In the death of our former Minister Dr Wilfred Mesquita last night we have lost a very gregarious, outspoken and a great Goan. The doctor turned politician was very knowledgeable and a person with whom you could have an enlightening interaction on any issue. As a politician he led a rather very simple, modest and humble life.
Dr Wilfred Mesquita belonged to a genre of politicians with qualities of head and heart who cannot survive in today’s politics. Today a politician has to be thick skinned and a hypocrite to the core. He has to be ready to bend and break all the rules to survive just as is being done by the current politicians in power. Politics today is no longer a mission, not even an honest profession. It has today been reduced to a scoundrel’s last resort. It has become a ruthless business, with morals and ethics twisted beyond recognition, thrown to the winds or long buried deep in the slush of ignorance and thuggery. I was privileged to have personally known Dr Wilfred Mesquita for almost five decades. He was always extremely outspoken and one who was known not to mince words in what he had to say and convey. A few of Dr Wilfred Mesquita’s tribe of politicians remain and will be remembered for the good they have done for Goa. About the rest and in particular the current bunch of politicians who have been leading and steering Goa down the gutters there will be no obituary to write. Posterity will never forgive them for their selfish role in the irreparable damage and destruction of what was once known as beautiful Goa, the Paradise of the East. Over the last few years a very angered Dr Wilfred Mesquita severed all ties with the BJP which he had joined in 2007 and must have been a very sad man to witness the rampant destruction and devastation of Goa. May your soul rest in peace, my dear friend. 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 www.airesrodrigues.com
