The worst fears of the SEZ Virodhi Manch are confirmed with the Central Government intimating that it CANNOT denotify the 3 SEZ notified for Goa. The SVM has always doubted the sincerity of the Government regarding the scrapping of Special Economic Zones in Goa.
Five months after its public declaration to scrap the SEZs, the State Government has neither revoked the June 2006 SEZ Policy nor has it instituted CBI inquiry against the obvious fraud of the SEZs in Goa. The Goa Police is yet to register the FIR against the fraud by GIDC based on the complaint made on 22 October 2007. All this points to the obvious abetment of the crime.
The State Government is totally inactive in canceling the allotments made to SEZ companies by GIDC when there was no SEZ policy in the state. The said land must be returned to the original owners as the GIDC is seen to have abused its powers in allotting land for SEZ's and it indicates that GIDC does not need the said land for the Industrial Estate.
Right from the start, SVM has been demanding that the SEZ ACT be denotified as it goes against the basic principles of our Constitution. The SVM has also demanded the amendment of the Goa Industrial Act 1985 and deletion of the provisions taking powers of Panchayat in respect of industrial estates.
The SVM warns the Government to not indulge in acts of omission and commission with regards to the case of Goa against SEZs. The people of Goa have made it very clear that the SEZs will not be allowed to set foot on their motherland. After consulting all its constituents, the SVM will immediately announce its plan of resistance and agitation against the SEZs in Goa.
For SEZ Virodhi Manch
Charles Fernandes - Convenor
Amka naka SEZ, amka zai PEZ
(PEZ-Peoples Economic Zone)
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