Committee with 21 suspended officials

Of them 42 in administration as a procurement official, engineer in the construction permit sector, and security personnel; 12 at the City Theatre as an artist; 43 in education as administrative officials, school guards or cleaners, and 22 in health as a physician of various profiles or nurses.

According to civil service law Article 12.4 Term appointments for a shorter period than six months will be made on the basis of contracts called “Agreement on special services” subject to the Law on Obligations and for which a simplified recruiting procedure is implemented.

In 31 those engaged in administration, 39 cases of engaging in education and 12 cases of engagement in the municipality has held these workers more than 6 months within a year, exceeding the legal restraint of 6 months.

According to the audience, their commitment has come as the municipality has over 40 employees suspended due to criminal investigations on the part of the prosecution, while for the other staff, the municipality has no budget approved for additional personnel.

Indexline has sent questions to the municipality's address to understand how much the number of suspended currently is due to abuses of official duty.

Unlike the ZKA, in a written response from the municipality's Media Office, indicate that a total of 21 civil servants have been suspended.

“Everything is suspended by 21 civil servants of the municipal administration and these data are delivered from 2016, because from that period there is no one suspended”, their response is said.

They have stressed that these suspended are municipal administrations by various directors.

Criminal acts due to alleged misuse of official duty. This data is provided by the Gjilan municipality's Staff Unit”, said in response.

According to the audience, covering important positions with temporary agreements results in poor staff performance and monitoring and increasing uncertainty whether adequate staff is engaged in such positions.

The mayor with the municipality management must review the real needs for workers' engagement with contracts for special services, since the cases noted have nothing to do with particular or transitional services but are permanent arrangements. The need for additional staff for career positions should be analysed, and if increased staff numbers are necessary, this will be put into budgetary planning”, the ZKA report on this municipality says.