By Special Correspondent.
On 27th of this month, the AGM of Gulf Goans Hotels Company (Hotel Goan Heritage – Calangute) is scheduled at Hotel Mandovi, Panjim. This company and its Hotel Goan Heritage is the brainchild of Kuwait Goans and it contained the blood and sweat of Kuwait Goans.
However, some people are trying to misuse the facilities offered to them by the company thereby trying to take personal advantage of the company for them by infiltrating into the Company Board when they don’t deserve a place into the Board. They don’t deserve a place into the Board because they are corrupt.
For example, two of the contestants for the coming Board election are Wilson Edmundo Rodrigues and Ramakant Loximan Verlekar. According to the available information both were considered as corrupt and as such they were thrown out from the Board in the last AGM. Mr. Rodrigues was deeply tainted in corruption when he was a leading man in duping the Kuwait Goan Evacuees Society in the aftermath of the invasion and liberation of Kuwait. He was one of the persons responsible as a member of KGES to collect funds from Kuwait Goan Evacuees. Up to now there is no accountability of this fund which according to one source was in lakhs of Rupees. Can any sensible shareholder rely on this corrupt man to do good for the Hotel Company?
The second man of questionable character is Verlekar who according to the available information was responsible to broker the deal to purchase the Orchard land at Dhargal possibly with the intention to corner a huge commission for him thru this deal. Purchasing of Orchard land is like dead investment which means a big loss for th company ultimately a great loss for the Shareholders. In this scam according to inside source he was ably supported by Mr. Rodrigues.
Hence, both Rodrigues and Verlekar should not be voted into the Board. Those Shareholders who submitted their proxies – votes – for these two persons must now review their decision and withdraw their proxies and instead support Mr. Ferdinand and Mr. Tiburcio (Jerry Cal) whose records are clean and both are beneficial for the development of the Hotel, both being uncorrupt.
Those who wish to support Rodrigues and Verlekar are going to make a big mistake because by doing so they will destroy their own Company. The affairs of the company will never be in the safer hands if these two corrupt shareholders are elected in the Board. All the Shareholders must take note of this caution especially Kuwait based Sam Alphonso who has highest stake. If he is really interested in the development and protection of this company, Mr. Alphonsoo will act rightly by giving his proxy to the uncorrupt candidate otherwise he will be treated as the promoter of corrupt candidates for the destruction of this company built by true and genuine Goans.