~ Head of Inspections of VROMI received the third parcel of leased land before the draft policy.~
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VROMI Egbert Jurendy Doran said in response to questions about the government lease land that was given to the head of the Inspections of VROMI in Fort Willem in August 2021 that there are several persons that have multiple pieces of land and that the civil servant is not the only one.
SMN News asked the Minister if the draft policy he is working on after a motion was passed in parliament for him to submit a policy to parliament to regulate the issuance of government lease land states that if a person has property in their name, then they will not qualify for government land. In the case of the civil servant, he has 3 parcels of government lease land, the last was issued to him and his brother for agricultural purposes.
The Minister said that indeed the draft policy states that if someone has property then they would not qualify for government lease land, he said that the head of the policies department is busy with the final tweaks. The Minister further explained that he appeared in parliament twice to discuss this policy which was also sent to the integrity chamber for advice.
Minister Doran said that when the tweaks are completed, and the policy is finalized he intends to send it to the Council of Advice for further advice in order to ensure that all checks and balances were conducted.
With regards to the leased land given to the head of inspections (VROMI), the Minister said that there are a lot of individuals that have multiple parcels of government lease land, and he didn’t like the way the question was formulated as if it was an isolated case.
The Minister said while the policy is not yet in effect, he is living up to the contents of the policy and that the land that was given out to the head of inspections was done prior to the draft policy being put in place.
