27 minutes agoGovernment Law That Will Cut Many Deputy Ministers
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Kosovo has one of the government's highest numbers of cabinet members. With the budget around 2 billion euros annually, estimated among the lowest compared to those of the region's state, our country has the highest number of deputy prime ministers, ministers and their deputy ministers. Furthermore, government cabinets [...]
Furthermore, government cabinets have been growing over the years. Government representatives, but even nongovernmental organisations have often criticised the Haradinaj government, praising that state budget expenditures for all these government members are very high. Prime Minister Haradinaj himself in some public reactions has acknowledged that he is not satisfied with such a large number of cabinet members. But he has reasoned with the government's political installation.
For future government cabinets not to be a consequence of political coalitions, work has already begun to regulate this by law. This is confirmed by Besnik Tahiri, the reform coordinator.
If the government is made by law, then no future coalition can form dictatorships at will.
Currently, the Commission working on drafting this bill is looking at many countries in the region and Europe as to how it is regulated.
This law would have to regulate the number of ministries, as well as the standard regarding the appointment of deputy ministers, but above all, it would regulate sectoral aspect, Tahiri told RTK.
On the list of examples on which the bill is expected to be drafted are: Albania, which has 123 minister, Macedonia has 17 ministries, Montenegro has 20 ministries, Serbia has 20 ministries, Croatia 21 and Greece 14 ministries.
