Qala: Water patrols made from 2008, Svecla has gone as minister

Former Kosovo Police Director Rashit Qalaj said Interior Minister Jelal Svecla has for the first time visited the country's north when he became minister.

These statements, Qalaj made in Tv1, while commenting on Svecla's statements that Kosovo Police are patrolling for the first time on Weman Lake”. He said Kosovo Police patrols in this part of the country have been realised since 2008, depending on operational needs.

I think Svechla in the parts of the north went for the first time after he became a minister, this issue is interesting to him, and all the KP actions start with the time he became minister. Let's not forget that in this part of the lake, police have patrolled since 2008 and that depending on the operational assessments that have been made. These patrols have been made periodic based on the police's needs based on the assessment of what they have become of patrols to prevent smuggling, etc.”, he said.

Even the opposition MP says the minister's statements are untrue and that, according to him, he must work harder on improving conditions for the police.

I think that this non-real statement that attempts to make institutions address the merits of the government, but it is better to support the police with the budget not to remain without uniforms as they are left today, so that they will not be left without shoes, to have better equipment while it is the management, which estimates which actions to be done in any part of the country”, he said.

Similarly, Qalaj said with current power there is a degradation in terms of security because it cannot extend sovereignty in the country's northern municipalities.

We have a huge deterioration, even though you hear my colleagues from the ruling party, according to them Kosovo is extending influence, sovereignty I think from the security aspect we have degradation because every time we are trying to implement government decisions, we have a huge reaction of the citizens of the northern part driven by the political and criminal element that on the side of the blockade of the roads cannot implement the <x1 decision, he added.

In addition, Qalaj estimates that at the time he was a police director, any decisions that have been taken have been implemented and did not allow roads to be blocked.