After the meeting with Prime Minister Ana Brnabić, the Association of Environmental Organizations of Serbia (SEOS) issued a statement that it will make subsequent decisions in accordance with the Government's actions or inactions and that it will inform the public about it. They will certainly not give up on the final goal - the fight for banning the exploitation of lithium and boron in the whole of Serbia
The Alliance of Environmental Organizations of Serbia (SEOS) - We know that we do not give, announced on Tuesday that it was told at a meeting in the Government that there was not enough time for the proposal to pass the Law on Prohibition of the Exploration and Exploitation of Minerals Containing Lithium and Boron to implement the procedure of passing that law by February 15, when the parliament is dissolved.
SEOS, however, believes that there is still time, if there really is a political will. On the formation of a working group, which is chaired by the Prime Minister Ana Brnabic proposed, environmental organizations see it as "postponing the problem until after the election".
"It was promised that the inspectors will go to the field as soon as possible to examine the pollution and determine the resulting damage," SEOS said in a statement. They state that they left the meeting much more confident than when they started it.
However, they were especially bothered by the Prime Minister's political insinuations: she directed them to "the former government to tell them who brought Rio Tinto to Serbia", instead of asking Minister Mihailović herself, who they are sure knows the answer.
Brnabić told them that the demands were accepted because of "people's pressure", and not because the government understands "the extent of the disaster that would be caused by the opening of the mine in the Jadra valley." SEOS will make subsequent decisions in accordance with the Government's actions or non-actions, and will inform the public about this. They will certainly not give up on the final goal - the fight for banning the exploitation of lithium and boron in the whole of Serbia.
Almost at the same time, Demostat writes on Tuesday that there is speculation in the diplomatic corridors that the European Union will "encourage the Government of Serbia not to give up the lithium mining project", but that the eventual opening of the mine in Jadar will depend on the scale and ferocity of public resistance and the impact on the rating of the ruling Srpska progressive parties (SNS).
Demostat's interlocutors from diplomatic circles in the USA claim that America will also continue to convince the Serbian authorities not to "close the door to lithium exploitation forever", but in such a way that environmental standards are respected during exploitation. In the exploitation of lithium, many see a development opportunity for Serbia.
Since Rio Tinto is a sensitive election topic, everything related to this project will be on hold until the parliamentary, presidential and Belgrade elections on April 3. According to Demostat's unofficial information, there is not yet a "critical mass" for overthrowing the current government, "but the protests lower the ratings of the progressives and increase the number of disaffected people".
President of the Association for the Protection of Constitutionality and Legality i Savo Manojlović, the director of the campaign "Kreni-premeni", said earlier that the manner in which the Regulation on the "Jadar" project was repealed was "a big fraud" and that the government's intention is for "Rio Tinto" to return after the elections, which is why he scheduled a new protest "Serbia is not for sale" in front of Presidency on Andrićev venc.
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