[Goanet] THOSE 10 SELF-SERVING CONGRESS MLAs MUST HANG THEIR HEADS IN SHAME
The people of Goa are so distraught and very disgusted with the recent 10 Congress MLAs overnight joining the BJP for the lust of power and pecuniary gains. They have not only let down their party but selfishly and cunningly betrayed their voters and supporters. Yet again some of our devious MLAs have proved that putting their personal needs before the common good of the people with the welfare of Goa not being a priority. Goans have witnessed political chicanery of the highest order. These 10 MLAs need to be politically castrated for having taken the people of Goa for a ride. In May this year during the campaign for the Panaji Assembly Constituency by-election, the BJP and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant while raking up Babush Monseratte’s criminal antecedents had accused him of being a rapist and that the women of Panaji would not be safe if he was elected as MLA. Will the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tell us if he is comfortable with the very same alleged ‘rapist ‘now in his cabinet? Mr. Pramod Sawant has proved once again that he cannot be trusted and that his words are meaningless hot air uttered to fool the gullible. Equally, the Panaji MLA Babush Monseratte as recently as the 2nd of July was complaining and condemning the very same Chief Minister Sawant and the previous BJP MLAs of Panaji in public and on social media for the neglect of Panaji and not wishing to have any transparency in the Smart City Projects. He lamented that the CM was trampling on his right to conduct a review or progress meeting within his constituency. Babush Monserrate said and I quote ‘This is nothing but an act of trickery by the CM to hide the Smart City Scams from the people of Panaji. The Hon CM continues his quest to keep IPSCDL as a mystery property in possession. He has chosen to keep all Panjikars along with me in the dark on his obscure mission’. Given such serious accusations from both sides, one wonders what could have changed in less than a week? It seems that these utterances with a forked tongue was nothing more than a smoke screen to fool the gullible. The only people kept in the dark about the treachery and betrayal being hatched at the same time were the people of Goa, that they are answerable to. During the whole of April and May 2019 every slogan and banner from Babush Monserrate had the Hand symbol Vote for Congress next to his image begging the people to elect him with the various promises that he would deliver as a Congress MLA. Not one had a symbol of a musical chair or the letters BJP inscribed on them. The lust for power and the greed of crores of rupees made both to take leave of their senses and to exercise their abuse of power at the expense of the democratic right of the people that voted in good faith. The Anti-Defection law was enacted to bring some sanity in the manner in which the elected MPs and MLAs function, but very sadly over the last many years Goa has led in innovating and devising devious ways of circumventing the anti-defection law. MLAs are elected to serve the public, but this latest mob of defectors have again proved that they have only served themselves. This calls for immediate strengthening of the Anti-defection law to ensure that a handful of corrupt individuals are not allowed to destroy peoples trust and faith in democracy by playing musical chairs with peoples’ precious votes and lives. Goans are mature enough to always remember this act of treachery and smart enough to never trust this gang of ten and their accomplices again. Besides hanging their heads in shame, these arrogant self-serving MLAs would do well to remember the natural law of KARMA. One day it will get back to them. They will feel and experience the same U-TURNS that Goans have been made to feel today by their callous selfish betrayal. Devious selfish people that create their own Drama deserve their own Karma! Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com
[Goanet] OF BY AND FOR THE MLAS
HIKE IN MLAS SALARIES It is reported that MLAs have unanimously without discussion given themselves a hike of 77% in their salaries and allowances! This means increase from the Rs one lakh/month to Rs 1.70 lakhs/month together with all the perks like free transport with driver, travelling/entertainment allowances etc, with constituency allowance of Rs90.000/- and so on. No wonder they are not interested in working to bring prices down but heartilessly increase the taxes levied, charges and surcharges at every turn everywhere for the citizen, not the least bothered with his tightened budget! With inflation at 6-7%, this 77% increase is not only indecent but immoral, not to mention illegal because this practice of making unilateral decisions by themselves in a democracy that benefit themselves without consultation or discussion is not right! I wonder if they have a conscience when reportedly State run corporations are not yet given the previous 6th pay comission hike, strike called by the Kadamba Transport, salaries and dues of others not cleared in time and so on. Considering their performance in the Assembly, besides Parrikar (despite his health limitations) and a few other MLAs, do they honestly deserve such salaries? Why are we tolerating all this quietly? Why are most of us accepting being ruled rather that served?
