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Evicting The Poorest From Chetumal Street
posted (July 27, 2020)
Today's conversation with the Lands Commissioner allowed us the opportunity to ask about a series of enforcement notices that his office has sent against a group of squatters who have been occupying government land near the new Chetumal Boulevard in Gungulung.

These are persons who have already been given eviction notices because the Government wants to continue with its mega-development planned for that part of the City.

We understand that the squatters intend to stage a protest tomorrow against the enforcement orders, and so, we asked the Commissioner about the issue today. Here's what he told us:

Wilbert Vallejos - Lands Commissioner
"It's an enforcement notice that we issued to some squatters in what we call the Chetumal Street extension, the Boulevard. If you recall, that's an area that has been set aside - I don't know if you're aware - for government projects. In fact, this would not be the first time that the Government is dealing with squatters in that area, and every time there is a project or proposal for the Government to build something, they have to deal with squatters."

Reporter
"It seems as though some of these squatters may have found favor with Miss Dianne Finnegan, the standard-bearer for the UDP in Lake Independence."

Wilbert Vallejos
"Squatting is squatting. It's wrong here, and In China, everywhere. Squatting is wrong, and the department has a position when it comes to squatting."

You'll hear the response to that tomorrow.

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