Exactly a month is left
for the next Panchayat Elections in Goa, the official date fixed is 11th
June 2017. What type of people we will elect this time? From the past record, most
of the elected Panchayat members are proved to be crooks and corrupt thru which
they amassed huge wealth. It is a first
step for the elected member that teaches him how to rob public and how to
become corrupt. For this reason the Panchayati member becomes proud and
arrogant since he acquires easy wealth by taking bribe from the public thru the
selling of services which otherwise is FREE.
The system works like
this as told to me by one of our Panchas.
When any one wants to construct something either a house or a big
building, that person comes to the Panchayat for Licence which is otherwise
free of charge but the Panchayat leader tells that builder to pay them x amount
as bribe. This amount then the Panchayat
members distribute among themselves, the highest share goes to the
Sarpanch. For this reason the local Sarpanches
are become fast lakhpoti. To ask for the bribe they are not even ashamed, they
are shameless people and on top of it they go regularly to worship God in their
Churches and Temples to pretend to be saintly creatures. They are a disgrace on
their religions.
Because of this easy
money making methods, they love this place and don’t want to retire from the
local politics. They are the most cruel butchers having no soft feelings for
the locals who cannot afford to pay the bribe not in thousands only but
sometimes in lakhs. Now to contest the next election there will be a rush of
all the Chor Bastards. In my locality
there is a man Mr. X who has acquired lot of wealth including Bungalows and
Hotel/Restaurant without working anywhere but by demanding bribes from the
public. He is known as the most corrupt non-Goan holding public office but he
is very good in dealing with the people thru very friendly diplomacy. In his Ward Y where he contests the election
regularly, this time there is no place for him because his Ward this time is reserved
for the Females. Hence he moves to some other Ward Z where he
is a stranger. He does not mind undergoing
any sacrifices but by all means he wants to get elected because there is lot of
easy money flow involved without doing any work.
This time in my Ward
whoever contests the election he must first declare openly his asset and wealth
and how he acquired the same. We have
two most corrupt Panchayat members – one is a Khapri who thinks he is somebody
an extraordinary man and the other is a non-Goan, diplomatically cunning. Likewise, in every village in Goa people must
grill the election contestants. We must know that their character is good and
then only we must cast our votes. I have
a list of Builders who showed the names and amount they paid as Bribes to the
local Panchayat. At an appropriate time I
will disclose it to the public.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
