The Supreme Court of India earlier this week on March 30th dismissed the appeal filed by Goa’s flamboyant Rural Development Minister Francisco Xavier Pacheco alias Mickky Pacheco
The Supreme Court upheld the 17th July 2014 order of the Bombay High Court at Goa which had directed Mickky Pacheco to surrender and undergo six months imprisonment and pay a fine of Rs 1,500/- for having on 15th July 2006 assaulted a Electricity department Junior Engineer Kapil Natekar. Though it is over four days since the Supreme Court verdict, Mickky Pacheco has not yet surrendered himself to undergo that sentence of six months in jail. Mickky Pacheco infact yesterday falsely stated that he had filed a review petition against the Supreme Court order. However officials in the Supreme Court have confirmed that no such review petition has been filed. The habitual law breaker Mickky Pacheco should have abstained from lying at least during this Holy Week. It is however appalling that Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has shown utter disrespect to the Supreme Court order by not dropping Mickky Pacheco from the cabinet. , In 2008 the BJP had vociferously demanded the resignation of then Finance Minister Dayanand Narvekar after he was merely charge sheeted by the police. Now in clear double standards the saffron party is allowing Mickky Pacheco to continue as a Minister despite his conviction being upheld by the highest Court of the country. Infact the very induction of the convicted Mickky Pacheco into the cabinet and the party hobnobbing with tainted MLAs Mauvin Godinho and Atanasio Monserrate only exposes the political hypocrisy of the BJP. Minister Mickky Pacheco has a very voluminous track record of having assaulted one too many. The long arm of the law has finally caught up with this disorderly Minister. The only option now for Mickky Pacheco is to surrender and cool his high heels for six months seeking repentance for all those wrongdoings. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: [email protected] Or [email protected] You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
