RE: The irony of it all1 Feb 2021 16:08
Hmm. That's the thing. If we know the referral to UNESCO was unnecessary, then Baylan and co will know it to be unnecessary. Yes, it seems the Greens have the sway and this latest manoeuvre was perhaps done just to accommodate them, obviously delaying the decision further. Of course, if UNESCO says our little mine will not affect Lap or its status, then the Government has this info to share with the Green Party. Ooh, what would it do then, to delay a decision? The problem is, in spite of Baylan knowing a good while back that Kurt met with our legal team and talked of legal action being a consideration, our application still has not then been dealt with and moved along at all, until the KU findings prompted the passing of it to UNESCO. We have been told on a number of occasions that a decision for us was being prepared, when in actual fact, the KU finding this not to be the case, insofar as there has not been any administrative process in place for at least three years, to deal with our application.
We've been fobbed off with what has been fudge, the lack of any checks by Baylan to see if a decision was actually being prepared, our case moved along. That's perhaps being rather kind to him as well.
A leopard cannot change its spots it seems, Baylo is a poor performer but a pretty good politician, lol, so I suggest Kurt must keep on top of this latest deviation from the process. I feel he needs to find out from UNESCO when it will be giving comments back to the Government, so that we know then just when the Government will begin its next phase of sitting on our application. We should be in a position even now, considering the KU findings, to demand an outcome within a timescale from the Government, because we are heading towards eight years without a decision. So Kurt surely can't and won't let matters lie once UNESCO has passed it back to the duff brigade, in spite of any potential starry-eyed Kosovo distraction. Distract me not!
Whether to take legal action is still very much a tricky issue. Taking action is one which I don't support at present, because with the implementation of that, the applecart then becomes completely overturned, and it could mean us never seeing Kallak mined, which would be a terrible pity. A travesty. More so for the locals who need the jobs. While there is still the chance of a mine, the nuclear option must be shelved. In my opinion.
So it's all a bit balancy balancy on a wobbly high wire. Lol. Luckily we still have the steadying pole. No legal action today then thank you, we will stick with the pole and trust that we can get across to the other side as we are. Then look back fondly at our journey when we are safe.
In my humble.
Then we can raise the wire.
Howl.