Parliamentarians on Tuesday accused the administration of the Sovereign Base Regions (SBA) of “a display screen of sovereignty” in not approving the issuing of title deeds to refugees residing in self-housing settlements.
The difficulty relates to refugees dwelling in these types of settlements in the villages of Dasaki and Trachoni.
Legislators spoke of an inexcusable delay in the SBA not giving the nod to title deeds, even in cases exactly where the applicants have absent by the right methods with the land registry and have all the paperwork in position.
Nicos Kettiros, chair of the Household refugees committee, stated that for the two villages in question the land registry has concluded the title deed processes as much back as 2018.
But the new administration of the SBA, with no any authorized justification, is not consenting to rubberstamping the title deeds – a departure from previous apply.
“In our see, the circumstance is unacceptable,” explained Kettiros. “The land registry has proficiently frozen the procedure of title deeds in the two communities due to this state of affairs, and the issue grows with time.
“Through the information and facts specified to us by the land registry, it is distinct that the political administrator of the [British] bases is building a display of sovereignty, as he did a handful of months back when he forbade [football club] Omonia from employing the sports field in [Dasaki] Achna.”
It emerged that title deeds are becoming held up in 387 scenarios.
Edek MP Costis Efstathiou stated the SBA authorities are now making use of the expression ‘Crown Land’ when referring to the land inside the bases.
“If this is the plan of the English, if this is their situation, you have an understanding of that it raises a significant challenge of sovereignty, and the Cypriot parliament and authorities must respond,” he advised reporters.
An formal with the Section of Lands and Surveys advised the committee that the created consent of the SBA governor is needed for the title deeds procedure to go ahead.
This made use of to materialize up until eventually 2017. From 2018 onward, following the adjust in administration, the governor does not give his consent.
The committee will revisit the make any difference, and will be summoning the ministers of international affairs and the inside, as nicely as the attorney-standard.
