Vice-President urges speedy return of the land of farmers
Vice-President urges speedy return of the land of farmers
President Office, 07 Mar 2014
URL: http://www.president-office.gov.mm/en/?q=briefing-room/news/2014/03/10/id-3412
Vice-President U Nyan Tun has urged authorities to step up efforts to return land confiscated by the previous government to their rightful owners.
He has urged the authorities concerned to step up efforts to give back the land to farmers temporarily, firstly to those who can show documents that prove land ownership and help them getting legal certificates of landownership within a certain period of time in accordance with the rules and regulations.
In his speech at the meeting No 2/2014 of the central committee for land utilization on Friday, Vice-President U Nyan Tun has also given green light for local authorities to give land back to farmers who are not able to show documents of landownership if the dignitaries recommend that the farmers were previous owner of the land.
The Ministry of Defence has already handed over a total of 54,255 acres, and said it would return an additional 154,892 acres to the farmers Should any ownership disputes arise among farmers, the case should be settled in court, Vice-President U Nyan Tun said. He also called on transparency regarding the issue.
Vice-President U Nyan Tun has urged authorities to deal with the 3,387 complaints received from farmers who said their land has been confiscated. The complaints have been lodged with the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (the Union Parliament), with the number of cases reported to the central committee for land utilization, however, not known.
In accordance with its policy on settling land issues, the committee has also directed departments or organizations which took land to return it to the previous owners in accordance with existing rules and regulations.
He has urged the authorities concerned to step up efforts to give back the land to farmers temporarily, firstly to those who can show documents that prove land ownership and help them getting legal certificates of landownership within a certain period of time in accordance with the rules and regulations.
In his speech at the meeting No 2/2014 of the central committee for land utilization on Friday, Vice-President U Nyan Tun has also given green light for local authorities to give land back to farmers who are not able to show documents of landownership if the dignitaries recommend that the farmers were previous owner of the land.
The Ministry of Defence has already handed over a total of 54,255 acres, and said it would return an additional 154,892 acres to the farmers Should any ownership disputes arise among farmers, the case should be settled in court, Vice-President U Nyan Tun said. He also called on transparency regarding the issue.
Vice-President U Nyan Tun has urged authorities to deal with the 3,387 complaints received from farmers who said their land has been confiscated. The complaints have been lodged with the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (the Union Parliament), with the number of cases reported to the central committee for land utilization, however, not known.
In accordance with its policy on settling land issues, the committee has also directed departments or organizations which took land to return it to the previous owners in accordance with existing rules and regulations.