Dear Jose, Thanks for your comments. They are much appreciated in trying to understand the people involved in this topic. I apologise if I have upset the people involved.
Regards, Gabriel. PS Your understanding re bye-election appears to be correct. ----- Original Message ---- > From: "J. Colaco < jc>" <[email protected]> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, 25 October, 2010 2:46:02 AM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Interview of Edila wife of Pundalik Gaitonde > > > 1: I enjoyed reading Selma's account of her meeting with Mrs. > Gaitonde. We have to accept Mrs. Gaitonde's version of events ...as > her version. It is likely to contain some truth (as she knows it) and > some revision with the passiage of time. Then again, she is 'talking' > about her late husband. > > 2: Two questions obviously stand out: (a) when the court in Portugal > tried Gaitonde for 'anti-State' activities, why did it give him an > option of 'house-arrest'? (b) why did Gaitonde leave Goa after the > Mapuca meeting which gave Bandodkar leadership of the MGP? (My > understanding is that Bandodkar came in by way of a specially > engineered bye-election after the MGP won). >
