The state of São recognizes the position of workers who left violent work before the war

All those who left their jobs in March 1989, when Serbia invaded Kosovo by changing Kosovo's Constitution with tanks, and have continued to work under the Kosovo Government's orders, which by referendum declared independence and established parallel institutions, are not being recognised as work experience, while all those who have continued to work in police and other institutions, under the orders of the invaders, under violent measures until June 12, 1999, were recognised as the Republic of Kosovo's post-war pension.

Shukreje Rexhepi, who is not reaching full pension in payment for less than a year, says that in the two systems, in the pre-war one and now by Kosovo authorities, they are discriminated against.

The law on pension schemes, which has preceded the threshold for contributing pensioners for 15 years, has been issued in 2004. Which many pensioners and I are now retired and in the future will not reach. I do not reach this threshold, which is as a condition for complete retirement, for less than a year... That threshold is not valid for the Serb community, while it is applied to Albanians, because the Serb community at the time has not left work, we have left only at”, Rexhepi has said, KsP reports.

Even the ombudsman institution has recommended to the Ministry of Labour and Social Management that this right of contributors cannot be limited to laws or acts issued later.

The ombudsman has forwarded to the Ministry of Labour and Social Management (MPMS), the report with recommendations pertaining to the pension contributions of age.

The people's “Avocat estimates that the payment pension is a right earned on the basis of certain legal norms, which cannot be limited to laws or acts issued later. Furthermore, this report argues that exercising rights in the retirement pension of age presents property enforcement based on the European Convention on Human Rights (KEDNJ), in relation to conditioning the exercise of law in this pension, based on the Law on Pension Scheme”, say the Ombudsman's Institution.

While the chairman of the Union of Independent Trade Unions of Kosovo, Avni Aydin, has told Kosovo that unfortunately there are workers who cannot reach full retirement for three days, for a week, for a month and for three months.

He has added that many times they have sought to change this pension scheme, which they have also received promises during election campaigns by leaders of parties who are now in power.

“Yet we are eyewitnesses and truthful witnesses, in the regime of that time who was playful or who made a decision to work for Serbia, signed it and beat it to work, while the people whose ideal as it allowed, the national ideal has been a national cause to defend this country, they (workers) have said no. So he lost his job, risked his family, went out, and became a dump, working shopping for his family. Now today, for example. Those who were loyal today enjoy all rights, enjoy full retirement. At the time, wages have been received, while those who have said no, who have thought about this state, receive 75 euros today, a social assistance and full pension do not get”, says Aydin.

BSPK's leader has said they have asked the Government to reduce the threshold of a pension scheme, so that at least it can take place 10 years from 15 years. Aydini, though not knowing the exact number of this category that doesn't make up the right, says it's enough, and the most affected is the 1950s generation.

There's plenty, taking the generation from 1950 until we got fired. This generation and solid framework cannot get pensions because of the pension scheme, which is 15 years. We like BSPK, we've been looking for and talking to the prime minister, and we have written down, as of 02.10.2017, we've directed the Government to recognize the pension schemes, to shrink, to be done in 10 years of 15 years. But there is not yet. Consider, that pension schemes if they get 10 years consider not being charged by the state budget. It's possible that this becomes”, Aydin stressed.

A brief electronic response from the Department of Pensions at the Ministry of Labour and Social Management has told Kosovo Press that MPMS is working on pension reform and is preoccupied with finding the form of admission for years of work for the period of dealt with dealt with dealt with by 1990-88. That, according to them, would thus be the basis for meeting the pension contributions criteria.

“MPMS has initiated pension reform and is currently in the phase of drafting the document's concept of Pension Reform, which precedes the Law on Pensions and Beneficiations. In this law, among other things, we plan to address the issue of years of work detention”, the ministry's response says.

Even 10 years after Kosovo's declaration of independence, Kosovo continues to have no day of liberation and the removal of the constitution by violence in March 1989 and the introduction of Kosovo under violent measures, continues not to be considered a day of conquest.