Although I am a Gaunkar and member of a Communidade, I strongly feel that some legal action should be taken to abolish the Gaunkary/Communidade system which is an exclusive club. The Communidades have been cuckolded by the Government and lands owned by communidade expropriated by them.
I dont know about all communidades, but the one I belong to, I suspect has been looted by unscrupulous officeholders. Why, in this modern age, should we have the "haves" and "have nots", with only a few people belonging to to the communidades and getting "johnos" or dividends, because of some ancestral right ? We should have private property belonging to individuals and public property belonging to everyone. In my humble opinion communidade property should be considered to be public property for the good of all the citizens and not just the Gaunkars. I realize that there are legal ramifications. But I feel that these legal hoops can be navigated. The communidade or gaunkary system was the precusor to todays government, and in its time, it provided excellent service. Now it is a parallel though non-functioning government. What is its purpose ? Do we still need it ? Abolishing the Communidade system will also save expenditures on a layer of bureaucracy - The "Administrador" which is a legacy of colonialism.