PORTUGAL ALSO CHEATED GOANS.

Further to  my  artcle in this forum on 23^rd of this month on  “GOANS WERE CHEATED BY NEHRU”,  I  want to say now how Portugal  also cheated us, Goans.

Macao like Goa was a long time colony of Portugal but when the time came to surrender Macau to Communist China,  Portugal signed a treaty with China on 20^th December 1999 with regards to its colony Macau.  This Treaty consists of 17 Clauses that safeguards and respects the wishes and aspirations of the citizens of Macau.  Even as of today China does not claim to be a Democratic country yet the said Treaty is highly democratic, human and humane.   

It is ironic how Portugal applied one principle to Macao and one principle to Goa. How nice it would have been for Goa and Goans if similar principle was also applied to Goa when singing Treaty for Goa’s surrender? Portugal acted worst than Judas by betraying Goans.

This treacherous so-called Indo-Portuguese Treaty completed 41 harrowing years for Goans and for our homeland Goa, on 31^st December 2015.  It could not be otherwise since the so-called Treaty was a conspiracy against Goans and Goa hatched by the then Big Man of Portugal, Mario Soares and the government of India.  Besides, as Dr. Inocencio Galvao Teles – ex-Law Minister in Dr. Oliveira Salazar Government, wrote in the Weekly “Diabo” in 1990 that the “Indo-Portuguese Treaty is Invalid”.

i)       So, what is our status as a people before the Community of Nations that are signatories of the “Geneva Convention” and the “Charter of the  UNO”?

ii)         Also, since Portugal transferred its sovereignty over Goa to India only on 31^st December 1974,  what according to the community of Nations, is the status of all the laws, transactions etc. taken by the government of India with reference to Goans and Goa, 13 years – i.e. from 19^th December 1961, prior to this so called Treaty of 31^st December 1974?

“ISN’T LIBERATION A CRUEL JOKE WHEN GOA IS IN CHAINS?”

On 19^th December 2015, Goa completed 54 years of its conquest by India from Portugal. (Supreme Court of India – Monsg. S.F.X. Monteiro V/s State of Goa 26 March 1969).  This was followed as seen above, by the treacherous the so called Indo-Portuguese Treaty of 31^st December 1974.

As a direct result – with every passing day, it becomes glaringly clear that the sole objective of both the signatories of the so called Indo-Portuguese Treaty of 31^st December 1974 was to ensure their own individual and national interests. And in their scheme of things, Goa and Goans were chosen as their SACRIFICIAL LAMBS!  Very ironically but not surprisingly, both India and Portugal vociferously claim to be Democratic countries and both are signatories of the Charter of the UNO.

Also, with every passing day it becomes glaringly clear to those who are honest enough to see the continuous, wanton destruction of all that is Goa and Goans;  and to those who are enough to hear the agonizing silent cries of Goans whose pleas and protests are ignored, mocked at and bull-dozed by powers-that be.

i)       The scarce land of ours is grabbed by the land-sharks from across the borders and by the Armed Forces using their money, political and muscle power;

 

ii)                Our ancient Ghaunkari (Communidades) Institution zealously guarded by our ancestors and respected by the different Dynasties that ruled Goa over thousands of years as well  as by the Portuguese Government during its 451 years of rule, are now being systematically dismantled despite our written and verbal protests;

iii)             Our lives and limbs are in perpetual danger;

iv)             Our moveable and immoveable properties are robbed by those who descend even by vehicles from across our  borders and/or by taking advantage of our still – trusting nature;

v)      Our peaceful, happy, convivial relationships among all Goans regardless of our different religious affiliations are being poisoned with communal virus by Right – Wing Organisations at a dangerous alarming pace.

vi)             Anxiety and fear rules our hearts and minds;

vii)           The population of Goans that was about six (6) lakhs in 1961 is now well beyond fourteen (14) lakhs of which the population of Non-Goans is over 50% and literally growing daily in leaps and bounds;

viii)   Because we are peaceful, non-violent, civilized people, unable and unaccustomed to killing, burning, rioting, we feel alone and forsaken by the Community of Nations, despite undoubtedly being aware of the misery and injustice heaped on us. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.

GOANS WERE CHEATED BY NEHRU.

Somewhere in mid fifties, speaking in the Parliament, Premier Nehru said, “once Portuguese are ousted from Goa, Goans will be given a choice to decide their future but will not bring them under the Indian Union against their wishes”.  According to political observers a referendum should have been conducted on this issue but once grabbed, Nnowehru and his Congress Party forgot the assurance given to Goans. This is called cheating and India is well known in this art.

On 31^st December 1974, both the Foreign Ministers of Portugal and India namely Mario Soares and Y.B. Chawan respectively, signed a Treaty in Delhi officially surrendering Goa to India.  This Treaty comprised only 6 Clauses giving no benefits and privileges to Goans to protect their rights.

While the same India when it signed the similar  Treaty with France with regards to Pondicherry, on 28^teh May 1956, India incorporated in  this Treaty 31 Articles and 8 Articles of Protocol.  All these Articles are regarding the wishes, aspirations of and safeguards for the citizens of Pondicherry.  These Articles were arrived at after a couple of years of consultations with the representatives of the citizens of Pondicherry. 

Again our last aspiration to protect our Goanness was rejected when Special Status facility was denied to us by the BJP government by citing Constitutional hurdles when the same Constitution of the same India granted Special Status privileges to 11 States in India.

When Goa matters we are denied our rights and privileges but for others there is no problem.  Are we Goans second class citizens of India?  We are treated not as liberated but as conquered and precisely  because of this the Supreme Court of India in its verdict on Pe. Chico Monteiro’s case declared “Goa was conquered” on 19.12.61.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

 

VOTERS MUST INVOLVE IN SELECTING THE CANDIDATES.

Whichever party it may be, without consulting us, the voters,  no candidate will be accepted by us in our constituency.  This should be the trend followed in every constituency in Goa.  Our  political parties are treating us, the voters like “Ghantta Boil”  by taking us for granted.  Henceforth, this trend must come to an end.   The voters should be taken into confidence at the time of selecting the candidate for any constituency.

In my constituency news is trickling that one defeated candidate is already hunting for his party’s emissary from Delhi to purchase the election ticket for him because as per my information High Command Commanders are all out to make money by selling election tickets to the highest bidders.   In this way national parties are hoisting on us candidates of their choice whom this time if imposed on us, surely we must not vote for them.

Candidates selected without voters consent show scant respect for the constituents and filling thei pockets by accumulating wealth thru illicit means become their priority.  Most of the defeated candidates in the last election  were the culprits of this sin.

The first class looters, bribe takers and revengeful persons were some of the defeated candidates in the last election.  We don’t want such candidates again. This time we want to know from every candidate from every party the real source of his income and assets.  Total transparency of the assets and wealth is a must now.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.

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