20 DEC 2007 - www.fijilive.com
There needs to be more dialogue between landowners and tenants to address the issue of land problems, says the Citizens Constitutional Forum.
Responding to recent reports that tenants homes were being demolished without their knowledge in Davuilevu, CCF chief executive Rev Akuila Yabaki said landowners are not respecting their own lease terms and conditions.
“It is alarming that landowners are demolishing buildings of tenants and forcing them to move out without notice.
“It shows that the NLTB has been unable to find an acceptable solution to the land problem in Fiji. It also shows that politicians and former Prime Ministers and governments have been unable to find an acceptable solution,” Yabaki said.
Yabaki said it is the responsibility of Government and landowners to make available a reasonable amount of land, that can be used by those that don’t own any land.
“The Great Council of Chiefs and the Methodist Church have failed in their duties to create an understanding about the national importance of making adequate land available for use by landless people.”
Fijilive
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