LPM withdraws motion on foreign landowners

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LPM withdraws motion on foreign landowners

Landless People’s Movement (LPM) parliamentarian Utaara Mootu yesterday withdrew a motion tabled last year calling for the expropriation of land – without compensation – from absent foreign landowners. She attributed her abrupt withdrawal of the motion to the short period of time left of the current parliament, of which the term is set to expire on 20 March. The motion will now be retabled once new members of parliament have been sworn in. “Cogn…