OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR NRI AFFAIRS
(Cabinet Minister Rank)
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
December 27, 2006
Dear Sir,
We had seen an item on your mail of December 23 re. Justice Wolfango
Dourado. We took up the matter with the Consul General of India in
Zanzibar. His reply to Hon. Commissioner for NRI Affairs Mr. Eduardo
Faleiro is enclosed and you may like to publish it in Goanet.
With regards and compliments of the Season
(Dipti Verlekar)
Secretary
To,
The Editor
Goanet
Email: [email protected]
From: "Consul General of India,Zanzibar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Eduardo Faleiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Clarifications reg Justice Dourado for Global Goan Award
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 17:23:07 IST
Dear Sir,
I have just seen your mail of 23rd Dec (delay due to the intervening
Christmas holidays) and hasten to clarify as under:
Justice Wolfango Joseph Dourado was indeed the Attorney General of Zanzibar,
a semi-autonomous constituent unit of the United Republic of Tanzania, as
may be seen from para 3 of my letter dated 23rd November 2006 and the
Curriculum Vitae of Justice Dourado enclosed thereto. He was appointed a
Judge of the High Court in 1990 and has been the Dy. Chief Justice of the
High Court (the highest court of appeal in Zanzibar) since 1996.
It is not true that he was the only lawyer in Zanzibar at any point of time.
While it is true that he led the prosecution (in his capacity as the
Attorney General) in the first treason case (1973) in the wake of the
assassination of the first President of Zanzibar (Abeid Amani Karume), it is
not true that he also acted as the defence counsel in the same case.
The phrase "coup plotters" used by Mr. Mervyn Lobo, is more relevant to the
second case of treason, prosecution for which was launched in January 2000,
when Justice Dourado was already a Judge of the High Court. The judgment in
that case, delivered by Justice Tumaka, the then Deputy Chief Justice of the
High Court, was reversed by the Court of Appeal on the mainland (the apex
court for the United Republic of Tanzania) on the ground that no charge of
treason could be brought against the accused persons arraigned before the
High Court for having plotted to overthrow the President of Zanzibar, since
Zanzibar lacked full attributes of sovereignty-essential to sustain such a
charge.
I do sincerely hope that the above clarification will correct the
inaccuracies in the tidbits posted by Mr. Mervyn Lobo, claiming to be a
relative of Justice Dourado, on the Goanet. I will be glad to provide any
further clarifications you may require. With Best wishes to you and your
family for a very Happy and Prosperous New Year...May the New Year begin
with a very successful 4th Edition of the Global Goan Convention under your
able charge.
Yours sincerely,
(N. Balasubramaniyan)
Consul General of India
Zanzibar
Mr. Eduardo Faleiro
Commissioner for NRI Affairs
Government of Goa
PANAJI
----- Original Message -----
From: Eduardo Faleiro
To: cg_india
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:35 PM
Subject: Important
EDUARDO FALEIRO
COMMISSIONER FOR NRI AFFAIRS
(Cabinet Minister Rank)
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
December 23, 2006
Dear Consul General,
The item below was placed in Goanet by one Mervyn Lobo who claims to be
related to Justice Dourado. I shall be grateful for a clarification at your
earliest convenience so that we place the correct facts and stop any slander
well in time.
With my thanks for your valuable cooperation and best wishes for the New
Year to you and your family.
Regards
EDUARDO FALEIRO
N.Balasubramaniyan
Consul General
Consulate General of India
8, Migombani, P.O.Box 871,
Zanzibar (Tanzania)
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:27:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Eight NRGs to be honoured at Global Goans
Convention
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!"
<[email protected]>
"Frederick \"FN\" Noronha"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.navhindtimes.com/articles.php?Story_ID=12213
Eight NRGs to be honoured at Global Goans Convention
NT Staff Reporter
Panaji, Dec 20: Eight eminent Non-Resident Goans and
persons of Goan origin will be bestowed with the
Global Goans Achievement Award at the 4th edition
of the Global Goans Convention, to be held from
January 3 to January 5, 2007.
Mr Justice Wolfango Dourado, former Attorney General
of Tanzania and Chief Justice of the High Court of >
Zanzibar;
Folks,
To be accurate here, Wolfango Dourado never was the
Attorney General of Tanzania. He was the Attorney
General of Zanzibar.
At one point he was the only lawyer in Zanzibar.
Another interesting tidbit is that he once had to try
"coup plotters." Since there were no lawyers to defend
the accused, Dourado acted as attorney for both the
prosecutors and the defendants.
Mervyn3.0
PS. He is related by marriage.
