On Saturday, thousands of citizens participated in the protest march headlined “Stop to USJE” in Skopje. They reiterated their demands, asking why the company wasn’t allowing 24/7 measuring if it was so adamant that it was not causing pollution.
However, the company reiterated its stand, saying that even when the company didn’t operate, ambient air quality was the same. It also criticized the “unfounded attacks”, underlining that it had worked in line with the law.
The Environment Ministry stated that the monitoring was in line with the law. As it explained, measuring is done by the operator, i.e. that mustn’t be an obligation of institutions.