The other side of a land dispute

Mar 26, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
I, Margaret Abraham, am once again trying to resolve this long and frustrating stalemate. Previous Councilors and residents of the Santa Rosa Village who are knowledgeable of this issue, had given me their full support at a village general meeting in 2007. There were forty seven votes to one cast in favour of me getting the land.
The majority present at that meeting is still alive and they are willing to testify on my behalf. We can prove that there is no transfer of land document anywhere in the village office stating that the land was ever given to Mrs. Garrido,
I can further prove that all the planting on the land was done by me and also that my grandmother died in my hands. I had never seen Mrs. Garrido. The accusations that Mrs. Garrido has made against me of being abusive are false as there are witnesses who are around to testify on this.
I am therefore calling on the present Village Council to investigate and settle this problem once and for all without any outside intervention. I also wish this to happen in a timely manner so that we can all live in peace.
In a recent article I sent to Kaieteur News which was published on Monday March 10, 2014, I saw a lengthy response to my letter by the daughter of the woman at the centre of the dispute. It was an open letter to the Minister of Amerindian Affairs dated March 12, 2014.
This letter contained a pack of lies. I would like to know why I have never seen any document to justify this claim. I need an investigation and a solid proof that this land belongs to Mrs. Garrido.
I remember clearly when a piece of the land was taken over by the village council to build a Multi Purpose building. As I was residing on the land already, the Village Toshao,. John Atkinson, (now deceased) said in front of Councilors, some of whom were Penelope Atkinson, Donna Henry, Theophilus Domingo, and Maxima Chappel, that “this rest of the land belongs to Margaret Abraham”.
Because this land was taken without consulting me or anyone else, I proceeded to lay claims to the land as I was scared that more of it will be taken away. I was stopped by Mrs. Garrido who claimed ownership to the land. All the while I was looking after Grandma, I was not aware of any transfer of land was done.
And if it were done then why I was not being made aware? Next, I felt humiliated to see that I “had started telling Grandma to leave the land to me.”
I am also being accused of being “above the law” and I have “no merit!”…As mentioned in a previous article, I am a mother of seven who has to struggle to provide for myself and children and this is not making it easier for me or them.
I am calling on the authorities to step in and conduct a proper investigation into this prolonged land dispute.
Margaret Abraham

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