Only one more day is left for Panchayat
election but the noise and the money flow generating it looks this is more than
American presidential election at least in my village though there is not a
single candidate other than one or two who is a real social worker to fight for the public cause. Almost all are
selfish whose record of public service is Zero but yet they want to be the
leaders and when stupid voters elect them then they act stupid, arrogant and
proud with the locals as if they are the feudal lords. Such representatives are
a burden on the village.
Yet such candidates are promoted by the
interested persons – parties –panels. In my village to get their candidates
elected, even Rs. 4000/- are paid to the voters. From where so much of money is coming for
distribution? This is the big question mark
and for answer it is not very difficult.
People like me from poor family background must come up in life but they must
acquire their wealth thru proper means and not make the use of their wealth for
pride and arrogance and to challenge others.
They must in their prosperity show simplicity and humility otherwise
they will surely receive the wrath of God. Today most of the politicians who
acquired wealth so fast and thru illicit methods are originally coming from the
poor background but later on they forget their past because they are suffering
from pride complex.
Bribing the voters and buying of votes is a
sin in which both the buyers and sellers are committing a sin. Hence, in
tomorrow’s sermon in our Churches the priests must tell the faithful the
sinfulness of this fraud. Church duty is
to keep the faithful sin-free so that his road to heaven is clean.
Dr. Jack Sequeira once speaking on this
bribery, said, if anybody gives you money accept it but don’t vote for him
because he is a crimidor and such criminals are to be punished. Hence, punish
them in the coming Panchayat election.
People in my village and elsewhere too must
vote for the right candidates to do right justice for the villagers. Our Sarpanchas and Panchas are become corrupt
and if we re-elect them then there is a fear our villages to become a HELL.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim.