An Indonesian court rules that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials have neglected to fulfill citizens’ rights to clean air and ordered them to improve the poor air quality in the capital
An environmental activist wearing a protective mask reacts inside the courtroom during the hearing of a citizen lawsuit, done in an attempt to sue the government into taking action on the city's chronic levels of air pollution, at the Central Jakarta Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, September 16, 2021.
An Indonesian court has ruled that President Joko Widodo and six other top officials have neglected to fulfil citizens' rights to clean air and ordered them to improve the poor air quality in the capital. The Central Jakarta District Court panel voted on Thursday 3-0 in favour of the group of 32 residents who filed a lawsuit in July 2019 against Widodo and his three Cabinet ministers of home affairs, health and environment, as well as governors of Jakarta, Banten and West Java, in seeking a healthy living environment in the city.
Presiding Judge Saifuddin Zuhri said the seven officials have to take serious action to guarantee people’s rights to health in Jakarta by tightening air quality regulations and to protect human health, the environment and ecosystems, based on science and technology.
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