Justino Veiga

Justino Tavares da Veiga is a São Tomé and Príncipean politician. He was Minister of Justice, Reform and the State, Public Administration, and Parliamentary Affairs in the XIII Constitutional Government of São Tomé and Príncipe, until he resigned on 4 January 2010 along with the Minister for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment Cristina Dias, after leaving the majority party Force for Change Democratic Movement – Liberal Party.[1][2]

In 2017, Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe Patrice Trovoada accused Veiga and two other former members of parliament of taking bribes in a case related to the sale of brewery Cervejeira Rosema to an Angolan company.[3][4][2]

References
  1. Abel Veiga (8 January 2010). "Justino Veiga e Cristina Dias entregaram pedido de demissão ao Primeiro-ministro". Téla Nón (in Portuguese). Retrieved 4 September 2016..
  2. Nón, Téla (5 December 2017). "Tribunal libertou Justino Veiga". Téla Nón.
  3. Medeiros, Oscar. "Há uma máfia instalada nos tribunais do país de São Tomé e Principe, diz Patrice Trovoada". VOA (in Portuguese). Voice of America. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. "Caso da cervejeira Rosema está transitado em julgado e arquivado – governo são-tomense". dn.pt (in Portuguese). Diario de Noticias. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
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