**************************************************************** Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ***************************************************************** ----------------------- VOICE OF GOA ----------------------- I wish to salute the people of Cortalim constituency for electing well-known social activist Mathany Saldanha to the Goa assembly in the just concluded elections. In doing so, they have also dumped one of Goa's most corrupt politicians Mauvin Godinho and taught him a good lesson for his indiscriminate looting of public funds and for espousing the cause of non-Goans more than Goans.
No doubt his major votes came from them and so it was also not surprising that most of the speakers at his campaign meetings were hired from Kerala and Karnataka. Perhaps he can try his luck in elections in those States now. It is an irony that a man has made so many sacrifices in the last 26-27 years while championing the cause of Goan society, had to wait for so many years to make it to the assembly. Mathany Saldanha is a man who has fought so much for the social causes and against injustice done to Goans that one has lost count of the number of times he was arrested by the government to suppress his powerful voice. Mathany who began his struggle with the issue of ramponkars later went to fight against anti-people policies and other anti-environment programmes of the successive governments. He is a learned man who knows what he speaks, who takes up each issue on its merits and does not discriminate on the bases of caste or religion. He is not in politics for the sake of cheap popularity which most of our half-baked, semi-literate politicians yearn for, but the only thing that matters to him is the well-planned and ecologically sound development of Goa. And who can ever forget Mathany's role in securing the status of official language to Konkani. Here is a man who has a vision for the all round development of Goa and is not into politics for personal gains unlike the general breed of Goan politicians. Mathany Saldanha is like a shining beacon in the filthy world of Goans politics. Thank God, now at least we have an MLA who is not afraid to speak out his mind without the fear of losing his office. Every Goenkar should be proud of him and should support him in all his endeavours. Mathany, we consider you to be the leader of not only Cortalim, but you represent the bold voice of the silent majority of Goans who are desperately waiting for a clean and dedicated politician like you. All Goenkars are strongly behind you. Frankie Fernandes Salvador do Mundo, Bardez ------------------------------------------------------------ Vox Populi in HERALD 10/6/2002 Page 6 ------------------------------------------------------------ ======================================= GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 Tel: 252660 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy ======================================= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
