AAK does not rule out protests against electricity expensive decision

The AAK deputy head, MP Pal Lekaj, tells Kosovo that the decision to expensive the electricity will be submitted to the Constitutional Court simultaneously, while stressing that they are looking at opportunities to organise even protest. He says the government should also find solutions for paying the electricity to the north.

“We will insist on opposing this if the government disagrees, we will seek democratic methods of pressure on the government, sending it to the Constitutional Court as well. Also, other methods outside of institutions... they're all optional, we'll see what opportunity it will be to pressure the government. Besides what I said institutionally is the open option for protests... 2:30 abolishing the ZRE's decision and seeing the alternative option not to become expensive with electricity. We will apply to the government to implement or make decisions because it has passed the resolution that has paid Serbs in northern Kosovo the current. About 30 million, 30 million have been demanded for these three months, which generally means about 60 million, plus 90 million subsidies, which would mean that for those three months it would be 150m euros”, he says.

Lekaj addresses criticism of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, whom he calls a fraud.

The ZRE decision has been the worst news for Kosovo citizens. (The decision) is anti-legal, unconstitutional, and it is discriminated against because it distinguishes citizens. For a layer of citizens, they are subsidized, while for the rest, citizens have to pay for others. Especially is it discriminated against and not equal to the country's north with citizens who are inconsistent and in no way has the solution been found to pay for the spent energy. Therefore, the ZRE has made a wrong decision and discrimination for Kosovo citizens ... This decision is in the course of other decisions that are contrary to the citizens' interest and is the decision that has deceived citizens. The government must have thought that everything managed is only in favor of its subject, but it has not dominated the general interest of citizens. As if he has deceived and promised to have reduced electricity, I think this direction has not been kept by Mr. Kurti, and for me it's a next fraud”, Lekaj declares.

MP Lekaj reasons the expenses and compensation of travel derivatives by the Kosovo Assembly. He says he travels regularly from Gjakova and has held 39 meetings under the legislature in the past two months.

According to him, MPs living in Pristina and have been compensated should be investigated by the relevant authorities.

I live in Gjakova, I am a resident of the city of Gjakova with documentation and I travel. I think what has been said, I can tell the citizens that 39 meetings I've had in two months. I'm not the one I've decided and it's the decision of the Parliament's headship and I didn't write bills and fill forms, I just declared the permanent residence. ...Those who have made a mistake is the autonomous institution is the prosecution to investigate all those who have cheated, but for myself, Pal Lekay lives in Gjakova”, he says.

Despite that, Lekaj says they do not support the decision to abolish the regulation for compensation of the derivatives initiated by the ruling party, the Vetevendosje Movement.

We are not supporters of those who make ad-hoc decisions, we are advocates of laws. We also have the law on salaries that tackle all institutions and have longer stability. Here we are to create a law even for MPs, and we are for salaries to be raised in all institutions, except for government and municipal ones. Do not make decisions ad-hoc because there is no treatment for how to handle”, he says.