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Richard Naidu
28 July, 2021, 3:56 pm
Economy Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while delivering the 2021-2022 National
Budget last night. Picture: PARLIAMENT OF FIJI/SUPPLIED
Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has issued a very long, 30-paragraph defence of the iTaukei Land Trust (Amendment) Bill.
But I am not sure he has really got to the point.
The aim of the law change, he says, is to speed up the backlog of mortgage consent applications at the iTaukei Land Trust Board. Once this is done (he seems to suggest) investment will flow, and the value of iTaukei land leases will increase; and this will be great for landowners.
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The NGO Coalition on Human Rights (NGOCHR) demands
greater consultation and collaboration with all relevant
stakeholders regarding any proposed changes to law affecting
Fijians in their day to day lives; especially laws relating
to land dealings that have implications on how land tenure
is held, owned and leased by citizens of Fiji. It is
fundamental to keep within the principles of democracy even
during a pandemic.
The recent proposed changes to the
iTaukei Lands Trust Act and the State Lands Act (Bill No.
17), due to be deliberated upon in Parliament today, have
had no consultation with the majority of ordinary Fijians
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