Haradinaj's Vessel forgets the promise made, changes words about salary increases

On June 2nd of this year, while holding the election campaign for national elections, current Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, along with current Parliament Speaker Kadri Veselini, promised wages increases for 100 euros to workers at the Kosovo Energy Corporation.

They even promised that this would be accomplished shortly after June 11, KTV reports.

KEK workers continue to work with similar salaries and pending the realization of this promise.

The chairman of the new KEK Workers Union, Rafet Osmani, said they have protested before the government on August 2nd and November 1st.

We have had meetings on September 7th, and even in the following meetings, we have been promised that this increase will occur more precisely in January's” salaries, Osmani said.

The union has decided to suspend the strike until 15 February. If they don't get the January salaries by increasing, then 4,800 KEK workers can go on strike.

Kohavision has requested an answer from the prime minister's office on this promise, but its officials now say KEK is public enterprise and that workers' salaries are not covered by the state budget.

The KEK workers' subx0... The necessary instructions for this have been given, and this issue has been resolved”, said Halil Matoshi, chief of the Office for Information at the Prime Minister's Office.

KEK spokesman Skender Bucolli has said they have not accepted any decision by the government to raise workers' salaries.