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Timehri North residents are contemplating legal and civil actions, such as protest, to fight for their land rights but first they are affording Government the opportunity to do the “right thing”.This was revealed during a press conference hosted by Executive members of The Timehri North Community Development Council (TNCDC) and their lawyer, Nigel Hughes, yesterday at the Sidewalk Café, Georgetown.Though Timehri North occupants do not possess any legal documentation binding them to the land, Hughes said the occupants are not squatters because of the expectation given to citizens when Government approached them to regularize the community.According to TNCDC Chairman, Daniel Fraser: “In 1997,Executive Members of Timehri North Community Development Council during a press conference yesterday at the Sidewalk Café.or thereabouts, the honourable Philomena Sahoye-Shury… in an ongoing discussion with settlers of different parts of Timehri and Hyde Park, embarked on a regularization process.”“…An occupation survey was conducted; we were instructed to pool our resources to facilitate the upgrade of utilities and other essential services. We were also instructed to apply to that Ministry (Housing) for the house lots we occupied and have $75,000 at hand for when the officers initiated the final processing. This was also done,” he added.He noted that currently persons do not possess land titles but in the past, persons had leases for their plots.As such, he has challenged Enrique Monize, Manager of the Land Administration Division, to prove that lands were never leased to occupants of Timehri North.“We know that years ago before it was a commission, it was a department and we know there were several persons who were given leases to one plot of land in this country,” Fraser said.Having no details of Government’s relocation plan for the community, which was mentioned for the first time to the public during the National Communication Networks (NCN) Corruption Debates aired last Sunday, the residents are determined not to relocate.According to Hughes,Nike Free Run Shoes On Sale, “before accepting relocation, residents need to know what the relocation plan is…nobody knows the details… the offer. So long before the community can respond favourably or unfavourably to any resettlement plan, they first have to know about it.”The future of the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport runway seems uncertain as Hughes hinted that current works being executed in that area may stall.“Government is going through the motion as if they think they are going ahead with the project what is going to have to happen on several fronts. On the legal front we will see if the judiciary is really in the position to protect the rights of poor, innocent powerless people. On the basis of civil actions, there clearly will be protests. The protests will not be limited to the people of Timehri North,” he warned.Hughes is also the Chairman of the Alliance For Change, an opposition party which has seven seats in the National Assembly.According to the group’s Public Relations Officer, Sherlander Daniels, residents of Timehri North have not forgotten the horrifying ordeal they experienced when they were “bulldozed” from their homes in Timehri Public Road/Base Road and driven into a garbage-infested area.The many developments in the area could attest to numerous years residents have been residing in Timehri North, she said.Similarly, years ago when the Ogle Airport was being developed residents were relocated and years later Pradoville, a residential community with posh houses, was created.According to Fraser, residents are being advised that their relocation is for their own safety. However, Housing Minister, Irfaan Ali, had mentioned that persons have expressed interests in building airport hotels. Lingering on the irony in the Government’s proposal, Fraser pointed out that the Timehri Prison is also within the vicinity of the airport.He also rejected talks that residents were consulted on numerous occasions about their relocation. Fraser said that a letter to Transport Minister, Robeson Benn seeking an audience with him went unanswered while a letter to the Chief Executive Officer of the airport was resent with a stamp of receipt weeks after.Government last year announced a major project to rebuild the entire CJIA with a US$138M loan from the Chinese. It will include a larger terminal building, longer runways, more concessions and the removal of almost 1,800 residents immediately north of the area. Some of them, which include staffers from CJIA, have been living there for more than 30 years.