On 26 March 2011 22:19, Vasant Baliga <[email protected]> forwarded:
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/149095/portugal-still-denial-over-goa.html Portugal still in denial over Goa - Devika Sequeira in Panaji Portugal should have shown better diplomatic judgment in officially honouring Goa's golden jubilee celebrations. Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva will be in East Timor later this year to attend the country’s independence celebrations. No such diplomatic gesture will be extended to Goa where celebrations have begun to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Goa’s accession into India in 1961. COMMENT: Interesting stuff, again, from Devika Sequeira. Perhaps, one day, we all might choose to sit and read the various Acts or Parliament, court cases, international treaties and legal meanings of the words we use, before we write. Then again, we might choose to wear the lapel of passionate prejudice on our forehead. Please vide http://www.colaco.net/1/TGFresponds2DevikaIdentityCrisis.htm wrt the above (fwd from Baliga) 1: "Accession into" in 1961? really? 2: On the one hand, Devika Sequeira states correctly, in the bogus-points-containing article, the Identity Crisis) that "Under Portugal's nationality law of 1975, those born in Goa, Daman and Diu before 1961 (...) and their descendants upto a third generation are still entitled to Portuguese citizenship". http://www.colaco.net/1/TGFresponds2DevikaIdentityCrisis.htm 3: On the other hand she expects Portugal to 'officially' recognise 1961. (Almost like saying that India must, officially or otherwise, recognise the Pak armed occupation of Kashmir....or Portugal to officially honour Indonesia's armed invasion of East Timor) 4: "True annexation by conquest and subjugation was complete on December 20, 1961. On March 27, 1962 by Act 1 of 1962 the Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) Act 1962 was enacted and was deemed to have come into force on December 20, 1961." (Francisco Monteiro v State of Goa: India Supreme Court Reports pp 87-102). Also, please vide http://www.colaco.net/1/chico.htm 5: BTW: There is NO formal treaty of accession. There however is 1974/1975 treaty signed by Yeshwantrao Chavan and Mario Soares. (This explains "the 1975" in the Portuguese Nationality Act). A copy of the treaty can be accessed at http://www.colaco.net/1/treaty.htm. 6: I invite you to read the TGF comment on the treaty. I also invite us to research if Devika ever corrected the errors in the "Identity Crisis" article. 7: Does anyone know IF Devika Sequeira supported the freedom struggle of the people of East Timor, and IF Goa/India sent a representative to the celebrations of East Timor's liberation in 2002 from Indonesian occupation? 8: Those who may not know, may wish to know that there is a difference between applications (for Portuguese nationality) from Goa-resident Goans and those from residents of the erstwhile Portuguese territories which were given Independence. Residents of these other countries (including Goans resident in those countries when independence was given to them) were given One Year from independence to reclaim/claim/reaffirm Portugal nationality. 9: The above is not to be in denial of the serious financial difficulties that Portugal is presently facing, OR the fact that fake-Goans have managed to obtain Portuguese nationality and gain access into Europe, AND that a number, albeit small, of Fake and Fraudulent Portuguese passports have been issued (the reason for the tightened protocol for the renewal of electronic passports, especially from consulates). 10: Finally, this constant refrain: Poorly qualified Goans who believe that a Portuguese passport is their ticket to prosperity, will be seriously disappointed. For while the Portuguese passport has opened doors (esp to the EU, and into many other countries which do not require EU nationals to possess visas to enter those countries), the most satisfied Goan with Portuguese nationality is likely to be one who obtains nationality for nationality's sake and not for the mercenary value. written at one go ...excuse any typos. jc
