IN REPLY TO VERONICA'S ARTICLE.

Further to the article"LOOTERS OF KUWAIT EVACUEES MONEY" in this forum on 24th of this month written by A. Veronica Fernandes, I fully agree with his statements.. Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society has really collected money from Kuwait returnees with the false promise to take them back to Kuwait. I was a victim of their false promise and finally nothing came out.

 

Not a single Goan returned to Kuwait thru the efforts of Evacuees Society. So where the collected money gone?

 

Wilson Coelho and Wilson Rodrigues are the two main persons in this society. Hence they  have got responsibility to accept this blunder. They both are part of this robbery committed by and on behalf of Kuwait Evacuees Society.

They are both involved in Gulf Goans Hotels Company’s Board. It is a  risky thing to keep them in the board when their record is so bad.  Given a chance they will swallow the entire Hotel Heritage. Share holders must be careful of them..

Wilson Coelho was once castigated by one Goan lady publicly in Kuwait for demanding Sex from her daughter in exchange of the job. He is acting like Narvenkar by demanding sex for the favours done by him. It is a shame for Gulf Goans Hotels Co. to have such a sex maniac in its board.

NAME WITHELD ON REQUEST.

RTI REVEALS THAT CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST POLITICIANS WERE WITHDRAWN TO HAVE A ‘CONDUCIVE’ ATMOSPHERE

By Aires Rodrigues.

The Manohar Parrikar government decided to withdraw criminal cases pending against ruling party politicians to have a conducive atmosphere in the State. This has been revealed in information obtained from the Home department under the Right to Information Act.

The file notings reveal that at a meeting held on 15th May in the office of the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and attended by Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni, Law Secretary Pramod Kamat and Director of Prosecution Shobha Dhumaskar a discussion was held on various criminal cases pending against politicians in various Courts.

The same day a note was moved and Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni in his noting stated that a circular may be issued through the Director of Prosecution that the policy of the government is not to pursue criminal cases against politicians provided the cases are not of very heinous crimes like murder, rape, looting robbery or such serious offences.

The noting was approved by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on the same day while directing the Director of Prosecution to issue the circular directing the withdrawal of cases pending against politicians.

The Director of Prosecution Shobha Dhumaskar accordingly promptly issued a circular to all the Prosecutors and Assistant PublicProsecutors conveying the policy of the government to withdraw criminal cases against politicians provided they cases are not ofheinous nature such as murder, rape, looting, robbery or such seriousoffences. On receipt of the circular the Public Prosecutors and Assistant PublicProsecutors moved swiftly and withdrew the criminal cases pending invarious courts against various Ministers and MLAs including Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Mr. Rajendra Arlekar.

This high handed move of the government in withdrawing criminal casesagainst politicians is a blatant interference in the admistration of Justice. Nobody  can be above the law. Such a discriminatory move to help only  politicians escape from their alleged offences is impermissible in theeyes of Justice.

The decision taken by the government in the guise of having a conducive atmosphere in the State is ridiculous. One wonders why the government did not use the same yardstick and withdraw all criminal cases not pertaining to heinous crimes which are pending against the common citizens.

The extension in service and pay hike given to Director of Proscution Shobha Dhumaskar despite an F.I.R pending against her, was a planned move by the government to facilitate the withdrawal of cases against politicians.

LOOTERS OF KUWAIT EVACUEES MONEY.

It is 22 years now passed since the invasion of Kuwait yet some incidents occurred at that time among Kuwait Goans are very important for Goans to know who is good and who is bad so that corrective steps are taken to prevent recurrence of such incidents for the good of Kuwait Goans in particular and Goans in general.

While thru my initiative GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER was established, there was one more organization formed in Goa during the invasion of Kuwait. This was KUWAIT GOAN EVACUEES SOCIETY which was totally independent of GOA-KUWAIT SOLIDARITY CENTER whose activities were totally different from that of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society. This society after the liberation of Kuwait collected Rs. 50/- from each Goan to fill his/her form with an assurance to make arrangement for his/her returning back to Kuwait. Innumerable Kuwait Goan evacuees filled-up these forms by paying the indicated fees and thru this process this Society collected huge amount of money which finally gone where? Nobody knows. Up to now it is a mystery.

Two of the stalwarts of this Society were Alex Wilson Coelho and Wilson Rodrigues both from Curtorim. It was their responsibility to disclose how much money has been collected and where and how it was spent. They along with other members of this society are totally silent over this matter giving an impression that this society has looted this fund collected from Kuwait Goan Evacuees. In this case both Coelho and Rodrigues are part of the loot. Hence, it is dangerous to involve both these guys and other members of this society in any Goan organization where money matters are involved. Through this write-up I am alerting Goans to be careful of these persons. .

For the benefit of concerned Goans let me reiterate that I was not a member of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society nor in anyway I was associated with this Society. I bear no responsibility for any action of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society and nobody should hold me responsible for any action of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society either.

Immediately following the liberation of Kuwait a delegation of Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society including Alex Wilson Coelho went to New Delhi and besides others met with Kuwait’s Ambassador in Delhi. After returning back to Goa this delegation according to available information impressed upon Kuwait Goan Evacuees that they have a mandate to collect the forms from Kuwait Goan Evacuees desiring to return to Kuwait. For each of these forms as mentioned above Rs. 50/ was charged from every applicant. And finally what happened to these forms and a huge amount of money collected? Can Alex Wilson Coelho and Wilson Rodrigues and other members of KGES answer this question?

A. Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.