I do not blame the people who think that it is "illegal" for the Government to order soldiers engaged in "Operation Halt", to burn the excavators, bulldozers and other equipment seized at galamsey sites.
Politics has been defined as "the art of the possible", and past Governments, as well as the present one, have been struggling to balance what they find to be a delicate problem concerning the widespread operation of galamsey, with the need not to alienate their supporters.
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