Unionists on charges of fear and blackmail in MPJD, Gervala: To appear before the mirror and to speak to themselves

Minister Donika Grovalla has responded to allegations by the Foreign Service Members Union Association, who said fears and blackmail are being installed in the MPJD.

Voice of America: Madam minister, there is a clash within the ministry that you are running with employees seeking to have a union organisation within it. Even today, according to the union association of members of your ministry's foreign service, representatives broke into their offices and took over all the material they have inside. How do you respond to these accusations, are you blocking a union organisation within the ministry?

Donika Gervalla Schwarz: The first to be understood and very important, is that the February 14th elections of 2021, our government coalition has won with the promise of deep institutional reforms, namely, for a functioning of our institutions for a more efficient job in our institutions. Nothing more or nothing has happened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which is a forerunner of reforms. We've joined two ministries, so we've mixed the former Diaspora Ministry with the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with a new labour regulation we've created a joint ministry. As far as the union organisation is concerned, of course I have lived 30 years in Germany and claim that I am better off with procedures and the need for union representation. I think that a small number of people who claim to take over are union representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora would have to come first to the mirror and talk to themselves because breaking the first law is not accepted and the second is not accepted, union representatives so union heads can't be anyone, by law, from part of the management, that's the department director, and that's where the self-declared and self-declared people take over to explain what the media are and what are not. I have been very open to everyone since coming to March last year and trying all together, you have also seen the participation of an alleged protest that was organised in Pristina that was not by the real employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but has been an extremely small number. I am committed to creating an efficient structure at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with improvements with other countries, with partner states and allies.