Ombudsman says citizens must be compensated for paying for the current in the north

In the KTV daily Express, the Ombudsman, Hilmi Jashari, spoke of human rights during the year we are leaving behind.

Jashar said that during this year there has been more work on human rights as there have been more demands towards the institution he heads.

We've had the number of recommendations up since 2015. If the recommendations issued by IAP were not implemented, then the functioning of this institution would also be unnecessary”, Jashar said.

He says the issue of non-compliance of recommendations stemming from the Ombudsman's institution has been highlighted several times.

“Hopefully next year we can raise the percentage of our recommendations to over 10 percent”, he added.

Speaking of banning the payment of electricity for citizens in the north, Jashari said the investigation occurred following reports in the media.

He says it wasn't difficult to issue recommendation on this matter because the violations were obvious.

“even though direct payment from citizens has been banned, still citizens pay it indirectly through the state budget”, he said.

He added that compensation should happen and the means must be returned to citizens, but this is still under trial.

The head of the ombudsman also says a procedure law should be drafted which says citizens should be compensated if there are violations of the law on the part of the state against them, as happens when citizens violate the law and are punished by the state.

Speaking of workers, Jashar said that this year we are leaving behind has been good for their rights.

“With ad-hop measures cannot change the situation in the private sector in terms of workers' rights. There must be balance in monitoring this area both in the private sector and in public that”, he added.

Ombudsman Hilmi Jashar also spoke of gender equality, where he said the Law on gender equality was largely ignored in the 2017 elections in drafting election lists.

Very few institutions have implemented the Law on gender equality”, he stressed.

Children's rights, starting with their approach to school, then charities, and other rights being violated, Jashar said children are now more aware of their rights.

Caring for children with special needs... is extremely serious at schools. But I believe that we as a society have problems with the” system, he said. /Periscopi