PEOPLES MANIFESTO FOR GOAN POLITICIANS

Some time back through my letter “Its now or never”, I suggested that people of Goa should have their own Manifesto to judge our future MP’s. Here is a short list for your kind consideration. 1. To give effect to the 73rd and 74th constitutional Amendments to devolve powers to the grass root bodies namely the Panchayats and the Municipalities. The major Political Parties which has ruled Goa since 1992 has no respect for the constitution of India and in the last 16 years miserably failed to bring in a legislation to implement this Constitutional obligations and fulfill the aspirations of the Goan people. Even the Congress Party failed to honor the commitment of its leader the late shri Rajiv Gandhi the architect of the Panchayati Raj Act.. The Electorate should question the Party and press for this Amendment before the voting. 2. Immediate withdrawal of the amendments to the Town and Country Planning Act., to respect the sanctity and powers of the Gram Sabha of the Village Panchayats and the Municipalities. If this is not done there is no meaning to the preparation of Regional Plan at the village Panchayat level. The RP-21 exercise would be an exercise in futility. With this amendments the Governments has taken away the rights of the gram Sabha’s to plan what it thinks right for them in their jurisdiction. 3 Immediate withdrawal of the Amendments to the Panchayat Raj Act to amend Sec. 47 meant to give more powers to the Panchayat Secretaries to execute the orders of the BDO, Director of Panchayats, Dy. Director of Panchayats and also introduction of Sec. 244C. These amendments are also targeted to take away the powers of the gram Sabha and allow our elected representative to fool us. 4. Immediate withdrawal of the ordinance passed by the Government to nullify the orders of the supreme court in the case of Cidade de Goa. If the political Parties has no respect for the Apex court of this country they should neither have the right to rule this state. Our rulers instead of protecting the houses of Am Admi on the coastal belt found it prudent to save the Cidade hotel first. The Cidade management has succeeded in shifting the goal posts to score the goal which they failed in the supreme court after 14 yrs of litigation through this illegal ordinance. This is a matter of disgrace and shame to all law abiding citizens of this country. 5. To immediately ban Mega housing Commercial Projects, SEZ’s and sale of Goan land to land sharks from outside state and grant special status for Goa on the lines of North Eastern states. Goa definitely deserves a special status as Goa was liberated in 1961 only after India was declared a Sovereign Republic and was not a part of the of India union. 6. To publish on the local dailies the income tax returns of the candidates for the past five years to establish their integrity and honesty. If citizens are duty bound to file Tax returns our Politicians cannot be above boardGoenkara, Are you listening? Irrespective of our political affiliations and personal considerations Let us all unite this time to vote for a candidate who will work to free Goa from corruption and the current mess, to save our beautiful Goa for our future Generations. - Its now or Never. Orlando S. A. Da Silva,Carmona.

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