[Goanet] ASSETS OF ERRANT MINISTERS AND MLAs NEED TO BE PROBED
http://epaper.thegoan.net/218769/The-Goan-on-Saturday/January-25-2014#page/1/1 After Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar and now the Speaker Rajendra Arlekar exposé it is incumbent on the Vigilance department of the Goa Government to keep a tab on the real estate and other assets being acquired by the Ministers and MLAs in their name besides benami, in as much as it becomes an offence punishable under Sec 13 (1) (b) of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 if the acquired assets are disproportionate to their known source of income. The assets and liabilities of all the 40 MLAs of Goa which they had submitted to the Lokayukta last year must be uploaded on the government website. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will just not dare do this. And the reasons are very obvious. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372
[Goanet] Fw: CITIZENS Humble REQUEST TO MLAS
We would request our honourable members in this monsoon session to please note: 1)The Legislative Assembly is a sacred democratic institution.Do not desecrate it by unparliamentary actions and behaviour. 2) Debate and pointed brief Questions and relevant Answers should be the norm.Please no speeches,talking out of turn/together same time,or out shouting to win arguments. 3) Discuss with PRIORITY our burning issues and lay down implementation deadlines UNDER PENALTY for non compliance: a)Garbage control and Civic Duties. Goa is becoming a Hell from the Paradise it was. Roads and public areas are smelling,littered with garbage,cow dung,stray cattle and dogs menace. Monkeys proliferation and big cats danger in villages need attention b)Unsustainable development,illegal mining, overloaded infrastructure w r t water,electricity,sanitation and traffic control c) Law and Order,Politicians-Police-Criminals nexus d) The River Princess cleareance which delay is now a time bomb whose shards will pollute all the famous beaches in North/South Goa if it disentegrates due rust and heavy seas, rendering the waters unsafe. 4) Please do not pass Bills concerning us without due transparency, our knowledge and our feedback.We are proud of our Democracy. 5) Remember our national emblem has engraved :Satye Mayve Jayathae.Do no let truth be hidden, manipulated or buried. Good Legislators make truth powerful and power truthful! .
[Goanet] Remo- Dump all 40 current MLAs into sea
Dear Melvyn, You are obsolutely right that good guys contesting elections is almost ruled out bcos of lack of funding. But no individual or party has ever displayed intent to cleanse our rotten political and administrative system. A good individual can become bad subsequently due to lure or bad advisors. But what if we can have systems, such that even a bad guy would not be able to act bad. Let us take an example: Bad regional plan was crafted by bad people three years ago. GBA acted (more important: not merely twitted, wrote or advised) to get it scrapped two years ago. But this scrapping was done by intervention of the new CM (an individual), who wanted to build his image as a good guy. Over a time he created his image and had firmer hold on his chair. He then started diluting his commitment for a good regional plan. GBA has branded him as lier and are trying their best to pressurise him again to revert to the good regional plan. The constitution has given us remedial system: The judiciary. But judiciary is too slow particularly in Goa. One reason could be that almost all efficient advocates are entangled in mining web. It is this mining from which the current political disposition draws its wealth and clout. Due to huge fees paid by mining companies the fees of advocates have sky rocketted just like huge funds required to contest elections. So for all good guys: Cannot cotest elections (no legislative say) and cannot hire efficient advocate (no judicial remedy). All this because costs of both have gone high due too much money in mining, without commensurate efforts, investments, risks or Know-how. Now coming back to having systems such that even a bad guy cannot act bad. I feel this is the need of the hour. Any suggestions? Rajendra Kakodkar 9822101450 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 Melvyn Ferrao melvyn.fer...@gmail.com wrote Subject: [Goanet] Why boycott elections or contest them? Message-ID: m2v3b3a5eb51004282032x63e9843ah1202a371b3887...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think the possibility of Camillo contributing to Samir Kelekar's election fund is zero. That is true not only of Camillo but of everyone involved in cribbing about current politicians. If any of these people start out to contest elections, they will themselves manage to gather no funds. This means everyone of these guys will boycott elections but will never contest them. So for eternity we will have people daringly stating that all politicians should be drowned. This also means we will have a bad government like the current one over and over again for us, our children and their children. What would be worthwhile is to unitedly go for the better alternative party which has proven themselves in Goa in the past instead of boycotting elections. Melvyn Ferrao Agacaim
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 65 - MLAs GO ON STUDY TOURS II
RE Message: 3 of 9 Apr 2008 From: cedrico dacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Study or pleasure Tour -- 3 Goan Ministers to tour Australia Study or Pleasure Tour -- 3 Goan Ministers tour Australia ..is it possible to get a detailed budget of the amount these three ministers would spend on this foreign jaunt... --- MLAs GO ON STUDY TOURS II Three MLAs from Goa will soon, bound for Australia, board the aircraft, One of them wanting to know about the industry dealing with handicraft. I am sure many will, like me, begin to seriously wonder, Whether any handicrafts are at all produced down under. Nor could they teach us any lessons in the pernicious art of graft. - Shanti Dhoot
[Goanet] LIMERICK FOR THE DAY 64 - MLAs GO ON STUDY TOURS
RE: Message: 1 8 Apr 2008 From: cedrico dacosta [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Study or pleasure Tour - 3 Goan MLAs to tour Australia The below news appeared in the Goan dailies of today, it is such a eyewash...i dont understand the logic as to why these tours are called study tours instead of pleasure tours... QUOTE Three Congress MLAs heading three-government run corporations would leave for Australia tomorrow on a 10-day tour to study good governance of the corporate bodies there. UNQUOTE --- MLAs GO ON STUDY TOURS When MLAs visit salubrious climes and call it a study tour, Few will believe their pious claims, I am sure. Do they really have to go all the way to Australia To learn about governance - in their official regalia? How long must we such despicable shenanigans endure? - - - Shanti Dhoot
