In Goa, the biggest politician rascals are located in Salcette. Once upon a time, Salcette politicians have helped the good causes of Goa and for doing so they even had to face lot of troubles for themselves. But now many of the Salcette politicians are on war footing to loot and to destroy Goa. They don’t care for anything, not even for their religious principles; they are shameless creatures of this planet. And worst part of it all is this that they are backed and supportred by their respective voters blindly. Gone were the days when Salcette voters elected good candidates to take care not only of Salcette but also of Goa. But now Salcette voters are electing corrupt candidates to destroy Goa. Most of the current voters are become "chamchas" of the political heavyweights who exploit every weakness of their voters to induce them to vote for them blindly, of course bribingly.
Goa in the past was saved from disaster by our Saxttikars whose contributions during the Opinion Poll and Language agitation were really worth admiring. From Kuwait I salute them all for their good work. But will they act upright now in the coming election or will they elect the same corrupt people to liquidate Goa and genuine Goans from our soil?
The late premier of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto when he was in prison waiting for the gallows, wrote a masterpiece titled "IF I AM ASSASSINATED" where he made the following bold statement against those who perpetrated this gallows on him:
My sons will not be my sons, they will be Bastards if they dont take the revenge on those who are sending me to the gallows. Who are my sons? Shanawaz and Murtaza Bhutto and all the sons of Pakistan are my sons".
Thru this bold statement, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto encouraged his own sons first and all the sons of Pakistan to teach a very good lesson to his opponents headed by General Zia. And in fact, they all tought a very good lesson to Zen Zia and his government.
Similarly I call upon the Saxttikars now, if they are real sons and daughters of real Saxttikar fathers, they will teach a very good lesson to all the corrupt candidates by defeating them in the coming election. It is these corrupt Saxttikar politicians who brought a bad name to Salcette and disgraced Goa as well. If Goa is going to be saved for our future generation then Saxttiakar voters will have to be very strong against all the corrupt strong candidates of Salcette. In fact I have full confidence that Salcette voters will throw out the same old corrupt faces in the next election. In doing so they will lose nothing because by electing them again they will gain nothing for them either. The corrupt elected people will do good only for their own family members who are the major beneficiaries of the election.
According to the latest information, purchasing of votes in Navelim, Colva, Benaulim, Nuvem and other places has already been started. In this connection I advise the people in the words of the late Dr. Jack Sequeira, "If money is given for votes, please accept it and enjoy it but never vote for the candidates who gives you money". It is robbed and looted moneny from the public.
If yesterday Goa was saved it was only because of the efforts of Saxttikars and if it is going to be saved tomorrow and for the future, it will be only by the uncorrpt and upright Saxttikars. Hence, all my Saxttikar voters, elect new faces and destroy corrupt old faces.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
