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Barbuda MP Trevor Walker has joined Barbudans living in England to protest changes to the Barbuda Land Act.<\/p>

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The Act has already been amended to change the communal land ownership system on the sister isle and introduce title deeds for a token sum.<\/p>\n

With placards in hand, about two dozen Barbudans gathered in London outside the venue for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit.<\/p>

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They chanted “Barbuda for Barbudans no title deed” and “Barbuda land is not for sale we shall not be moved.”<\/p>

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Ahead of their protest, the Cabinet issued a release indicating the date that the Barbuda Land Act will be repealed.<\/p>\n

Parliament will convene on Tuesday, 24 April and\u00a0“the repeal of the organic Barbuda Land (Amendment) Act 2007 will be among the first actions of the Parliament.”<\/p>

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“Leave us alone with our lands,” one protester said while another shouted, “Gaston Browne you are not a Barbudan.”<\/p>\n

During the Throne Speech on March 13, 2018, the government made several promises to undertake infrastructural development there.<\/p>

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The Cabinet said that Government intends to bring Barbuda into the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century by pursuing development on Barbuda.<\/p>

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A runway, airport terminal, hangars and roadways leading to and from the new terminal site are to be constructed at a cost exceeding EC$100 million dollars.<\/p>\n

A new road leading to River, on Barbuda\u2019s south shore, has already been built at a cost of $10 million dollars.<\/p>\n

New power plants from green energy sources are also to be constructed on Barbuda. Several new hotels are to be constructed exceeding US$500 million dollars.<\/p>\n

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Walker said Barbudans have not been consulted on the proposed changes in Barbuda and the government has not done a good job at rebuilding the island after the devastation of Hurricane Irma.<\/p>\n

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