{"id":41242,"date":"2019-06-30T21:29:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=41242"},"modified":"2019-06-30T21:29:08","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T01:29:08","slug":"govt-points-to-enrichment-scheme-on-barbuda-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/govt-points-to-enrichment-scheme-on-barbuda-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t Points To Enrichment Scheme On Barbuda Council"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government is accusing the Barbuda Council of using the granting of leases as an enrichment scheme for some.<\/p>

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The state is on the view that the Barbuda Council has been leasing large acreages of land without the approval of the Cabinet or the Governor General as required by law.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that the leases are then being sold to private operators at significant amounts greater than the required lease-payment.<\/p>

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“In other words, there is evidently in operation an unlawful and unethical scheme by the Barbuda Council to enrich selected persons. While the leases are void ab initio\u00a0<\/i>(from the very start), the matter will likely come before the courts,” the Cabinet warned.<\/p>

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The Solicitor General appeared before the Cabinet upon invitation to address the issue of lands being leased in Barbuda and other concerns.<\/p>\n

“Buyers are warned, however, not to purchase leases from Barbudans who are purporting to have valid leases,” a brief statement from Cabinet said.<\/p>

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The government is accusing the Barbuda Council of using the granting of leases as an enrichment scheme for some. The state is on the view that the Barbuda Council has been leasing large acreages of land without the approval of the Cabinet or the Governor General as required by law. 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