A Myanmar forum revealed that the
government wanted to review the 2012 Farmland Law as they found weak
points in some of the provisions.
“We are planning to review the law
during the workshop. Department of Settlements and Land Records is
currently handling the plan,” Thein Shwe, Collaboration Team for Land
Affairs Chairman, said during the national workshop on November 25.
The workshop was organised by the
Collaboration Team for Land Affairs, the Ministry of Environmental
Conservation and Forestry, as well as the National Economic and Social
Advisory Council in Nay Pyi Taw. Experts and officials from the
government departments and other NGOs as well as UN agencies
participated in the workshop.
“There are weak points in the law,”
Thein Shwe added. “The existing foreign investment law allows investors
to buy farmlands freely that may lead to land disputes. And currently, a
court cannot settle such land disputes; Land Administration Committee
settles it. That’s not fair enough.”
Thein Shwe’s team added that local residents should have their own rights to manage and use their farmlands.
source: Eleven Myanmar
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