4 months agoLost hours must not be compensated, MPs not put illegal pressure
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Class hours lost during the three weeks of the strike of the United Education Union will not be compensated, as such does not impose the Law on Greece, which is in force. Thus, MPs would not have to pressure to violate a Law that they themselves [...] have to disobey.
Jasharaj in this interview spoke of the Minister of Education's insistence, Blessed Bytyqi, that his decision on compensation for lost hours should not be suspended and SBASK's further actions against that decision.
INT PLOCE ERVIEST
How do you see the pressure of some of the MPs who, during today's meeting of the Commission, asked to replace lost hours during the strike?
I wondered why MPs insist on replacing hours. They would have to seek the implementation of laws in Kosovo, as is the Law for Grava, which they have voted for themselves and that Law does not impose on us to compensate for the hours. If insisted, then it loses the value of the strike, because institutions say that let the strike hold, as hours will eventually compensate. I once again demanded that the minister of education withdraw the decision to compensate for the hours, but he refused, so we remained with the Steering Council's decision not to compensate until the Court's decision, which is binding on us, however they decide.
Have you received any information from the Court regarding your indictment? What's going on with him?
No, we haven't got answers yet, and it seems like institutions are trying to create fog. We have asked the Court to first suspend the minister's decision and then decide how to handle our indictment. The court has not seen the decision suspended by August, so our indictment goes into regular and decided session, and I'm saying SBASKU is pending the court's decision. I said that the Ministry's decision be suspended, and then the teachers decide for themselves how to compensate for the hours, for the explanation of the matter. I'm saying the SBASKU is awaiting the Court's decision. We are waiting for the minister to make the right decision and suspend the decision to compensate for the hours. But the situation as it came out of the parliamentary Commission, the two sides remain with our decisions at the SBASK, we ask that hours not be compensated, while the minister wants them compensated.
Today's meeting of the Commission called for the next Saturday to begin replacing lost hours. How will the SBASKu operate?
We will still appeal to teachers to respect the decision of the Steering Council, as the members of this Council are their representatives and the teachers themselves have been declared unwilling to replace their hours. SASKU would not insist if any teachers saw him observing the minister's decision. Let him remain in their conscience. However, we call on these hours not to be compensated. But it shouldn't be because after that the strikes would be much duller.
Why is it being insisted that a decision that conflicts with the laws in force remain in force [such as the Law for Greece, which does not impose the replacement of lost hours]?
I have had to stop implementing this decision, so tensions can be reduced and the court brings a merit decision on all parties, but the Court did not withdraw the minister's decision. The minister is insisting that his decision be realised. And we will insist that such a decision not be respected.
Will there be meetings between the SBASK and Minister Bytyqi in order to solve the problems between the two sides and have no uncertainty about teachers and students?
The peacemaker does not, since teachers even during the strike have declared themselves and know the Law does not impose compensation hours. I need to call SBASK and discuss these issues. I don't see any possibility of choice, but the decision must remain in effect.
Interviewed: Artina Muchiqi
