Court of Justice states that agreement allows urban works and adaptation of water and electricity; resident registry will be updated.
A nine-year game of passing the buck by the government regarding the demands of residents of the Bubas Occupation may come to an end. The Court of Justice of Paraná (TJPR) says that an agreement reached during a mediation hearing last week paves the way for progress in land regularization and government actions in the community.
In the 40-hectare area, there are 1,8 families registered by the Bubas Residents Association (Amobuba), which corresponds to an estimated ten thousand people. The largest in Paraná – and in the South of the country, according to the TJPR –, the urban occupation is in Porto Meira, a region of expansion of the city due to large developments and its strategic location.
According to the Court of Justice, the mediation carried out by the Land Conflicts Commission (CCF) allows “land regularization to begin in Bubas”. The negotiations in Foz do Iguaçu were led by Judge Fernando Prazeres, who works on the Dialogue Board and is president of the CCF. According to the court, it was agreed:
- Foz do Iguaçu City Hall will carry out the necessary urban interventions in the area;
- water and sewage services will be provided by the Paraná Sanitation Company (Sanepar) and electricity by the Paraná Energy Company (Copel).
Judge Fernando Prazeres considered the results of the hearing to be a first step towards resolving the community’s demands. “The result achieved is the result of the combined efforts of several stakeholders, which constitutes a first step, but a major achievement and significance, towards the beginning of the land regularization of the Bubas Occupation,” he stated.
Vice-president of Amobuba, Ronaldo Soares, highlighted the work of the community and the association, among other institutions that have always supported the occupation, in the regularization of Bubas land tenure and the provision of public services. According to him, this is a time of expectation after years of disruption experienced by residents.
“There is no more waiting, we managed to bring all the authorities together, and the mayor has everything in hand to make the improvements we have always demanded,” Ronaldo stressed. “Land regularization will not be done now, but rather the opening of streets and organization of lots, in addition to water and electricity services,” added the community leader.
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REGISTRATION
The city government announced that the process of urban interventions in the Bubas Occupation will begin with mapping the area and re-registering residents to update their data. This procedure, known as “sealing,” prevents population growth with the arrival of new residents and provides current information on the number of families and houses.
According to the administration, this initial action was defined by a working group formed by representatives of Fozhabita, other municipal departments and residents of Bubas and the Federal University for Latin American Integration (UNILA). This group will meet again on May 9 to define the beginning of the registration of families.
History
The first plots and shacks of land in the Bubas Occupation were installed on January 5, 2013, more than nine years ago. Even with the police presence, within 48 hours there were already hundreds of people. In its documents, the courts list the 13th as the “birth day” of the village. This rescue is based on information from the community association.
Since then, residents have faced the problems of a lack of basic infrastructure and have demanded solutions from the government based on the right to housing. One of the community's most recent protests was a march through the streets of Porto Meira in October last year, demanding regularization and public services.
With the occupation, the owner family filed a lawsuit for reinstatement of possession, which was denied by the court, which pointed out the “impossibility of reversal”. Since then, they have been seeking legal compensation from the Government of Paraná.
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