Before the announcement of parliamentary, presidential and Belgrade elections, ecological protests have entered calm waters: there are no roadblocks and large demonstrations, protests are organized sporadically. Radicalization is announced after the expiration of various deadlines
The request to pass a law banning the exploitation of lithium and boron before the dissolution of the Assembly will not be abandoned. Protests will become radicalized
No one has thought more about the environment than the SNS authorities, the leaders of environmental organizations are not men of their word, they actually lead a policy against Vučić and are only against anything and everything, and they have no plan for anything. The elections have not even been announced yet, and the election campaign is heating up
Vesna Jovljević from the environmental organization "Osna" says that Rio Tinto is "just one step away from the construction permit", that she regrets that there was a disagreement among the organizers of the blockade, but that she is glad that the ultimate goal is "Kreni-Change", which will not participate in today's protests, and all other environmental organizations, the adoption of a moratorium on the construction of mines in the Jadra valley
Manojlović reproached Zelenović for "breaking the agreement" that the demands of the protest would not be expanded and said that they would backfire if new demands were added every week. Zelenović denied that such an agreement existed and said that the matter with 100.000 people on the streets now "needs to be nailed down" with additional requests to urgently pass a law banning lithium mining in the Jadra valley once and for all and replace the members and head of REM
On Thursday, the Government of Serbia will vote on changes to the Law on Expropriation. The basic court in Valjevo issued a temporary ban on the work of the company Euro Lithium Balkan following the lawsuit of the "March from Kolubare" movement.
Environmental organizations have called for the blockade of roads in Belgrade from 14:16 to XNUMX:XNUMX. President Aleksandar Vučić stated that the police will not intervene
In his address to the nation, Vučić tried to disgust the "decent people" with the opposition and environmental activists, said that Serbia would become a "European miracle" if domestic lithium batteries and electric cars were produced there, and announced that the police on Saturday, December 4, would not prevent road blockages. A tone of quiet menace permeated the entire presentation
The question now is how far environmental activists are willing to go and, if they do not back down, whether they will have more mass support from citizens. Because if they abandon the announced blockade next Saturday, they will lose credibility. And if they repeat the action, they would have to have much more massive support from citizens dissatisfied with this government, since it cannot be ruled out that the government will use state or parastate force for the sake of "establishing order and peace." There are more options on the table
