Recently, a land dispute occurred in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia, over spring ploughing. Lao Zhang, a farmer, contracted a large area of land, but was prevented by village officials from farming during spring ploughing. As soon as the news spread, everyone talked about it, what was going on?
This matter has to start with the country's land policy. In order to make efficient use of the newly added cultivated land, the state has issued relevant policies to require unified management of the newly added cultivated land.
The land contracted by Lao Zhang falls within the scope of this new cultivated land. According to the regulations, this part of the land will either be recovered by the village collective for unified management, or the contract will be changed through renegotiation with the farmer. Lao Zhang's situation belongs to the latter, and he needs to renegotiate with the village collective.
But Lao Zhang, he felt that he had been contracted for so many years, and he had the final say on how to use the land, and he was unwilling to renegotiate with the village collective. Moreover, he also subleased part of the land to other farmers, making a lot of money from it. In this way, the village collective must be unwilling, and feel that Lao Zhang has violated the regulations and has to act in accordance with the policy.
The two sides were at such a stalemate, and the village cadres negotiated with Lao Zhang many times, but to no avail. Later, when the village cadres were in a hurry, they adopted an aggressive method to directly stop Lao Zhang Chungeng. Lao Zhang was not to be outdone, and found a reporter to expose the matter, wanting to make it bigger.
As soon as this matter was exposed, it immediately attracted widespread attention from the society. Everyone said that this matter must be handled in accordance with laws and regulations, and cannot be solved by brute force. The Kailu County Government also attached great importance to this matter and quickly issued a circular detailing the ins and outs of the incident and the handling of the incident.
According to the circular, the land contracted by Lao Zhang does belong to the scope of new cultivated land and needs to be managed in accordance with the policy. Lao Zhang's behavior of changing the use of land and subleasing land without permission also violated the contract and relevant laws and regulations. Therefore, it is reasonable and legal for the village collective to demand that Lao Zhang pay the relevant fees.
The circular also pointed out the inappropriateness of the village cadres in the handling process, such as adopting radical methods to block spring ploughing. This method of handling is not only illegal, but also tends to exacerbate conflicts and cause adverse social impacts.
Now this matter is over for the time being, but there is a lot of thought left. In a society governed by the rule of law, any dispute should be handled in accordance with laws and regulations, and brute force or public opinion should not be relied upon to suppress others. Whether it is Lao Zhang or the village cadres, they should respect the law, respect the contract, and respect the rights and interests of the other party. Only in this way can we avoid the recurrence of similar disputes and maintain social harmony and stability.
The spring ploughing incident in Kailu County has sounded the alarm for us: when dealing with land disputes, we must handle them in accordance with laws and regulations, and we cannot deal with problems according to personal wishes or emotions. Only in this way can we truly achieve the goal of a society governed by the rule of law.