Iron Murati says there has been a tendency to misuse MCC funds

MCC is U.S. government agency United America and Kosovo's partnership with it were established in December 2015.

United States America has blocked funds for Kosovo, in March of this year, after the insistence of Prime Minister Albin Kurti not to remove the 100 % tax on Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

MCC Director Sean Caircross, appointed by US President Donald Trump, as reported by the media, in a telephone conversation with Kurti had told him that 50m euros of MCC will be blocked, as would be blocked by the gas project, where it was meant to invest some 150m euros.

But, Iron Murati, speaking in Rubik's Klan Kosovo, this Tuesday, has said there are dilemmas related to work on the $50m project, which he has indicated has been blocked due to insistences that are postponed before a misuse.

Now, in this 50 million thing, there's a dilemma about how it was done. It's a program for the renovation of homes of poor families, which has been prone to abuse by persons responsible for it”, said Murati.

Asked whether the funds were suspended due to the tendency to misuse, Vetevendosje MP has claimed that “has had such tendencies”.

He has mentioned several reports of consultants, who, according to him, point to something like that.

“They wanted to design the process such as to give monopoly to a company, and that company itself to make the assessment, investment itself, the adoption of”, it was expressed, Reporter writes.

Murati has insisted that Kosovo has not lost 200 million funds from the MCC.

Two hundred million lost. They weren't approved, 150 million. For these 50 million, I told you. There's been an impasse because there's been insistence on being pushed before a misuse of”, he said.

Challenge Corporation Millennium of Government US (MCC), on March 13th of this year, with an opinion statement confirming suspension of economic development programmes in Kosovo, writes Reporter.

“State Location The United States regarding Kosovo's tariffs on goods from Serbia is clear. Removing these tariffs will improve Kosovo's economy and help reduce poverty through economic growth. Until the matter of the fees is resolved Kosovo, MCC to suspend its programmes in Kosovo”, said in this statement.

One of the programs suspended by the MCC is also worth about $50 million. This programme was focused on reforms of the two most critical areas identified as development barriers Kosovo: Lack of electricity sustainability, as well as real weaknesses and shortcomings in rule of law.

MCC investments promote economic growth and help people get out of poverty, creating more stable, safer states, with new business opportunities