LAND IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT OF A NATION'S EXISTENCE AND CREATIVITY

To solve the land issue, we deem it necessary: To define the main goals of land reform; To create a legislative and normative framework for fundamental agrarian reform; it is necessary to prepare and adopt a land code as soon as possible; To regulate land privatization - preparation of normative bases, by which the real content will be acquired by the principle of Article 116 of the Georgian Constitution of 1921. that "cultivation and use of land is the duty of the landowner to the public". Based on this principle, the law clearly defines the terms and conditions that must be met by the purchaser of the land. In particular, the rule of privatization of community-owned land will be established, when privatization is allowed only with the consent of the community and on the condition that the community should receive specific public benefits from the privatization. In addition, when privatizing land, it must be mandatory for the acquirer to submit land development and development plans (which must comply with the normative documents adopted by the municipality); To restore the community ownership of land - preparation of normative, institutional and technical bases, establishment of a local community in rural areas, which will be transferred to permanent ownership and gratuitous use of state-owned land within the administrative boundaries of the village; To establish a State Land Reform Commission to adopt and implement new land legislation, to carry out fundamental agrarian reform; the Commission should ensure that a national consensus is reached on reform-related issues, that the reform is properly planned and coordinated; To improve as soon as possible not only the land ownership but also the land use accounting. Solution to land issues, proper ownership of land, therefore, regulating land ownership and land use in the Georgian way, is our foremost responsibility towards each other, as well as towards our ancestors and descendants!