17 Gjakova Airport workers have contracts, receive salaries, but are not allowed access

The government's first three-month decision by Haradinaj to pass to Gjakova Airport for use at the Defence Ministry is expected to cost 17 workers at the airport. Some of these workers have protested today, demanding that they go to work, while the Ministry of Economic Development explains that the Government's decision, which therefore depends on the Constitutional Court's legal opinion.

Nine workers who have made security at Gjakova Airport have been not allowed to enter and carry out their work, which they figure in the contract by 2020. That's because with the arrival of KSF troops, all powers have been taken. By tomorrow and eight other staff managers and technicians are expected to be barred from entering the airport.

Despite the bad weather that prevailed in the early hours in Gjakova, former airport security, Sadri Taffen, did not prevent him from expressing the revolt over injustice, as he is claiming to be being done.

Expressing all this, he for Kosova Prees says he has left work without any warning and nothing has come to those in writing since 14 days.

Tafa addresses the charges and the management staff where it says that workers' selections have been made, after part, are still allowed to enter the airport.

This month's 16th time we're out of work in a verbal way. The problem is that we were given nothing in writing. One reason we don't get to work. Since we have the contract by 2020. We've been working all the colleagues we've been here together since 2013, which means that six years, and we're not allowed in for two weeks. Another concern exists in particular from the manager staff, we're thinking or assuming that there's been a selection, because part of the workers are, and part of what you see aren't allowed to enter into”, he says.

Clearing their situation requires the next airport worker, Sezai Kamberi.

Our goal is only to clarify our situation as to what should be done next to us. Nothing in writing is just a statement and a word... we're at work, but we're not working on it, we're trying to clarify our situation as soon as we can, he says.

Meanwhile, all charges of employee selection deny Gjakova Airport Director Vlora Goyanni, while saying she has no responsibility even that, from tomorrow, she and other technical workers would be barred from entering the airport.

Not explaining their situation and position, she has accused the Ministry of Economic Development and has demanded that their legal side be respected after contracting until April 30th 2020.

They're not alone with these workers, we're all workers. When I refer to Gjakova's airport, 17 workers are in question... from the 16th day at the request of the management to complete administrative affairs, a portion of the staff has been allowed by the Ministry of Defence to remain in administration on condition by the 31st, until tomorrow. Otherwise, tomorrow two ministries come. The Ministry of Economic Development received the documentation, while the Defence Ministry gets the keys to that object we're expecting work. Until today, actually, tomorrow. M The ZHE has been given a market deadline that shows me that it's not only the people that have been out of question, because these have been given the responsibility since April 26th when the government's decision has been published... we have no access to the airport since tomorrow, but without work we won't believe that the ministry has to provide a” document for me, she says.

The entire afternoon has also reacted to the Minister of Economic Development, Valdrin Luka.

He says he remains undefinated on staff status of the Gjakova Airport Company. According to him, the government's decision, which therefore depends on the Constitutional Court's legal opinion.

Under the Government's decision, it is the Interministerial Commission for Public Enterprises that can come up with other recommendations to the Government on this process. Based on this decision, the Interministerial Commission, which is being led by me, has recommended that the decision to transform this asset be adjusted to the employees of this company at the Ministry of Defence, totaling 17 people. This aims for workers to be transferred and have more stable and long-term jobs. MZHE is awaiting the Government's decision, which subsequently depends on the constitutional court's legal opinion that determines whether we can make such decisions” says Luka.

But, it says that until we make the government's new decision, The Gjakova Airport will fulfil all contractual obligations, including workers' salaries by the end of contracts.