panaji a duo from mumbai are aiming to offer an alternative to corrupt politicians in the upcoming goa assembly elections mumbai municipal corporator adolf dsouza and metrobased solicitor david agnelo joseph are aiming to replicate the successful model of selecting and electing citizens consensus candidate ccc the ccc was adopted in mumbai for its 2007 municipal polls and dsouza is the first ccc to be elected in goa the duo plan to kick off goenchi lok shakti goan peoples power as part of a drive against corrupt practices during elections their slogan is mhojem goem amcho sarkar my goa our government in mumbai the duo have 10 ccc members in their plan to field 100 candidates for the upcoming municipal elections on february 12 goa has a bigger potential to join in the revolution because of its strong peoples movement says joseph he and dsouza plan to involve most ngos in goa in their effort to motivate citizens to select candidates with a record of public service and integrity these candidates will be from the grassroots level upwards and will be propped up as ccc candidates the duo say we will enlist the help of many ngos in goa and also 263 goan clubs in mumbai with whom we have a rapport joseph explains the duo plan to contact the families in goa of members of the goan clubs we are thinking of initiating our plan of action first in vasco town joseph says a public meeting will be held in the port town to explain the objectives of the campaign the need of the hour is good governance if we are to fight corruption in every state it is only a movement like ccc that can bring about change in reforms and establish good governance joesph told toi on friday from mumbai the duo point out that there is nothing like a good or bad political party its become vote bank and personal note bank politics party interests precede national and public interests in fact public service has become secondary for selfserving politicians while their sole purpose is to get elected and to remain in power to amass wealth dsouza says the duo have evolved a standard procedure to select the consensus candidate it also includes the peoples right to recall ineffective candidates dsouza says they twomember team hopes to provide an alternative to the political party system of governance in goa and other states the nations war against corruption has begun corruption is a cancer that we need to get rid of and this can only start with ridding our states of corrupt politicians signs off josephgoa assembly elections 2012elections 2012 news