5 hours agoTelekom workers protest, account deadlock
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)Telekom workers have protested before Telekom's main facilities at all Kosovo centres. The protests have also held at Pristina headquarters. Telekom Workers' Union Chairman Lahi Balaj has said the protest is held because of the worldwide impasse, with regard to all financial means withdrawn from [...]
Telekom workers have protested before Telekom's main facilities at all Kosovo centres. The protests have also held at Pristina headquarters.
Telekom Workers' Union Chairman Lahi Balaj has said that the protest is held due to the blocking of the accounts, with regard to all financial means removed from the former company “Dardafo”.
According to him, about 3 300 workers are without salaries.
The “won't happen again that someone has been robbing the state budget. Everyone knows who's guilty of stealing in Telekom. You know Alexander Lumez, the well-being of the workers is the most important”.
About 3 300 workers are paid, and today we are in a chaotic state that the policy-backed mafia has stolen from Telekom. The Mafia clan's goal is to get Telekom on the brink of bankruptcy. The contract with Z-Mobile was criminal, why they didn't investigate and why they left the company in this state they know”.
While employees, Management and Kosovo Telecom Directors' Early Board have been addressed through a public letter to high state bodies and all institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, in terms of reflecting the highly critical and emergency situation created after the impasse and withdrawal of means from bank accounts.
“We want to inform with accuracy all agents and state executives of the real situation under way in Kosovo's Telekom, in terms of the significant moment of threat and potential risk of continuing to provide continuous electronic communications services to all institutions of the Republic of Kosovo, as well as other subjects using telecommunications services, which has been created after the crash of bank accounts”, reports Telekom Economy Online.
“The continuation of this heavy situation in Kosovo's Telekom, adding the situation to Covid-19's pandemic, at any moment according to them, could cause the unwanted circumstance of an irreparable damage to Kosovo's organs and institutions, including high national security institutions, emergency, health, and a series of other institutions and subjects, because this situation could result in the interruption of Kosovo Telecom functions due to ineffable operation and functioning in the current conditions of the bank account <18x>
Therefore, we invite the responsible state institutions, so as soon as possible, to work on providing the solution to this sensitive situation and in supporting and saving the state company of vital, strategic, economic and social interest”, the end of the letter is said.
