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7 hours agoKosovo loses Britain's support for recruiting ER Board Chief Chairmanship
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The British Embassy through a media response has expressed disappointment over the decision by Kosovo's Parliamentary deputies on February 28th, against not voting any of the candidates recommended by the implementing partner of the Recruitment Project in the position of Board of Energy Regulatory Office Chairman (ZRRE). “Failure of deputies to [...]
The British Embassy through a media response has expressed disappointment over the decision by Kosovo's Parliamentary deputies on February 28th, against not voting any of the candidates recommended by the implementing partner of the Recruitment Project in the position of Board of Energy Regulatory Office Chairman (ZRRE).
The deputies' “desire to vote on one of the recommended candidates has resulted in re-nouncing the competition for this position. Therefore, we publicly announce that our project will not support the recursing of the recruiting process for the same position of the Head of the ZRE Board. The British Embassy is very careful how it spends its money on British taxpayers. We will not finance additional recruiting processes, when there are no reasons why they are repeated except the lack of will to appoint prepared candidates”, the British Embassy's response said.
This embassy, notes that the recommended candidates were selected through a well-structed, professional and meritocratic process.
“They had met all the criteria and had shown that they have the powers needed to exercise the position of Head of the ZRRE Board. Despite such a transparent recruiting process, Kosovo Assembly deputies had not voted any of the recommended candidates. This failure to appoint one of the recommended candidates is contrary to the Memorandum of Co-operation signed by the Parliament and the Government of Kosovo. This decision also challenges the purpose and political will of Kosovo's Parliament deputies for professional appointments to high leadership positions in institutions which would have to be independent, and sectors of vital importance for resources and the Kosovo economy” are further highlighted in response.
In the case of the Commission for State Assistance, the British Embassy says Kosovo Assembly MPs have appointed five candidates recommended by the implementing partner, showing that when there is will, appointments can be made based on merit.
