Justino Veiga

Justino Tavares da Veiga is a São Tomé and Príncipean politician.

He was the Minister of Justice, Reform and Public Administration from 2003 to 2004, and from 2006 to 2008.[1] He was again 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.[2][3]

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.[4][5][3]

References

  1. ^ "O Ministério da Justiça". justicastp.gov.st.
  2. ^ 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..
  3. ^ a b Nón, Téla (5 December 2017). "Tribunal libertou Justino Veiga". Téla Nón.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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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