AG to investigate Cultuurtuin land allocation

The attorney general (AG) will be instructed to investigate possible criminal actions regarding the allocation of land located within the Cultuurtuin in the first two weeks of July. The decision to ask the AG to launch an investigation was made by the Council of Ministers on Friday. Vice President Ronnie Brunswijk on Friday announced that the cancellation of the land allocations was formalized by the Council of Ministers. The property deeds that were issued and registered at the MIGLIS in record time were declared null and void by the Council of Ministers. “All the documents will be sent to the AG,” said VP Brunswijk. Officials will start with the process to further protect the protected area so that it will not be possible to allocate land that is located within the

Cultuurtuin. The lots were allocated to dozens of people shortly before the transfer of power to the new administration. Several people who were granted land within the Cultuurtuin have close ties to the top officials at the Ministry of Environmental Planning, Land and Forest Management (RGB). Relatives of politicians from the previous administration were also given lots within this area.

The documents were signed by the then minister of Home Affairs, Mike Noersalim. He ran the Ministry of Environmental Planning, Land and Forest Management after Lekhram Soerdjan had been suspended by President Desi Bouterse. The reasons for this suspension are unknown.