Prime Minister Haradinaj deceives citizens over electricity

However, it appears that statements and agreements by Prime Minister Haradinaj are only for face-to-face or for gaining political points, as citizens have complained they have continued power cuts. Even some of them anonymously told the gold portal. Info they suspect there was a price hike because the bill this month, as they said, has come higher.

This month my bill has come twice as high as my month. That's not normal, they told us it would be cheaper because we're not paying electricity for the north anymore. Let alone that the highest-priced bill has come, but even continuous interruptions have”, said a Pristina citizen who wanted to remain anonymous.

KED spokesman Viktor Buzhala in an answer to the Arbre portal.info has said there was no electricity price rise.

<x) So home consumers for December bills have 6.75 cents for the high fee and 2.89 cents for the fee in the bitariff system and 5.32 cents from 5.52 cents for the system to a fee, while fixed fee is 1.74 cents from 1.8. If you're referring to the overall value of the bill, then it depends on monthly spending on each consumer. Many factors are involved. December is known to be colder than November, and a substantial portion of consumers are heating up with electricity. We've made constant appeals not to do so because it's also bringing huge loads to the network, which is not designed for heat”, Buzhala said.

While regarding Prime Minister Haradinaj's agreement with Arben Djukka to no longer have electricity cuts, Buzhala has said the suspension is due to disruptions in some municipalities.

“Can't comment on Government Agreements- KEK. As far as supply is concerned, there are degradations in several localities today due to strong winds, that's the heavy atmospheric conditions”, he said.

Lulzim Beqiri of economic issues in a response to the Arbre portal.info has said that however much the prime minister is saying has reached agreement on failing to cut electricity, such practices are not happening.

“I think Prime Minister Haradinaj has a good will not to leave citizens in the dark, especially on holiday days, but that's in practice it hasn't happened, there are large power outages, which have also increased citizens' concern, and there are also complaints from businesses for frequent interruptions. According to an analysis by the Kosovo Economic Oda, Kosovo businesses lose less than 300m euros a year from the lack of electricity, electricity is estimated as a barrier to doing business in Kosovo”, he has said.

Beqiri has added that citizens are continuing to be deceived into having regular electricity supplies.

And I think that it's not a good practice to torture citizens, it's a time for work, not promises and fraud with the feelings of citizens whose current is being stopped from being damaged financially. As we are aware, the Kosovo consumer has also paid off the electricity spent by the Serbian community”, he stressed, saying the best solution would be to have regular supplies because according to him Kosovo has capacities for this.

Kosovo has the capacity to supply the country with energy, but the recent crisis also poses a problem that the country's prime minister also addressed at the Kosovo Government meeting has interests that are hindering this development. According to the prime minister, there are sexmen who have the interest to prevent any energy production. Serious intervention of the prosecution is also needed because there are claims that there are abuses in this giant”, Beqiri has indicated.

This year, one of the most controversial topics has been electricity.

In recent months of the year, Kosovo citizens were informed that they were also paying for the electricity spent by Serbs in four municipalities in the north.

This caused indignation on consumers, who also organised a protest in Pristina to reject this practice.

Therefore, on December 1st, the Energy Regulatory Office's decision has been abolished so that citizens of other parts of Kosovo are lucky with the electricity spent in the north.