On 8 May 2013 04:15, Eugene Correia wrote: a: Granted that Portugal still considers Goans born before 1961 as its citizens but, as JC mentioned in an earlier post, they need to "reaffirm" their citizenship. In other words, these Goans must reclaim their citizenship that they had legally LOST after India's gave a blanket citizenship to Goans.
b: In reality Goans who haven't reaffirm their Portuguese citizenship are "latent" citizens of that country. In order to get rid of this "latent" citizenship those Goans who don't WISH to have this label must renounce their citizenship. c: I thought that after the signing of the TREATY between India and Portugal whatever claims Portugal had over Goa and Goans became null and void. COMMENT: Preface: Most of Eugene's rather unwieldy most recent post on this topic has no relevance to the subject matter. Hence I will comment only on the points excerpted (by me) supra. re # a: Except, perhaps, in the lands of sand and plasticity, an individual cannot legally lose anything without his valid express consent and that too based solely on the actions of another. (also, please research what may make this consent 'invalid') re # b: Correct except for the qualifier "latent". In this case, the term has as much use as the qualifier "slightly" has in a pregnancy. One either is or is not. re # c: I recommend reading the treaty before developing an opinion about it. It is particularly wise not to assign or imply terms to a document which are not in a document. best jc PN: while I might claim some knowledge of law esp medical law, I claim no expertise in nationality / constitutional law.
