{"id":286190,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/286190/?format=json","text_counter":90,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr. Rai","speaker_title":"","speaker":{"id":203,"legal_name":"Samuel Gonzi Rai","slug":"samuel-rai"},"content":"Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my position is that in 1997, a directive by the President was given to allocate that piece of land to those people. The exercise was actually done in phases. There reached a time when the Environmental Management Committee actually gave us the indication that the remaining portion of land is a water catchment area. My hands were tied. I cannot proceed. That is why I am actually explaining to my colleague; if he can just pursue it through the Office of the President, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife and the environmental people to relax their position, then I can just proceed to do the exercise of settlement. That is my position."}