The Grama Sabah of Candolim held on Sunday 25th of this
month at 10.45 AM turned into a total fiasco when in the middle of the
proceedings all the attendees heeding to the call given by A.Veronica Fernandes
Walked Out of the house in protest against the Sarpanch and all his colleagues for refusing to oblige the
people’s voice. In one voice all the
attendees asked to revoke the earlier stand on ODP. Mr. Veronica said since it
is the voice of the people who voted the Panchayat members to power and as such
this Panchayat body is duty bound to
listen to the voice of the voters who are the supreme because these voters who
elected the Panchayat body to power. When
Panchayat refused to oblige, the call came from A.Veronica for Walk Out.
Earlier, Damiao, Mickey Fernandes, Roshan, Cheddo, Sachin Kurticar,
Regina, Fatima and others systematically
grilled the Sarpanch on his
non-fulfilled promises for which he was wavering in his vague answers. He got one dirty habit
to say yes for everything to kill that particular time and then forget the issue. People have realized that he cannot be trusted
any more. Hence, the WO staged by the people.
The Panchayat has as noticed by
the people, greatly goofed in inducting
into the minutes of the last Gramsabah Meeting one item which was not deliberated
only. This fraud on the part of
Panchayat was a dangerous trend and for this fraud, cheating and lying, all the
members of the ruling faction should he held responsible. I don’t know some of the Church goer and
recipient of holy communion Panchayat members how they dared to indulge in such cheatings. The local
Panchayat body members have created a fear complex into the minds of the locals
of harassing them for not following certain procedures in doing their jobs,
especially the illegal structures. The Harassment starts if any of the guilty villager
objects panchayat member for any wrong doing. This is the only thing they can
do otherwise they are cowards. This is
where our leaders are making a mistake, they catch their easy target first but
when they accept the bribe money in lakhs of rupees from the builders that time
it was not injustice? Otherwise, some of
our villagers after getting elected in the local Panchayat how they become lakpotis? Can our Sarpanch and his other colleagues disclose their source of income from the time
they first got elected? Can the “ded –
Xanno khapri” from our village declare
his source of income? In Goa some of the
bloody beggars when they started their political career they were acting like
slaves but once they get elected they acquire lot of wealth and from where this
wealth caming and how?
Secondly, I have seen wherever there is a leader in any locality from
outside Goa and settled down in Goa as a naturalised citizen of Goa, that particular
non-Goan outsider will never do justice for the cause for which he is appointed
or elected. In view of this, how a Ghanttee from Karnataka will do justice to
Goa and Goan causes? The so called our
leader the other day as I was told, threatened one local young man saying that “he
can use goondda force to finish him”, as if he is so omnipotent. In the light of this remark and threat, if
there is any untoward incident takes place for any of our activists, the first
person to be blamed will be the so called Karnataka Ghantee leader of our
village. It is surprising how our village that gave birth to such a mighty
world renown person Abade Faria gave birth to the cheat members of our
Panchayat. If they were not cheat then
they would not played dirty tricks in introducing in the minutes of the last
Gramsabah Meet one topic which was not approved
only.
Finally, to all my villagers, at this hour, you all should be bold and
courageus to defend your rights to protect your village in all respects. Do not trust Panchayat members especially the
ruling faction. They are volatile and changeable as they did when they jumped
from Agnel’s side to Lobo’s side. And
tomorrow if third person comes with a good offer they will join him discarding Lobo as well. A few of the current
members are so cunning that by enjoying the support from Tomazinho first and
later on of Agnel they discarded both of them till both were defeated for good. Now the third person for them to destroy will
be Lobo who is showing signs of falling down. Time alone will give te testimony
to what I what say.
My dear villagers, some of our local Panchayat members should be
stopped from acting like Maharajas, they are nothing minus their membership in
the Panchayat. One of them when he came from outside Goa he did not have even a
“zopottpotti’ to take shelter but now he thinks he is the owner of our village. Most of the members are suffering from their ancestral
hoi-polloi family inferiority complex, the artificial power they have acquired
has reached to their heads but they must know one thing that the current power
they have acquired is all temporary power which once ends “NOT EVEN A KUDDO MUS”
will look at them. Why the ‘Kuddo Mus
will look at them? What are they in
life? They are selfish interested in
doing good for them only. See the Marie Antoinette of our village who was
reigning our village how she acquired the land and erected her own trade/shopping
center to her house? I only hope somebody
will not teach her a lesson as it was taught to French Marie Antoinette.
A.Veronica Fernandes.
