Georgetown: Guyana’s new APNU+AFC government is calling on citizens to desist in allocating themselves parcels of land on the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara most notably.
The new Government said it is disturbed at the recent reports of illegal and unauthorized grabbing of land in some communities.
“The coalition wishes to inform the public that President David Granger has not authorized any of these illegal activities”, a press statement noted.
According to the coalition government, persons could be “rest assured that all Guyanese will be given fair and equitable access to land under the new governments’ land distribution policy.”
Police and other lawful authorities have been instructed to maintain peace and good order in all locations where attempts have been made to stake illegal claims to land.
The land grabbing exercise started early on Saturday, just before the swearing in of President David Granger. It began at Enmore on the East Coast of Demerara on Saturday and by Sunday persons in Diamond and other villages along the East Bank of Demerara were “grabbing” land of their own.
On Sunday, some of the persons staking claims to land on the East Bank of Demerara claimed that they had been told to do so by senior officials of the former government.
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