Bill Clinton of USA along with his vice Presidential candidate was contesting the election against the then President George Bush Sr. who was fresh from the victory in the Gulf war for the liberation of Kuwait. Clinton was the first Scholar President of US and less knowledgeable in the intricacies of the modern war while Bush was an Air Force Pilot besides expert in the foreign affairs. While campaigning for his re-election, Bush by ignoring certain decorum stooped so low that he even forgot the civilized manners and discipline normally associated in American electioneering and started using indecent words against his opponent. During one particular election speech he said referring to his Dog: “My Dog Milley got better knowledge of foreign affairs than both these bloody Bhozos”.
Though Clinton and his colleague were inexperienced but it was not right on the part of Bush to humiliate them thus though what he said was right because American administration cannot be entrusted into the hands of raw people. Why American only, even our Goan political administration we cannot entrust into the hands of raw kids in the Legislatures, some of whom on the strength of the surnames and care-of of their dead fathers are demanding election tickets for them while others are pushed forward by their coterie to get better benefits for them.
Without experiencing their grassroots level service for their parties and for the benefit of the society, how can we judge the potential of these raw candidates? Some of these “Kalche Porche Potte” who don’t know the real “abc” of State political administration they will not do anything good for the society. For such immature kids people must be careful because power in their hands they will surely misuse it to any extent. People must avoid giving power into their hands otherwise they will or at least most of them acting like “Lapitt” commit the acts of “Narvenkakrism” because their expertise in this field is the best.
I cannot understand what these kids and widows think of themselves the moment their fathers die and wives of those late husbands? They should not think we are a Monarchy or Sheikhdom, we have our separate system where every candidate must indicate his ability before going to the voters for the voters to get convinced that their candidates are capable to shoulder their responsibilities once they are elected. Winability thru public sympathy because of the dead fathers and husbands should not be the criteria otherwise our Legislature will be filled with these stupid unfit Legislators. In this way, will we build our nation and Goa?
A.Veronica Fernandes.