'Parliament Watch' for environment to be set up<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: State Minister of the Environment Nabiel Makarim
\ndisclosed on Tuesday his plan to establish a monitoring body in
\nall regions nationwide to observe the works of city councillors
\nin connection with the implementation of environmental policies.<\/p>\n
The policies Nabiel was referring to include those on
\nlandslides and the prevention of floods.<\/p>\n
Nabiel said the monitoring bodies would be termed as the
\n\"Parliament Watch\".<\/p>\n
\"The monitoring bodies will be established in city councils
\nand their members will comprise lovers of the environment, those
\nwho really care about Indonesia's environment ... not members of
\npolitical parties,\" Nabiel told reporters in Bandung, West Java.<\/p>\n
Nabiel said the sole function of Parliament Watch members
\nwould monitor and report on the environmental policies taken by
\nthe city councillors.<\/p>\n
\"The members of the monitoring bodies will name the
\ncouncillors who genuinely care about environmental issues and
\nothers who do not ... and whether councillors actually listen to
\nthe public about what they want in relation to such issues,\"
\nNabiel said.<\/p>\n
Nabiel said that it was his hope that the monitoring bodies
\nwould act as a catalyst for the councillors, to be able to voice
\nthe general public's complaints on environmental issues, and
\nhelp the public deal with environmental dangers.<\/p>\n
Killer floods that hit the nation and swept away hundreds of
\nlives within days, leaving hundreds of thousands of people
\nwithout homes or employment across the nation, reflects the
\ngovernment's ill intentions of not wanting to part with extra
\nrelief funds. -- Antara<\/p>",
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