Governors to get more power to seize illegally occupied land

The Ismail cabinet is expected to approve granting governors greater leeway in evicting those illegally occupying state lands, official sources tell Al Masry Al Youm. It is unclear what these new measures, which will be part of the executive regulations of a law governing the issue of illegally settled land, will entail. We have been on the lookout since July for legislation which would permit those who have had state land seized from them to buy back the property. We anticipate the executive regulations might also include those provisions as well.