Kreni-promeni does not give up the protest: "Big fraud"

Savo Manojlović, president of the Association for the Protection of Constitutionality and Legality and director of the "Kreni-meni" campaign, said that the manner in which the Regulation on the "Jadar" project was repealed was a "big fraud" and that the government's intention was for Rio Tinto to return after the elections.

That's why he scheduled a new protest "Serbia is not for sale" in front of the Presidency on Andrićevo venc on Thursday at 19 p.m.

"Two conditions remain: the repeal of the Regulation in a legally correct manner and the introduction of a ban on boron and lithium mining," Manojlović stated in a written statement. He also stated that together with the request for the ban on exploration and extraction of boron and lithium, they pointed to "the exact legal way how the Regulation should be repealed."

The Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabić, called Sava Manojlović "an illiterate liar" because of all this.

A protest by citizens and environmental activists was held in Loznica last Saturday, where they said that the cancellation of the Spatial Plan for the Rio Tinto project is a "small step" and that they will not give up the fight until they are "completely sure that they have defended their country."

Marijana Petković from the Association "Ne damo Jadar" said that the people of Jadar decided not to be silent and to defend themselves in this way. "The withdrawal of the Regulation is a small step, there is no need to doubt us, we will not stop until the last cut tree is planted, every field must be restored and no one will think of a mine again," said Petković.

The Ecological Uprising and the members of the Alliance of Environmental Organizations have not yet decided whether they will continue with the protests. When they protested, the Kreni-permeni movement was satisfied with the fulfillment of the demands for changes to the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative and the Law on Expropriation, and suspended its participation in road blockades.

MN/FoNet

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