{"id":162418,"date":"2022-11-16T10:57:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=162418"},"modified":"2022-11-16T10:57:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T14:57:29","slug":"government-mulls-filing-injunction-against-barbuda-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-mulls-filing-injunction-against-barbuda-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Mulls Filing Injunction Against Barbuda Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government says it will likely file an injunction this week which will put a stop to the Barbuda Council\u2019s move to issuing land certificates in violation of the Privy Council\u2019s recent ruling that all land on Barbuda is owned by the Crown.<\/p>

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Last week, the government issued a statement urging the Council to desist their illegal course of action.<\/p>\n

The Council was further cautioned that anyone involved in issuing land certificates for property in Barbuda could face legal action.<\/p>

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What happens next will depend on the outcome of a meeting that was scheduled for Monday night between the Council and the island\u2019s residents and whether they collectively heed the warning issued by the Attorney General and the Cabinet.<\/p>

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Attorney General Steadroy Benjamin said the Council\u2019s intended move would violate the Privy Council ruling which could result in legal consequences for the perpetrators.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to make martyrs of anyone but the Council\u2019s planned action flies in the face of the law.<\/p>

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\u201cIt was the Council that took the matter to the Privy Council in the first place and now that it has made its ruling they are the ones seeking to contravene its provisions,\u201d Benjamin explained.<\/p>\n

He said the government is prepared to allow those who wish to continue living on the land under the \u201cownership in common\u201d arrangement proposed by the Council will be allowed to do so, but those desirous of obtaining outright ownership will have the opportunity to do so.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Browne described the Council\u2019s actions as a \u201cknee-jerk\u201d attempt to make the land issue central to the next general elections.<\/p>

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\u201cHow can the Council issue land certificates when they don\u2019t own the lands? There is something fraudulent about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Trevor Walker is going down the wrong road. The land situation in Barbuda is a settled issue, the Privy Council has ruled, so how can the Council now say that it can issue land certificates when they never owned the lands?<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a situation where they are recklessly violating the laws of the land and I believe there should be personal implications for those who are involved in this process,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has backed up this position saying while his administration would rather not have anyone face criminal charges over their involvement in the proposed plan, the government is prepared to pursue whatever action is necessary if the law is broken.<\/p>\n

Browne urged the Council to abandon their plan to issue land certificates to Barbuda\u2019s.<\/p>\n

He also accused MP Walker and the Council of attempting to \u201ccreate confusion\u201d in Barbuda, particularly in light of the fact that the issue of land has for decades been intensely emotive.<\/p>\n

Taking aim at Barbuda\u2019s parliamentary representative, Browne asked, \u201cHow many elections do you intend to win based on scare-mongering over lands?\u201d -POINTE XPRESS<\/p>\n

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The government says it will likely file an injunction this week which will put a stop to the Barbuda Council\u2019s move to issuing land certificates in violation of the Privy Council\u2019s recent ruling that all land on Barbuda is owned by the Crown. 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