Albin Kurti criticises Government for the Budget

Vetevendosje Movement Chairman Albin Kurti has voiced criticism of Ramush Haradinaj's government over the salary increase for the government cabinet, a day before the Assembly meets to vote on the Budget Bill.

Kurt has estimated that any theft must be condemned, first the government.

According to Vetevendosje's first priority, it is important that wages increase, but not those of the heads of state.

Kosova Prees was brought without interference by Kurti's reaction:

Today it was a year since Prime Minister Haradinaj and his government doubled their salaries for themselves. Tomorrow, as the agenda at the plenary session, there is also the principled vote of the Budget Bill for 2019. What is the meaning of the Assembly's approval of the budget proposed by a government that increased its wages even with a retroactive effect? The government doesn't want a Law for Government, so it can be based on Order, as it violates the Constitution.

Constitutional Court judges Almiro Rodriguez and Gresa Caka-Niman were right in their joint non-recognitional 14-page opinion when they rejected the government's decision to increase their salaries. Here are two conclusions:

66. We conclude that decision no. 04/20 of the Government of the Republic of Kosovo, on December 20th 2017, is not in line with the constitution's articles 92 and 93, because neither does “implement a” law, nor is it a “proposation”.
67. Then we conclude that, in turn, the No. The Government of the Republic of Kosovo's 04/20 on December 20, 2017, violates the competencies of the Convention defined in Article 65.5 of the Constitution, thus infecting the balance and division of powers defined by Article 4 of the Constitution.

The government had no legal basis, fell contrary to the law, and violated the Assembly.

Raising yourself is stealing. Because stealing is not stealing because it's sneaky, but because it's stealing. Every theft must be punished. And first the government.

It is necessary to raise wages in our country. But not those of heads of state and government. Meanwhile, the minimum wage in Kosovo remains 170 euros for all citizens over 35, and only 130 euros for those under that age!