Belgium : Referendum about a new MSW incinerator

[Emmanuel de Broux <edebroux@tornado.be>]

Dear List Members,

I have the pleasure to report the smashing success a local referendum has
obtained about a project of a 235,000 metric tonne/year MSW incinerator at
Ciney, Belgium : 61% of the people authorized to vote have participated,
91.57% of the voters having answered NO to the incinerator. The combination
of both figures gives 55.7% of people being opposed to the thing. There was
no legal obligation to vote.

This result is not, by law, binding the local politicians but ignoring it
would generate a lot of resentment in the population. Revolutions have
started this way.

Best regards, Manu.
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Emmanuel de Broux, rue du Sacre-Coeur 7, B-5590 Leignon, Belgium