On Monday, one of the leaders of the Ecological Uprising and the Moramo coalition, Aleksandar Jovanović Ćuta, called on all residents of Gornji Nedeljice and environmental activists to give Rio Tinto until February 20 to leave Nedeljice and the Jadra valley. Otherwise, says Ćuta, the staff of this company will be physically expelled.
If the Government Regulation was annulled and the working group for the implementation of the Jadar project was disbanded, why does Rio Tinto still buy land from the locals and why do the company's jeeps still patrol the village, asked Jovanović.
"There is nothing more for Rio Tinto to look for in Gornji Nedeljice," he emphasized, and he told the environmental activists to "remember Rakita" - in the village of Rakita, activists of the movement "Defend the River of Stara Planina 2020" removed already installed pipes for the construction of a mini-hydropower plant from the river of the same name. Only a friend can enter Gornje Nedeljice, there is no place for enemies, said Ćuta.
On the other side of the spectrum of environmental activism, Savo Manojlović from Kreni-promeni stated that the next step in the radicalization of environmental protests is the arrival of citizens of Jadra on Thursday in front of Vučić's cabinet, where they will remain camping until the requirements are fulfilled: the legal ban on the exploitation of lithium and boron in Serbia.
On Thursdays, Kreni-permeni organizes protests on Andrićevo venc and demand that a legal point be made on this topic before the dissolution of the Assembly on April 3. The authorities accuse that they only postponed the issue of Rio Tinto until after the election so that it would not dominate the election campaign, and that they have no intention at all of giving up their business with Rio Tinto.
"I support everything that aims to expel Rio Tinto, to put a permanent ban on the exploitation of boron and lithium," Ćuta told "Vreme". And if one day there is a technology that can guarantee the preservation of the environment, then it can be discussed again.
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