PANJIM: Former Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes on Tuesday wrote to the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao to unanimously pass a resolution in the ongoing Assembly session, condemning the macabre performance depicting the last supper featured during opening ceremony of Paris Olympics 2024, thereby mocking and humiliating the Christian faith and affecting Christians all over the world.
In letters addressed to both Sawant and Yuri, Fernandes said, “The Last Supper is fundamental and sacred to the Christian faith, where we believe the bread and wine are turned into the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ. An insult to any religious belief, be it Christian, Hindu, Muslim or others, has to be condemned unequivocally by one and all.”
“This is not freedom of speech. You are inciting the people. The apology given by Paris Olympics organisers was ridiculous. Nobody has the right to insult any religion. It was not to unite the people,” he said, adding that humiliation of any religion had to stop.
“Therefore, on behalf of the people of Goa, a peace loving State which exhibits exemplary communal harmony, I urge you to pass a resolution in the Assembly condemning the insensitive display that has hurt Christians all over the world,” Fernandes said.
The former MLA further said that he will also send email messages to Goa MPs requesting them to raise this matter in Parliament.