Minister Hajdari: No panic needs for state reserves, situation under control

Trade, Economy, Employment, Strategic Enterprises and Investments Minister Roszeta Hajdari has held a press conference, where she has stressed there is no need for panic in terms of state reserves.

“Based on the law on the internal market to take action on a warrant for not raising prices, and this has been managed very well in the Market Inspectorate with colleagues in municipalities and the situation is under control. And we have reports twice a day from the market inspectorate and the job one. We have close co-operation with the State Reserve Department that has also prepared the plan for state reserves now being viewed by the Finance Minister, after budget approval and with colleagues in government”, Minister Hajdari said.

That far stressed that starting with consumer accession and address from the Consumers Call Centre and accepting nearly 1,000 calls addressed to relevant institutions for law enforcement

The “Ankes in general concerned the rise of the price in an instant and without criteria. In general, prices for food products”, Hajdari added.

The minister said that labour inspectors in the field also hand in reports twice a day regarding performance.

The Market Inspector's “has conducted inspections on 900 business subjects and from here found in the over 30 mainly pricing violations. To address these violations, measures have been taken under the legislation at hand”, the minister said.

It also disclosed that the Labour Inspectorate carried out 350 inspections and violations were generally encountered in the absence of personal protective equipment, then in disinfecting spaces and in disregard of recommended distance.

We're in direct contact with state reserve suppliers and the situation is under control, we don't need panic, but we need to act on the situation we have now, so let's not panic, but be careful. State reserves are mostly preserved as wheat, agro-food goods, oil and drugs”, she added.