VICE PRESIDENT U Henry Van Thio, Chairman of the Central
Committee for Scrutinizing Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands addressed the
7th coordination meeting 1/2019 of the Central Committee for Scrutinizing
Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands held at the Ministry of Agriculture,
Livestock and Irrigation meeting hall in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.
The Vice President said the meeting was the central committee’s
seventh coordination meeting. Arrangements were made so that the central
committee’s 52 agenda policies were known widely and followed down to the grass
roots level while much emphasis was placed towards requirements and suggestions
made by the people and farmers whose lands were confiscated during the visits
of the leaders and the central committee.
The country was an agriculture based country and farmers played
a vital role in the agriculture sector of the country. The meeting was called
to inform about notification 21/2019 dated 5 February 2019 from the Office of
the President on reorganizing the central committee so that resolving of land
matters that reflect on the image of the country could be conducted with
increasing momentum. Monthly reports on the status of returning confiscated
farmlands and other lands were submitted to the country’s leaders. The
President had commented on a report of works conducted until end December 2018
and the Central Committee needed to take the comment as a guideline and conduct
works according to 52 agenda policies.
All levels of the committees for scrutinizing confiscated
farmlands and other lands were to effectively handle complaints on land matters
according to the policies and work processes. Some states and regions did not
follow the central committee’s policy and work processes and inadequate records
were submitted resulting in the central committee returning the file back for
re-assessing. At the moment ministerial departments were releasing lands that
were not required or used and the aim was to return it back to the former
owners or to reassign it to other ministerial departments that needed it.
Therefore, ministerial departments receiving such lands were to conduct the
land transfer matter until completion.
Excess and unused lands returned as state-own lands are to be
used for the benefit of the people and if not used, to be kept on record and
maintained. Some lands released by the ministerial departments were not
received by the former owner due to some delays or it was not clear who the
former owner was. In such cases, committee chairmen were to conduct field
visits with officials so that there was no discrepancy between the assessment
at the grass roots level and the situation on the ground.
7,119 complaints had been received by the Central Committee and
only 3,168 were resolved. More emphasis must be placed toward resolving the
remaining 3,951 complaints.
Discussions were to be made on the latest situation of resolving
complaints directly made to Nay Pyi Taw, State and Region Committee for
Scrutinizing Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands and the latest situation of
works conducted by Nay Pyi Taw, State and Region on findings and reports of
complaints received by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Enquiry Commission on Scrutinizing
Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands formed during the last Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
term.
Information to the public need to be released on separate
meetings that were held between representatives of State and Region and
ministerial departments to resolve land matters submitted by State and Region
governments. This was the seventh central level meeting to coordinate on the strengths
and weaknesses of the central committee and committees at all levels and States
and Regions were to conduct such monthly meetings without fail, said the Vice
President.
Meetings of all levels of committees were to follow the
instruction and guidance of the country’s policy given by the country’s leaders
during their visits and the decision, policies and guidelines of the central
committee. Only then would the reliance and trust of people and farmers whose
land were confiscated be obtained.
Committees were to open separate committee offices down to the
grass roots level, assign sufficient personnel and committee members and raise
their work capacities through courses and workshops. Central Committee members
were to discuss and suggest openly on the difficulties faced at the ground
level and the matter of support provided by the Central Committee, said the
Vice President.
Next Central Committee Secretary Deputy Minister for Office of
the Union Government U Tin Myint explained about reorganizing the Central
Committee, conducted, ongoing and future work plans of the Central Committee.
Afterwards Central Committee Joint Secretary Settlement and Land
Record Department, Director General U Thet Naing Oo explained about works
conducted by the Central Committee and re-assessment works conducted on
confiscated farmland and other lands.
Nay Pyi Taw Council, State and Region Committee for Scrutinizing
Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands chairmen Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman,
State and Region Chief Ministers then explained about scrutinizing confiscated
farmlands and other lands.
Union Minister U Min Thu, Dr. Aung Thu and U Ohn Win and Union
Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo also joined in the discussion.
The Chairman of the Central Committee for Scrutinizing
Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands then gave comments and advice to ensure
coordination based on the explanations and discussions.
The following officials attended the meeting: Union Ministers
Lt-Gen Sein Win, U Min Thu, Dr. Aung Thu, U Ohn Win, U Khin Maung Cho and U Han
Zaw, Union Attorney General U Tun Tun Oo, Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman,
states/regions Chief Ministers, central committee secretary, joint secretary,
State/ Region Committee for Scrutinizing Confiscated Farmlands and Other Lands secretaries
and officials.
MNA
(Translated by Zaw Min)
PHOTO: MNA
Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar
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