MPs seek accounts from Vitia for Agon Musliu, tests from Serbia

For three hours, former Health Minister Arben Vitita has given his testimony regarding the management of the COVID-19 pandemic to members of the parliamentary investigative Commission concerning the management of the Kosovo government's pandemic. As far as the tragic death of Agon Musliu at the Center of quarantine has expressed his regret, Vitia said that the deceased had no record of his condition. While, accepting 1,000 tests from Serbia, former Minister Vitita deems it a political decision.

With it started the Vitita meeting has said that with the start of presenting the first cases with COVID-19, Kosovo has been unprepared, where protective equipment has been lacking.

The chairman of this commission, Mimoza Kusari-Lila, asked to know what basis the measures have been put on, and Vita said in his response those measures were under the hardship circumstances as the fragile health system originally inherited from 20 years to a lack of investment in the health sector.

Discussion on this commission continued with a lengthy debate about 1 hour between PDK deputy Bekim Haxhiu and former Health Minister Arben Vitita.

PDK member Bekim Haxhiu has accused former Minister Vitita of having signed contracts that have been contracted at very high prices than those in the region have damaged the state budget by millions.

While asking questions about the contract with the company “Agani” Haxhiu has asked the former minister for yet another contract with another company that, according to him, has been linked to the Vetevendosje Movement.

He even said that prices, which have been paid for mask supplies, gloves are abusive prices many times as big, and compared to contracts the SHSKUK has had ranged up to 3,500 at the cost.

MP The PDK also asked about the sacks of corpses for which it said that SKKKUK I has bought at an 8-euro price, but that the Ministry of Vitita has contracted them with a price of over 27 euros.

What connection did you have with the company Aogani and what's your relationship today? ...The Ministry of Health has signed contracts with the company Agagani for morphine, even though the same company has not had a marketing authorisation so import permission for this product and, worse, the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo has had a currency contract for supply by August 2nd. Why did the Health Ministry have to sign a contract with a company that had no marketing permit, while the USKKUK had a currency contract with a company that had marketing permits. Have your officials officially asked your officials through the email that has been granted permission to import the company '%Aganiʹ for the morphine ... The company “Lego” owned by Flanza Abbas, which has benefited at the time you were minister over 3m euros contract contracts at the ARBK and the company “Lego <ex4> results in having 2 workers in the period you signed the contract. Did you know the connection of this company to the Vetevendosje Movement? Because according to the publications it turns out that her husband, Celi Abazi, is part of the Vetevendosje Movement reported in the media, and that her brother is also part of the Vetevendosje Movement”, Haxhi asked.

In his responses to the former minister, Vitita said the lack of protective equipment has been and has never even claimed there are over 60 thousand masks.

According to the Year, MP Haxhiu's agreement that Kosovo's budget has been damaged by millions of euros does not stand at all.

Former Health Minister Arben Vitita has even invited all institutions to contract and investigate them. In his response to the report with the company “Agani”, he said that he worked in this company from 2004 to 2007 and that there is currently no report with this company. While for the company “Lego”, where MP Haxhiu alluded that it was related to Vetevendosje Movement, he said it was not in his discretion to look around or between his fingers for certain companies.

And I believe that this is public because even in my CV at every institution including the health ministry institution that is public fact and I have never hidden it. As far as I'm concerned today, I have reports with the company Aogani. There's absolutely no report... Most of these questions if I knew the answers would be some kind of violation of the law that the Ministry of Health has, of course, a restriction except that it is the authority by law is determined how all the details and links of procurement go from the moment required by the research unit... There has been an offer of about 100,000 euros, which have been accommodated since the time of former minister, the Ismajli Bridge. And from the administration I remember this when the secretary announced this and the secretary and the administration in general need to cancel whatever the great needs we have for these materials should be canceled because there are enormous price swells and how this activity has been cancelled and then it has been reopened again. . I don't know the prices, Mr. Haxhiu, and it would also be unreasonable that the Minister knowing the prices... as far as the company has ever been concerned with the Legos and believe I don't have any compass again. I repeat not only the company, but no other company has been in my discretion to keep my name in mind, nor has it been in my discretion to look at the laptop or the middle of my fingers for certain companies or at least that in the political aspect that I believe has been an additional reason why in this time without having been so well-run, the year was expressed.

According to him, the main problem in pandemic management has been the exact lack of legal infrastructure that has made it difficult for all acts of acts in fighting pandemic.

Numerous questions for the former minister, Vitita also had AAK deputy Shkumbin Demalija, who said that the entire pandemic management at the time of Arben Vitita has been illegal. He even told the former minister whether he is willing to apologize to the Musliu family for saying that there has been no evidence of Agon Musliu's condition.

The year in his answers has said that Agon Musliu's death has been very serious. Full responsibility, Vitita has reiterated that late Agon Musliu has not had a document with him at Pristina Airport that has testified to his state of health.

Of course, I feel bad about Agon's death, of course it hasn't been easy for me either as minister, and especially for me as Agon's death minister. Of course, I express my heartfelt condolences to Agon's family. It's easy to say, but not in my case that a tragedy has taken place in a human way but also in an ethical way has been extremely serious. But with full responsibility I tell them that the late Agon Musliu did not have any documents with him at the entrance of the border point at Pristina airport HINAAdem Jasharı. Of course, that's when those statements I read and all the acters from the street have confirmed it from the airport: “, Vitia said.

Ekrem Hyseni from the LDK has sought to know whether it was right only to sign then-health minister Arben Vitita to free Kosovo citizens from quarantine.

Vitia said his signing was not his decision but a request from the health ministry's legal office.

This was not my decision, and my signature has only confirmed what health experts have said and what any of the citizens who have been in quarantine have seen. What I did well was to make sure that there is no delay from the moment of recommendation from field specialists to the moment of my signature”, the former Minister Vitita stressed.

MPs have also requested clarification concerning the admission of 1,000 tests from Serbia. Former Health Minister Arben Vitita has been able to explain how it came to accept these 1,000 tests has said this decision has been proper and the only one to help Albanian citizens in the Presevo Valley.

“We have requested both the Republic of Kosovo under completely equal conditions with the mediation of General Reese and the respective ambassadors, as we do not have the eventual and concrete aid the other side has brought to Serbian citizens, to have no obstacle to Kosovo's side to send concrete aid to Presevo. And we agreed to send a total of 500 thousand euros in aid to the Valley. And during this time the minister of Health from the other side has offered that a thousand tests that you're referring to bring to the Republic of Kosovo, and of course it's discussed that these tests cannot come as a test of ethnic character for the country, but they will be tests coming to Kosovo and going to the IKSHP. That was the political part of the deal. Without specifying specific dates or hours when we will send aid from 500 euros to the cities of our countrymen and the same day and date when tests from Serbia will come... I believe that despite the huge fuss that has become what we wanted to achieve from the beginning there has been concrete assistance to our countrymen in Presevo, Medvedja and Bujanovac has been achieved and I think that the very acceptance of these tests rather than ethnic character has been a sovereign act and I continue to think that it has been a proper decision”, Vitia.

During today's parliamentary investigative commission on government management of pandemic has witnessed former Deputy Health Minister Izet Sadiku