PANJIM: Popular rebellions in the Arab world have found an echo in Goa, where a citizens' collective is trying to cobble up support for 'honest' candidates in the state's only municipal corporation, the Corporation of the City of Panjim (CCP).
'The revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt and other countries there should be a lesson to all of us. To overthrow such a corrupt municipal regime, these populist movements should be models for us,' Oscar Rebello, convenor of the Panjimites Initiative for Change (PINC), said Tuesday.
The poll is to be held March 13. Rebello, a medical practitioner and a leading civil society campaigner here, said they are endorsing a list of 29 'credible and honest' candidates for the CCP, which has 30 constituencies. Lawyers, working professionals and a journalist are some of the candidates backed by the PINC.
PINC has said it will lobby for cancelling of trade licences to off shore casino vessels, which are parked in the Mandovi river, which flows alongside the capital.
PINC has also opposed the construction of skyscrapers in Panjim, which has several heritage buildings.
'We are tired of corruption. Virtually every couple of months a new scam in the corporation has emerged, with no action being taken against the accused,' said retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Arvind Bhatikar, also a member of the PINC. The ruling corporator panel in the CCP, which is backed by Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate, has been ridden by scandals, some of the most infamous ones being the pay-parking scam, the ghost worker salary scam, the shop allotment scam in which several corporators were allegedly involved - IANS
scam ,scam and scams, It's become daily bread and butter for the politicians.It is a real shame for GOANS for having an illeterate Education Minster. what is the point , Goa being one of the highly lierate state in India. we should cover our faces in shame for electing the CLASSLESS DONKEYS.
ReplyDeleteI think when this Monster Rat was sent to primary school as a brat, he threatened his teachers and did not bother to learn his ABC. His only favorite alphabets must have been S, C, A, M and S. That's is his only education and he became the Education Minister. A shame for us Goans and all the uneducated (as well as some educated) villagers from Taleigao who are fully supporting him for want of his bread crumbs. Real shame!!!
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