Goa, Aug. 13 -- JOSE MARIA MIRANDA

Within six months or little more, Goa will go to the polls to elect a new Legislative Assem bly. As responsible citizens, deeply concerned about the future of our Goa, we ought to ensure that we elect repre sentatives who will look after and protect our State and its inhabitants. However, every time elec tions approach, we seem to tally unprepared to face the electorate, though we are ever keen and, in fact, determined to ensure change, as the pres ent government, far from ful filling our aspirations, has of ten and regularly been acting against our interests. Seeing the Opposition's un preparedness, elections may even be called earlier. We are generally blamed for electing the wrong peo ple.

However, ...