{"id":26678,"date":"2025-02-20T21:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26678"},"modified":"2025-02-20T21:30:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T21:30:03","slug":"attorney-general-defends-legality-of-land-sales-amid-corruption-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/attorney-general-defends-legality-of-land-sales-amid-corruption-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Defends Legality of Land Sales Amid Corruption Allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Celestine Chacon | February 5, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has addressed recent claims regarding illegal land sales under the current government, denying any involvement in corrupt practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Nandlall emphasized that land sale procedures under the People&#8217;s Progressive Party\/Civic (PPP\/C) administration are conducted legally and follow strict protocols set by the Central Housing and Planning Authority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The process involves evaluating proposals from potential investors based on factors such as investment size, capital, and the long-term benefits to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General explained that for a proposal to be accepted, it must meet all necessary requirements, including the demonstration of sufficient capital to develop the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once the relevant agencies are satisfied with the criteria, the proposals are submitted to the Cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nandlall also provided an example of unlawful land sales under the previous Coalition government. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He referred to the allocation of 900 acres of land at Ogle during the no-confidence motion and the period leading up to the 2020 elections, when the government was functioning in a caretaker role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The land, sold for significantly lower prices, had not met the terms stipulated in the agreements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Attorney General reiterated that the current administration is committed to addressing and, where necessary, reversing such transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Celestine Chacon | February 5, 2025 Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has addressed recent claims regarding illegal land sales under the current government, denying any&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26679,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26678\/revisions\/26679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}