Government still without offer for veterans, protests again warned

However, the government has not yet submitted such an offer to veterans.

In this regard, Government spokesman Progress Kryeziu says the executive has finalised a concrete and content proposal, and within a very short time they will share it with representatives of organisations derived from the KLA war.

“at the meeting with representatives of war veterans' organisations that Prime Minister Kurti has held in his office has reiterated the Government of the Republic of Kosovo's commitment to deepening co-operation with the Association of Kosovo Liberation Army Veterans in the effort to improve the welfare of KLA veterans. The Government's proposals in this regard have also been presented, which offer to representatives of these organizations in the past form. We have finalised a concrete and content proposal, and within a very short time we will share it with representatives of war veterans' organisations”, Kryeziu says in a written response to KosovoPress.

The deputy chairman of the Association of Families of Kosovo Liberation Army Witnesses, Muhamet Bilalli, says that by Friday they have not accepted any written proposal from the government.

Billall says that if their demands are not met, these associations will again organise protests on the day when the Bill on the minimum wage will be considered in the second reading.

Until today, the government has returned no response, even though the prime minister has promised to make a written offer, so until today he has returned no response. We are in expectation of this because we are used to this government of promise and failure. The actions of war veterans' associations will establish leaderships, the Steering Council for Further Progress, but the stances of the Association and the perpetrators of War veterans' duty, Faton Klinkaku, Xavit Jashar, Fadil Shudrej, are, at the moment that the minimum wage bill goes to read, so veterans will still be in protest. And until the last day, we will not stop looking for our rights, which are minimal rights, which is also a shame to be mentioned after these years for this” category, he says.

Bilalli says their demands are legitimate and will not release “pe” in any way for their realisation.

We'll never get away from our demands, which are minimal demands, and it's a shame for the government to make so much noise for nothing. But we're used to this government, their statements... The government is wrong, has entered a path without committing, war-free organisations will not release until the final point of their demands. The requirements are legitimate”, he says.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Albin Kurti at the media conference on June 18th, a day after meeting with leaders of war-free associations, has said that during the next week they will hand over the organisations released from the war their proposal as a solution to their demands.

The written proposals will be submitted as soon as possible, during the next week certainly, and along with the Ministry of Finance, Labour and Transfers we are working on a concrete proposal, written content offers, clear to war-free organisations. I am open dialogue, for communication, for regular contacts, that my office is open to all meetings and dilemmas that we may have, but at the same time I also express my commitment, not only to this issue, that the Government of Kosovo is interested in treating the KLA with dignity even in terms of the socio-economic development of our country, but also in the institutional and democratic aspects of the independent state of Kosovo. So, we don't want economic growth and well-being without veterans, and we don't want independence without veterans, we want it with them”, Kurti said.

The meeting of leaders of the KLA war veterans' association in Government with the prime minister, Albin Kurti, had come a day after the protest of veterans organised before the Kosovo Assembly, though after the meeting veterans have stressed that they had not agreed to any of the executive chief's points.

The June 16th protest also interrupted the assembly session, until PDK and AAK deputies had refused to allow it to be held, blocking the Parliament's speaker.