At a press conference this Tuesday, the Minister of Rural Development and LandsYamil Flores, accused the Legislative Assembly to hinder three fundamental bills to regulate land tenurestop avasallalamos and consolidate legal certainty in the rural area. According to the authority, These initiatives have been treated for more than a year and a half, despite its social and economic impact.
“The government has not improvised. We have submitted three laws that guarantee legal certainty and sovereignty over the earthbut the assembly did not want to treat them, for political interests and electoral calculations, ”he said in a critical tone.
The three blocked laws
The First initiative —The Law 523/2023— seeks regulate the possession of rural lands by foreign personsboth natural and legal. According to the minister, although the Constitution prohibits the provision of land to foreigners, there is still no rule that prevents the transfer of properties already titled between private, which generates legal gaps.
“The law sought to close that gap. But it was brakingeven for deputies who talk about legal certainty today when they had the solution in their hands. Could it be that they are planning a future right -wing government that allows foreigners to take over our lands? ”He asked.
The Second standard proposal pointed to allow small agricultural owners to migrate to the median category Property and Access credits. “There are producers with 5, 10, up to 50 hectares who cannot access financing for constitutional obstacles. This law opened that possibility, and they did not approve it,” he lamented.
The Third initiative refers to CONCLUSION OF THE LAND SANITATION AND TITLE PROCESSfor which the Executive has allocated $ 40 million that “have been sleeping in the Assembly for more than a year.” Flores said that this rule would have permanently close the conflicts over overwhelms.
Criticism of the electoral context and warnings
The minister pointed out that the Blocking these laws does not respond to technical or budgetary reasons “Two of them are purely social,” but political calculations. “Some legislators are thinking about a future where A few families from the East and Foreigners control the Earthas happened before, ”he said.
Gonzales lamented that The issue of Earth is used as an electoral instrument And he called to preserve stability for Bolivians to vote in peace. “You cannot continue to generate politics with this issue at a time where we should give peace of mind,” he said.
Asked about the denunciation of producers of the Integrated North of Santa Cruz for the lack of diesel during the harvest, Gonzales explained that his portfolio coordinates actions with the Ministry of Hydrocarbons to guarantee the distribution of fuel. “Production cannot stop. It is a direct instruction of President Lucho Arce, ”he said.
