Tuesday, 1 March 2011

SEC DIRECTS CUSTOMS TO TRANSFER CCP CORPORATOR’S HUSBAND

PANJIM: The Goa State Election Commission has directed Goa’s Commissioner of Customs and Central Excise to immediately transfer out of Goa one of its employee Mr. Michael Fernandes, husband of Corporation of City of Panjim Corporator Mrs. Vivina Nasnodkar who is seeking re-election from ward No 30 at Ribandar.
The Customs department has been directed to ensure that Mr. Michael Feranndes who works at the Customs as a clerk does not enter Goa till the polling day. The Customs department has also been directed not to approve any sort of leave to Mr. Michael Fernandes till the CCP polls are complete
Mr. Michael Fernandes has been accused of violating the code of conduct by openly campaigning for his wife despite being a government servant. Mr. Fernandes has also been accused of trying to lure voters by distributing gifts and alcohol in Ribandar bars.
Last week Mr. Michael Feranandes was accused of directing a CCP truck driver to dump garbage in the Hindu crematorium at Ribandar. The vehicle was latter attached and the truck driver arrested by the Old Goa Police.
Meanwhile, the State Election Commission has also been urged to order a probe into the huge disproportionate assets acquired by Mr. Michael Fernandes during the last five years while his wife was a Corporator at the CCP in the Babush Monseratte group.
Mr. Michael Fernandes has allegedly been acting as the real corporator while his wife was Corporator only on paper.

5 comments:

  1. N.Fernandes-London2 March 2011 at 03:31

    This evil election manipulator should be castrated and sent out of Goa permanently.These are the sprt of idiots that have ruined Goa for their personal benefit.I doubt this guy has Party principles.His principle is to get his wife elected so he can mint some Rupees from poor Goans.

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  2. N.Fernandes_london2 March 2011 at 03:45

    11. SCRUTINY OF ELECTION EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES
    In addition to the duties and functions conferred by the Constitution of India, the State Election Commission
    is vested with the powers conferred by the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 and the
    City of Panaji Corporation Act, 2002. The State Election Commission has authorized the Returning Officers to
    scrutinize the election expenses accounts submitted by the Candidates who contest the elections to the Local Self
    Government Institutions. The Commission has laid down the following limits on the expenditure that may by
    incurred by a candidate (either by himself or by his authorized agent or any other individual) in connection with the
    elections:-
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    (a) in case of a candidate contesting elections
    to the Village Panchayat .…….. Rs. 2,500/-
    (b) in case ofa candidate contesting
    elections to Zilla Panchayats …… .Rs.25,000/-
    ( c) in case of a candidate contesting
    elections to Municipal Councils .…… Rs. 15,000/-
    The contesting candidates should maintain the account of the daily expenditure in the prescribed
    format which should be submitted to the concerned Returning Officer alongwith the

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  3. N.Fernandes-London2 March 2011 at 03:54

    Terms of of Municipal elections from Election commissioner:
    Full terms available here...:https://www.goa.gov.in/portalweb/login/Citizen%20Charters/StateElectionCommissionCharter.pdf
    Below is an excerpt.

    (v) The use of money power gives distinct advantage to the contesting candidates exploying such
    money power as against the candidates having meagre financial resources. Large sums of
    money are spent in wasteful advertisements in newspapers etc.. This makes a mockery of
    participatory democracy at the grassroots. The limits of expenditure that may be incurred by the
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    candidate (either by himself or by his authorised agent or any other individual) in connection with
    the election, shall be as given below:
    a) In case of every candidate
    contesting elections to the Village Panchayats Rs. 2,500.00
    b) In case of every candidate
    contesting elections to Taluka Panchayats Rs. 10,000.00
    c) In case of every candidate contesting
    elections to Municipal Councils Rs. 15,000.00
    d) In case of every candidate contesting
    elections to Zilla Panchayats Rs. 25,000.00
    (vi) The contesting candidates should maintain the detailed accounts of daily expenditure in PART II
    given below which should be submitted to the concerned Returning Officer alongwith the abstract
    in PART I within a period of one month from the date of the elections:

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  4. Gurudas Lotlikar Margao2 March 2011 at 04:02

    The same stories get repeated again and again and again and................. Distributing Alcohol in bars and buying votes has become an excepted and expected bu Politicans Crumb eaters. When will these crumb eaters learn that it their own tax paying money is being used, When in Power the politicians rob them many times over.

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  5. Concern about Goa2 March 2011 at 07:47

    For such violation ONLY not entering Goa, guys get this jailed. And the sentence should be longer for he is a customs crook

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