Environmental soap ends in apology

[NewsWhore]

Looks like Environment Minister Max Puig's environmental soap opera was just that, a dragged out soap opera. The minister paid a highly anticipated visit to the Senate yesterday and to many people's surprise, the often self-righteous and aggressive minister seemed a shadow of his former self. Puig, instead of providing names and proof of his claims about legislators manipulating the protected area law to favor development, apologized to the Senate and said that in no way was he trying to offend anyone's honor. He continued by saying that he was only trying to protect the areas in question. This apology represents a 180 degree about-turn for Puig who just days ago was making public accusations, claiming that some senators, including Ruben Cruz (Ruben Toyota), were behind the plan to change the boundaries of the protected areas for personal gains. The outset of it all was that yes, the Sectorial Law on Protected Areas needed to be modified and the Ministry of Environment would be given an active role in the process.

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