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Freedom fighters oppose honouring of Dr Coissora
HERALD NEWS DESK
PANJIM, DEC 29 - The veteran freedom fighters of Goa have expressed their
strong opposition to the honoring of Dr Naraina Coissaro in the Global Goans
convention, scheduled to be held in Goa on January 3, 2007.
In a memorandum submitted on behalf of the action committee of Goan Freedom
Fighter to Eduardo Faleiro commissioner NRI affairs, Goa the freedom
fighters Prabhakar Sinari, Flaviano Dias, Pandurang Kunkalienkar, Sudodh
Dhetye, Narsinva Panchwadkar and Nagesh karmali have started that Dr
Coissoro who always opposed Goa's liberation from Portuguese colonial rule
should not be honoured under any circumstances on the soil of free Goa.
It is also stated in the memorandum that Dr Coissoro was writing articles in
local Portuguese's dailies during 1956 to 1960 the last phase of Goa's
freedom struggle, condemning the liberation movement and also criticizing
the fighters who were working for the liberation.
In the recent past in the month of May 2004, when this Dr Coissoro was on a
visit to Goa had blamed Pandit Nehru for liberating Goa with the help of
military. Therefore freedom fighters have demanded to cancel the programme
of honoring Dr Coissoro immediately.
The copies of the memorandum also has been sent to governor and chief
minister of Goa.
