The mixture of involvement of politician for any environment decision especially for development project is bad situation. From my opinion, there are still a number of politician always think about their focus on development and achievement. From this he can show the world that how good he is as a leader to develop their territory. Not all proposed development that there are planning is good for environment. Especially for development project on the fragile area (island, coral area, steep slopes) of course harm the environment, if not immediately, maybe long term. If there are mitigation measures, sometimes it not really help and the impact for the environment is still bad.
An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is approved even while the environment is at a terrible loss? How could such body, supposedly to take care of the environment, gave a green light even as the coral reef system is being threatened unnecessarily?
The same thing happened to Broga. The EIA allowed the construction of the incinerator despite the knowledge that the incinerator site is in a proven water catchments area.
Perhaps the libertarian’s common belief is entirely true; one cannot trust the government.
