Third Generation Doel appeals against sentence magistrate

End of August 2012 - The Belgian magistrate decided that the third generation youth should leave 5 occupied houses. This should have happened no later than eight days after passing judgment. A request to reopen the debate was rejected. For reopening was asked, after the director of the MLSO (which stands for "Maatschappij Linkerscheldeoever", the company that manages land, concessions and expropriations in the "Waasland" Port) on television had declared that he wants to demolish the houses. The lawyer of MLSO had previously in court stated that the company only wanted to "secure" those houses against vacancies and all that comes with it.

After consulting with their lawyers, the youth decided to appeal. According to them there are sufficient arguments. Counsel for them has expressed hope that the MLSO, pending appeal, does not decide to forcefully evacuate the houses. However, strictly speaking, ruling has been passed. Though, it would certainly not "help" the situation if the ruling was carried out while the appeal is still pending. The MLSO doesn't need the land at a moment's notice, due to the economic crisis. And the youngsters have already taken up residence for quite some time, pay utilities and rent and (funny enough) the houses have also been refurbished. When vacant there is a genuine fear of possible theft, trashing and vandalism.

Note:
Following the situation in the village Doel is a long term project of mine. Doel is a village in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is situated on the left bank of the river Scheldt, in the Waasland' polders. The existence of Doel is threatened, since the sixties, by expansion plans for the port of Antwerp.
For more of my photos of Doel, please visit this link.

Taken in: Belgique / Oost-Vlaanderen / Doel (show map)

Taken on: September 26, 2012

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