Concerns raised as land expropriation bill reaches its final stages
VOC After several years of debates and public participation, the National Assembly has passed the Expropriation Bill. In a statement, Public Works minister Patricia de Lille says the bill seeks to replace the ‘unconstitutional Expropriation Act of 1975’. The first version of Bill was withdrawn in 2008 and re-tabled in 2015, only to be returned to national legislature in 2017 over an inadequate public participation process. In August 2018, the […]
