Directors for Administrative Inspectation Bill: Government Aims to Fear Civil Servants

Kosovo Communist Association Chairman Saban Ibrahimi told Kosova Prees that at today's meeting there were 27 mayors in the country.

In addition to representatives from Podujevo, all the mayors have demanded that the proceedings of this bill be halted.

The “were requested by the Kosovo Communist Association to create from the central level for this bill to be terminated in proceedings. Many reasons were given why the proceedings of this law should cease. One reason is that there are certain laws that regulate this area. Mayors also praised that this law is contrary to the Constitution of Kosovo, as the Guardian of the Protection of Freedoms and Human Rights. But it is also contrary to the European charter on local self-government in terms of local level autonomy”, Ibrahim said.

According to him, if this bill is approved by parliament, local democracy is violated.

He announces that the same is allowed by an inspector to have the opportunity to inspect without warning for any public official.

These inspectors will have the right to enter the office of every public official and president and public official. And have access to their equipment with warning and unannounced even in light of schedules. It also reflects that these inspectors are monitoring buildings, premises, where they think they have access to inspection. In this case, the mayors estimate that human basic rights and also the right to privacy are violated. Also, there could be re-inspectation, if those inspectors are not satisfied with a procedure that is 30-day inspection”, Ibrahim said.

He said inspectors can get all documentation, interview the parties and witnesses, photograph persons and audio-incisions and other documents. In this regard, he stresses that the prosecution can fix this, but not even an agency that is formed by the Government of Kosovo.

The “will follow the situation, organise meetings, debates with the public, but also with parliamentary groups. In order for them to see reality, to see the purpose of this bill that we believe is not fair. Several mayors stressed that this bill is being drafted to intimidate all public administration employees in Kosovo institutions, in this case local institutions. Because in parallel with this law, the law for public servants in which the bill is envisioned is a clause that in the four-year period every department director and every division chief will be announced post and will again compete”, Ibrahim said.

Under this bill, the inspectorate has the capacity to initiate disciplinary procedure against public officials, pronounce fines of up to 700 euros and also fire him.

At today's meeting of mayors has also been discussed with problems with collective contracts in education and health, problems with the failure of the Procuration Organization Board, the financial means of municipalities that are going to the reserve fund and local-level central co-operation.