SANTO DOMINGO. - Seeking to complete the goal of delivering 400,000 property title certificates by the end of President Luis Abinader's current term, the Government intends to open a process in which a large part of the registered surveyors of the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (CODIA) will participate.
Yesterday, the State Land Titling Technical Unit (UTECT) and CODIA held a meeting where they shared the plan.
The proposal was discussed during a breakfast meeting between the executive director of UTECT, Mérido Torres, and the president of the union, Cristian Rojas Mora, where several options were presented that would allow for expanding the coverage of surveys resulting from those who occupy state lands throughout the national territory.
“I accepted the invitation to come to CODIA because we are interested in having all engineers and surveyors participate in the Titling Plan and thus meet our goal of delivering 400,000 title certificates,” Torres stated.
He indicated that all the actions of the entity he presides over are framed in doing things correctly and moreover, "we are facing a president whose strength in government management is transparency.".
Meanwhile, the president of CODIA explained that the initiative offers more opportunities to surveyors and will help expedite the implementation of the National Titling Plan.
“We ask that if a process is going to be carried out, it should be pluralistic and guarantee more opportunities for engineering professionals,” the union leader stated.
During the meeting held at the CODIA headquarters, the deputy for the province of Santo Domingo, surveyor Carlos de Jesús, and the director of the National Cadastre, Héctor Pérez Mirambeaux, spoke, both agreeing that this is a challenge they have to guarantee compliance with the goal set by President Luis Abinader, within the framework of the agreement with the Supreme Court of Justice to obtain and grant the largest number of property title certificates to Dominicans.
Torres was accompanied by the institution's cadastral director, Luis Beltré, and journalist Vargavila Riverón, director of communications; meanwhile, the president of CODIA, Cristian Rojas, was accompanied by the members of the National Board of Directors: surveyor Juan Villar, general secretary; engineer Carlos Mendoza, treasurer; architect Nidia Abreu, recording secretary; engineer Enrique Rosario, public relations secretary; engineer Irene López San Pablo, education secretary; engineer Yobanis Lorenzo, inter-union relations secretary; and surveyor José Miguel Mañón, general secretary of the Santo Domingo province delegation, who facilitated the meeting.
