AG Chambers’ public outreach and engagement

Dear Editor,
I was heartened when I saw in the media that the Attorney General’s Chambers was conducting an outreach in one of the outlying regions of Guyana. I immediately decided to publicize the need of the residents that live/own plots of land along the riverine area above Timehri.
Some of the villages now have very few inhabitants, because the older folks who were farmers have died or become senile and succeeding generations have migrated to the roadside villages and the urban areas. As such, the lands have remained untended, and unscrupulous people are doing illegal transactions to acquire the untended lands.
Many of those unscrupulous people knew the legal system, and dishonest lawyers and judges are always there for a price.
A few children of parents that had ownership of their plots were surprised that someone else had acquired ownership of their land.
They are being offered to sell their land as they were able to have their documents or transports in order.
Then there are a few cases wherein owners had to submit their transport to facilitate surveying the village. That was when my father was alive. He died in 1978, and none of the children was advised on how to retrieve that document; and no one in authority thought it wise to return those important documents. Attempts were made to address this matter, but the lawyers’ fees for simple consultation were always daunting.
A number of people have similar issues, in that they have no legal document through no fault of theirs. As such, they all gave up, not knowing what else to do and whom to see for help and advice. So, I decided to highlight these matters, and I am sure that people with varying land issues, paper issues, transport issues, and more would welcome meeting with the people from the AG’s Chambers.
I am hereby appealing on their and my own behalf for the intervention of the Attorney General. We would all look forward for a Public Outreach to help us deal with our issues. A likely venue can be anywhere around Timehri. We would also like for such a meeting to be adequately advertised.

Yours truly,
R Udho