Opposition parties have joined local residents' efforts to oppose the proposed mega-incinerator plant in Broga through the Semenyih Declaration, a document outlining their grounds of objection.

The action committee of the Kajang state assembly office made the decision to start a signature campaign against the project during a meeting with DAP and Keadilan leaders o­n Dec 23.

When contacted today, Kajang state representative Dr Shafie Abu Bakar said the opposition coalition will maintain its protest against the RM1.5 billion project to build what is purportedly the world's largest thermal municipal waste incinerator.

"We started distributing posters and launched the signature campaign o­n Dec 29 in Sungai Long, and will continue doing so until the project is scrapped," said the PAS leader.

"Ours is a different campaign from the o­ne carried out by the residents because they are adamant about not wanting any form of political involvement, and we respect that," he explained.

Quoting a New Straits Times report o­n Dec 12, Shafie said the government's plan to start dumping rubbish in a landfill near the proposed incinerator site, pending the completion of its construction in 2007, will destroy and pollute the environment.