Residents of “Mat 1” protest against Pristina municipality

Protesters with the “slogans have also voted in Pristina”, “Buxhetti cut us, investments where there are”, “Pluhuri kills”, “pray for vows” and many others, for half an hour protested the neglect of the Pristina Community, which has overcome the problems of the daily they face.

Protest organiser Dren Sahini has specified the urgent demands of the residents of this neighbourhood, such as street lighting, the release of sidewalks for movement, the removal of life - threatening electricity, the closure of the stream, and the maintenance of the road by responsible companies.

Our “Editorship is very serious. A damaged, two - inch [2 cm] of asphalt, which is damaged and buried only by rain and wind after two months. A dust which in the summer chokes our lungs and our families, and a mud, which during winter hurts our cars and also risks even more. Lack of enlightenment causes uncertainty among both the elderly and the children. The lack of freedom of movement due to a piece of sidewalk, which is blocked by local suppliers and citizens parking cars there”, Sahin said.

He stressed that now and many years residents of this neighbourhood have been looking for measures on the part of the Pristina municipality, in terms of resolving these problems they face, but they have found in deaf ears.

The “Proteta aims at senbilising municipal organs first with a debate where our demands will be heard. Since 2016, not even the mayor who we have chosen has come to hear the troubles we have. We are almost the most habitable neighborhood in Pristina. The taxes and taxes collected from our neighborhood are not returned as a reward to the municipal budget. It should not be forgotten that the chairman during his term, during election campaigns has been chosen, promising that it was built overland and that we will be built underground. The channeling and water network have remained the same as 120 houses. Now imagine, there are ten thousand families, and in the lowest rain the entire sewer appears on the surface of”, he said.

Sahin has called on Pristina Mayor Shpend Ahemti and the municipality to meet the residents of this neighbourhood with the goal of resolving problems.

The mayor with the Pristina municipality statute, with responsibilities coming out of that statute, believe it or not, we have a right every day to raise from a criminal row because of the failure to observe its responsibilities, which he has”, he said.

Organisers said today's protest is the last step in this form and in this country, because the upcoming protests will be held before the municipality's target.