International CHT Commission's letter to the Prime Minister, regarding CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission (CHTLDRC) Chairman’s unilateral decleration

International CHT Commission's letter to the Prime Minister, regarding CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission (CHTLDRC) Chairman’s unilateral decleration to hold hearings on land disputes in violation of the 1997 CHT Accord

Chtc Letter Pm Chtldrc Feb2012

Following is the letter that CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission (CHTLDRC) Chairman issued calling a hearing on CHT land dispute:

Land Com Letter (20 Feb 2012)

In a press statement, PCJSS; a political party of the Indigenous Jummas', who signed the "CHT Peace accord" with the Bangladesh Government, termed this activity as illegal and one-sided initiative by chairman of CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission; and said the hearing is in violation of the 1997 CHT Accord. It is feared that, if the Commission carries out such initiative without amendment of the Land Commission Act, where traditional land rights of the indigenous peoples' has not been recognized, such initiative would make a lot of indigenous peoples landless. 

Another political party of the indigenous Jummas', UPDF; in a press statement claimed this activity as nothing but a conspiracy to legalize the illegal settlement of Bengali settlers, who were brought and settled in the land of indigenous Jummas' by the Government and Military, in the last 33 years.

Both parties have called upon the government to stop hearing of CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission. Otherwise, threatened for mass movement.