Santa Cruz, Barahona—The Technical Executing Unit for the Titling of State Land (UTECT) and the State Sugar Council (CEA) have started the technical, social, and legal work to deliver 2,000 certificates of title benefiting 8,000 people who own houses and plots of land.
The executive director of UTECT, Duarte Méndez Peña, reminded that the titling works are completely free, so there is no need to pay or give anything to anyone in exchange for them.
He also stressed that the titling will triple the value of these lands, and no one will be able to remove them from what they have occupied for a long time.
“As we promised, today we began the work of land survey with the brigades that will be properly identified with clothing of the institution and their respective cards in Parcel 24 of the Cadastral District No. 14.1, benefiting the sectors Miramar, Villa Olímpica, Juan Pablo Duarte, Las Avenidas, Perpetuo Socorro, Jarro Sucio, La Octava, La Factoría, Marginal Este and Los Blocks de Barahona,” said the public servant.
Méndez Peña told the people of Barahona that President Luis Abinader has demonstrated that the National Land Titling Plan is one of the central axes of his administration because it positively impacts the lives of hundreds of thousands of families.
Meanwhile, the governor of Barahona, Genara González Marmolejos, thanked the President of the Republic for bringing the titling process to this province, where people have been occupying State-owned land for more than 30 years.
“With the titles, this is a letter to the bearer because you can go to any banking institution, and the doors are open to you,” said Marmolejos.
For his part, the community leader of Santa Cruz de Barahona, Wilfredo Medina, in his welcoming remarks at the ceremony, thanked God and President Luis Abinader for the efforts he has made in this southern demarcation to ensure that its people are the legitimate owners of the properties they have occupied for decades.
The titling process was launched in the province of Barahona. Marino Vilchez, deputy director of the southern regional UTECT; Abraham Jimenez Suero, manager of the preservation and recovery area of the General Directorate of National Assets; Juan Muñoz, security representative of National Assets, and other officials and community members attended.