The Ministry of Infrastructure pays the official without even going to work

So says the Report of the National Auditor Office for 2017. According to this MI report, in two cases it has been observed that civil servants (a division leader) have maintained the task leader's position more than three months, 18 months, respectively.

The report argues that in working hours regulations, the work schedule is said to be starting at 8:00 and ends at 4: 00 p.m. unless otherwise regulated by the organization. Also Article 7 of the following to work: During working hours all civil servants are forced to be at work.

“Every civil servant is written in the book of Life at Work or Electronic Recording, as well as neglecting working hours represents disciplinary violations. On one occasion we noticed that MI had no evidence of a follow - up for an official. The same never found in the return-to-work register during 2017, while the annual compensation for this employee was 4,564 euros. There is also no evidence of realisation and implementation of tasks in line with the description of tasks and responsibilities loaded on MI. On the list received by responsible MI officials, it notes that there are 31 other similar employees and cases, all belonging to the minority community. In 12 cases tested in value of 628,419, we have noted that the sites were not signed by the ministry's project manager. Project managers have issued only the payment certificate, which does not confirm that admissions have been made to the quantity and quality of the work. In these cases we have not been able to get assurances that proper verifications have been made for the jobs performed by the Ministry” said in the report.

The audience has also found that the contract/project “construction of the Dragash-Sestivec border road with Albania the Crossing Department with the National Road R113 to the Borje Jazyce” border crossing was contracted in value of 199,877 euros, while according to the declaration of availability, the means were budgeted at 50,000 euros. The audience recommends that access to obligations without providing needed funds increases the risk of creating contract implementation delays and increasing unpaid obligations, which will be a burden to the next year's budget.

Also, our tests have been encountered in projects worth 480,369, which were not included in the procurement plan, while contracted during 2017, they are: “Construction and asphalt of the road at Skivjan Novoselle, KK Gjakova” worth 189,334, and “Construction of the Yunik Neveocaz road, the Yunik municipality”, worth 291,036. While the contracts that have been included twice in the contract report are: “Construction and asphalt of the Skivjan Novoscelle street, worth 189,334, “Entrance of the route to the city of Pristina, tear 1 and 2”, worth contracting 1,374,517, “building the crossroads in the village of Xrx<10> worth 188,89, “and the return of Rave1th119th> to the 1,34th)6th6th6th Street of Mitrovic6, worth of $5807806. According to the Public Procure Guide, the tender assessment process will begin «immediately after the end of the tender opening process and not later than 96 hours after the opening process ends. In 4 cases, we have faced delays from the opening of bids to the assessment of them up to two months. Furthermore, MI for 2017 had failed to form the commissions for inventory and assessment of assets, and as a result for 2017, there was no inventory and assessment of the organization's assets. During 2017, obligations have increased to 7,053,536. According to responsible officials, the main reason for establishing these obligations was the lack of a” budget, the Auditor report said.

It also points out that payment and reporting of obligations should pay any valid bill within the 30 - day calendar deadline of the bill's accession date.

“also, the OB is obliged to report accepted and unpaid bills to the Ministry of Finance on a monthly basis. In ten cases we have noted that bills/responsibles to suppliers worth 3,588,671, were not paid within the 30-day deadline. Furthermore, in two cases we have noted bills/responsibles to suppliers worth $1.044.4 were not included in the month-long reports of commitments”, the report said.