INT ERVIEW/Castrati: Government Kurti don't know how to solve situations, are unaware

PERISCOP: How did you comment on the Supreme Court's decision to give you the right to close schools and then open to the acting chairman, Kadri Rahimaj?

CASTER: For me, it's been expected that such a decision would come from the Supreme Court, that I've stated at the time of the campaign, that whoever says it's going to reset reforms, has to let this happen with two-thirds of students, doesn't know the law. He is either a day without winning or being a fraud. Unfortunately, the current chairman, but also the Ministry of Education, have taken such actions to win electorally, populist actions that our justice system does not tolerate. The Supreme Court has said that eventually those schools cannot be opened as the chairman has opened them, and if the court rulings are not respected in Kosovo, then it consumes criminal acts and is convicted.

PERISCOP: How do you see the governance of the current chairman, Kadri Rahimaj in the Kamenica municipality?

CASTER: I don't think the first one knows, has no knowledge, or vision since the municipality developed. The second one has conservative access, so it all turns around and doesn't allow me to make social progress. So far, it's not like there's any work or commitment that had to develop.

PERISCOP: How do you see the government's battle with trade unions, considering that wages have not been complete for strikers in August?

CASTER: Yes, let's not forget it's been nine months since the BSPK has repeatedly asked the Government to help their workers in relation to the crisis and inflation that is taking place. For me, it's their right request because the basic basket has grown above 40%, the price of energy is rising, almost life and prosperity is being weaker. Second, the prime minister is saying it is Kosovo's unprecedented economic rise and we know it affects hundreds of millions that are not available. Given that the cost of spending will increase as winter arrives, if an average home needs to be secured with heating diapers for this winter, it will cost more than two thousand euros. In any country where there is a crisis, governments help the categories they need to put money in circulation to reduce the crisis. But on the other hand, what I've said is that it's unacceptable, very low this threatening, frightening approach that you try to discipline where you don't pay them in time, comes out and warns them they don't have to pay. Even in a constitutional and legal way, the government cannot decide to affect the salaries of municipal employees. They have the contract with the municipality, they don't have the contract with the government. This is direct intervention in local government competencies.

I've had such an experience, where the Ministry of Education has been sent to the Constitutional Court for overcoming competencies and violating municipal responsibilities, and we've won that case. That's why I'm convinced that if the government intervenes in the competence of the municipality, it's a violation of the constitution.

PERISCOP: You mentioned the fact that the government isn't spending money in a way that blocked them in the state budget... What do you think is the reason for this action on the part of the government?

CASTER: Generally, in any country in the world where there is a crisis, governments, both left and right, put money in circulation. Left - minded subjects try to help categories that are needed, such as social cases. Right governments helped businesses, gave them direct money. But there is no pattern that can capture sound logic and that has knowledge of the economy that block money and don't put it into the market. Even when you think it's a strategy that you use for a worse time, let's not forget, if you now have 500 million euros and the crisis is growing, then they're going to have a much smaller price, but the state has to have a lot less income because there's no circulation. It is to Me that they do not know how to resolve matters. They are devoid of knowledge.

PERISCOP: Mr. Kastrati, I'd like to ask you all about the current reductions taking place. Where do you think the Government was wrong, so to speak, and what should be done specifically in preventing this?

CASTER: The government's mistake is he didn't do anything. He hasn't done anything but nothing. Even KEK, in this case instead of being given hundreds of millions of extra money to make investments, does not have a six-month realist as much as 15% of the budget. Government has been required in many ways, to secure the way when the price is cheaper to provide energy, is to invest energy efficiency. Imagine those 100 euros were distributed when it was a vacation and people were going to the coast. The money they paid for Thermocos, where there were urgent procedures to expand many consumers and facilitated the need for electricity. However, the problem or the error of this government is that they have done nothing. /Intervisto: Enis Rrustemi / Periscopi/