Haradinaj government's decision to raise salaries declared illegal

The Anti-Corruption Agency has declared the decision to raise salaries on the part of the government cabinet, led by Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, illegal.

This agency, in its opinion, has said that top public officials (the prime minister, deputy prime ministers, ministers and deputy ministers) who have voted this decision “have acted in opposition to the Law for Prevention of Conflict of Interest, namely, the conflict of case interest, the specific provisions regulating prohibited for the senior official, as well as the majority of provisions that define action provisions and the failure of high public official<1>

The AKK has found that the “conflict of interest is caused only by senior officials who have been part of the decision-making process”.

The government's decision of the date 20.12.2017 cannot be described as a conflict of interest to all who benefit from making this decision. The conflict of interest has been presented to senior officials who, by their vote, have influenced the decision to be in their interest for personal benefit”, has said AAK in her opinion.

The Anti-Corruption Agency says this case has not been addressed in terms of the competence of the Government of Kosovo, right or not to raise wages for that sector, but “the issue has been addressed only in terms of procedure and the way of making the decision, thus praising it with conflicts of interest only the part that has voted, approved and signed”.

Therefore, through this opinion, The AKK recommends that the decision be returned to review, exploiting other legal ways that do not conflict with the Conflict of Interest Prevention and other relevant legislation in force” has been outlined. AKK in this document.