Today, GWS is organising a Thanksgiving Mass in Kuwait City at Holy Family Cathedral as per the announcement in this forum. While attendending the Mass, I request the faithfuls to pray for the security of the huge fund kept separately in the personal account of three members, as per the information. It is very risky to keep such a big fund in the personal account of the members, whoever they may be. It is not correct on the part of the educated members to allow such mistakes in their organisation. Educated members if they are really educated in the real sense of education will not allow society’s fund to be in the personal account of individuals. By the way, is constitution allows such happenings? If not, how it is allowed to happen and under what clause of the constitution? Educated members are responsible to justify this act.
When adoring St. Francis Xavier, we must follow the principles and teachings of St. Francis Xavier who has not done such mistakes and who will never accept such irregularities and on top of it to commit such mistakes is against His doctrine. Discarding the teachings of St. Francis Xavier and also adoring Him is like making mockery of this great Saint.
GWS is a Goan society and just because I am not an active member of this association does not mean that I have no right to voice my opinion. Nobody can stop me from voicing my opinion especially a person who is full of disgrace in the community. I cannot be a silent spectator to the thievery and chicanery happening in my community below my eyes. I was the founder member of GWS and at the time of its restarting after the liberation of Kuwait, like me many were not even informed and without our participation GWS was restarted. I have all the rights to be concerned of what is happening to the funds of GWS as I was also instrumental in the beginning to help accumulate this fund.
GWS is not a private company to close its door to fresh members. It is a community association as such its door should be kept open for any new entrant Goan. It was formed to help the needy Gons and for this reason it was named as “WELFARE”. Educated members must show their educational caliber now by opposing the injustice going on there, otherwise to hell with their education and degrees and degrees. In order to eradicate the voice of opposition, some founder members were not informed at the time of restarting of the Society. Adoring Goemcho Saib, offering Thanksgiving Mass for Him and closing the door of GWS to new entrant Goans is insulting Goemcho Saib who has done so much for Goa and Goan causes. The money belonging to the organization – as per the doctrine of Goemcho Saib must go to the account of the organization however small or big that amount may be; either 30 thousand KD or 3 thousand KD or documents. Give unto God what belongs to God and to Caesar what belongs to him. With holding money or any other asset from any organization is like a robbery, such robberies are against the principles of St. Francis Xavier and of Christianity.
GWS was initiated by Vincente D’Souza and I supported him in this venture but the very person who was opposing Vincente D’Souza in the formation of this organisation is acting like a lord now. He should be thankful to Vincente D’Souza. When Kuwait Goan Association was in full swing this very person was calling Vincente D’Souza a “Chor” but now he himself is turning out to be a BIG “CHOR”. It is surprising how all others are giving allegiance to him and thereby becoming partners in the crime. Are there no upright brains in the community to fight injustice? Where are the Goans boasting of their big - big educational and professional degrees gone now? Where are the Goans who are boasting of their big posts with big salaries gone now? Why they are silent now?
My concern for this fund is this, that is, it should not happen to what has already happened to Kuwait Goans Evacuees Society’s funds in Goa. Money in lakhs of rupees was collected from Kuwait Goan Evacuees in Goa after the liberation of Kuwait to fill the forms to take them back to Kuwait. (This was done in the name of His Excellency when traitors went to Delhi to gain cheap prominence). After this none from those who filled these forms were sent to Kuwait and till today the huge fund in such a manner collected nobody knows where it was gone. But according to information available at that time, the entire fund was spent to print Election Posters of Eduardo Faleiro. There is a saying in Konkani “FULU FUSTAR FOZNE MARLE” or "MEZAVOILEM KELLEM KADDUN SAGUAD ZODDLI". As a gratitude, did Eduardo Faleiro doled one of the NRI awards to one Chor who was involved in misusing the funds of Kuwait Goan Evacuees? When any fund is entrusted with such a person, there is a possibility for such funds to disappear. Hence, it is imperative to pray for the protection of Kuwait funds otherwise it may disappear the way Kuwait Goan Evacuees fund has disappeared without anybody’s knowledge. Every member of Goan community is bound to protect this Kuwait fund, whether he/she is a member of the Society or not. We want to stop irregularities in our midst.
Many people are asking me to send my writings on this topic to Indian Ambassador. Those who are advising me they themselves can do it. Otherwise, give the email address of the Ambassador I will publish it in this forum for any person to do the needful. Let Ambassador know for sure what type of person is holding the reins of our community and let His Excellency judge our leaders.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
