"Our residents were not informed of a public discussion session concerning the eco permit for the small hydropower plant Jablanica, nor were they able to participate in it as it was never held. The only information about this process was published in Blic daily newspaper on May 25, 2018, as well as on the notice board of Višegrad municipality, which is not a sufficient effort to make it known to a wider community. Consequently, the residents were denied their rights of access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters granted in Aarhus Convention. Open discussion was not organized because the Ministry of Spatial Planning, Construction and Ecology decided that a study of effects on the local environment is not needed regarding the Jablanica small hydropower plant, which is needed as the grounds for an open discussion. This again denied the residents their right to participate via a public discussion."
Dejan Furtula, predsjednik neformalne grupe građana iz Višegrada "Odbranimo naše rijeke", zadovoljan je ovom odlukom, ali tvrdi da borba građana za čiste rijeke još nije završena. Tvrdi da građani žele da se uvjere u iskrene namjere da se ovi projekti zaustave".Naša borba traje već više od 12 godina. Mi smo se zalagali da se tu izgradi jedna ekološka zona, ali onda je, nažalost, politika umiješala svoje prste i morali smo odustati od toga. Sada smo odlučni u namjeri da spriječimo da se zagađuju naše rijeke", rekao je Furtula
