FFOS hits out at State bulldozing

“Bulldozing without notice is yet another example of economic apartheid.” Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) made the statement in response to the State bulldozing prime class 1 agricultural land in Ramgoulay Trace, San Juan, in a news release, yesterday.

FFOS said they supported regulated development that responds to the needs of all nationals in an equal and fair manner. The group said that this current action was contradictory to the State’s refusal to remove millionaire squatters elsewhere. FFOS made reference to the “affluent structures” being built by “millionaires” in Las Cuevas, Grande Riviere and Glencoe. “Land use and abuse must be regulated with the same yardstick... FFOS condemns the discrimination against the poor, while the rich are left to graze on the public interest and hereby call on the Hon Minister of Planning and Development, Mr Rowley, to make public his Government’s policy on economic apartheid,” said the group.