will not shed many tears for the defeat of this family. The family’s rise in politics is a story of both good and bad, of reaching out to the poor and of abusing authority through money and muscle power. Churchill’s long innings in politics, being an MP twice and CM once, and a MLA for many terms, seems a story of make-believe but very much true. Don’t write finish to the family’s role in politics. --- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---
