It is not only the land of the Communidade is on sale and dole but as per the latest trend, it looks the entire Communidade system is on sale. According to the recent Press Release issued by Michael Lobo, Government has acquired about 15 lakhs square metres of Comunidade land from Candolim and Calangute. Without any opposition did the share holders of Candolim and Calangute Communidades surrender to this land acquisition by Michael Lobo and the Government? By surrendering this land to the Government the shareholders of both the Communidades gave an impression that they are also in partnership with Michael Lobo/Government interested in introducing the PDA and ODP. By the way, were there resolutions passed in both the Communidades to sell or to dole so much of land to the Government? Some of the share holders in both the Communidades are very close to Michael Lobo and to please him are they ready to finish the Communidade land?
It seems Michael Lobo is interested in developing Candolim and Calangute but why not other villages also like Parra, Nagoa and Arpora? By concentrating on Candolim and Calangute is Michael Lobo giving step motherly treatment to the other villages in his Constituency? Or Michael Lobo finds Candolim and Calangute Communidades as Gold Mines after stopping mining in Goa? What are the projects Michael Lobo wants to develop in Candolim and Calangute? Did he declare openly these projects to the citizens of these two villages? Is Michael Lobo the owner of both these villages just because he is an MLA of this area? Will his MLAship not come to an end? His MLAship is purely a temporary phase and this must not be forgotten by all who are closely associated with him. Can both the Attorneys of Candolim and Calangute throw some more light on this?
As it is, I find it very disgusting to see how systematically in an organized manner In Nagoa and Parra the Communidade land has been usurped by the interested persons and built Shopping Centres and Housing Complexes which are lent to the outsiders. This is a daylight robbery of Communidade land by those who are close to the government machinery. In this way we will get the influx of non-Goans who will one day overpower us. And to facilitate them to gain upper hand in Goa our MLA has already indicated his decision. It is time now for those who were associating with him to get him elected in the last election to express their views on this. We cannot rely to protect Goa and Goans on those who are flirting with non-genuine Goans whose interest on Goa is only commercial.
A.Veronica Frnandes.
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