Punish officials who authorise irregular building approvals

Not long ago, we woke up to a frenzy of demolitions of “irregularly” approved buildings, and after a short while, the buzz abruptly fizzled out. Not a single official was charged for issuing the purported approvals. No one is saying anything regarding demolitions anymore or at least they are not saying it loudly as before. As usual, we have probably, and likely, moved already to something else to allow the impunity to once again mature and revisit the matter in a few years to come.

Or how can one rationally explain the fact that corrupt officials who issued irregular approvals are still in office? If the past trend is anything, then more irregular approvals will continue to be issued. Was the decision to carry out the demolitions a regular, ritualistic event? This is a classical example of cleaning the pot from the outside and leaving the inside untouched. That is what we have become.