Is Vetevendosje trying to capture the manager's position in RTK?

Periskopi

19 January 2023, 17:36(3 years ago)

In the competition for television director at Kosovo Radio Television, Riley Grovalla, has emerged the most appreciated by a commission formed for selection. Now, his name is expected to go to Bord. It does not take much research to find that Gervala is closely associated with Vetevendosje Movement over the years. He associates with [...]

They have continued high-ranking competitions on Kosovo Radio and Television, which have been under way since power was changed in the country.

Finally, procedures were launched for selecting Kosovo Radio Television Director. The contest was announced on December 16th of last year, and Rillind Grovall, Bekim Graychev, Jevdet Sfarca, Gengust Gengus, Avni Dalipi and Jymret Veliu

The candidates selected on the tight list to be sent to the RTK board are Rilelind Grovalla, Gevdet Sfarca, Jymret Veliu and Genguti noble.

The assessment of the election of the director of public television has made it a commission of five members, which RTK General Director puts up in this case Shkumbin Ahmetxejaj.

The chairman of the RTK Board, Besnik Boletini, has not yet gone through the selected names.

“We so far have not received the proposal for this position, since procedures are under way in management”, he has said in a written response to the Express.

The most esteemed candidate, whose name is expected to go quickly to the board, is Rilelind Gervalla, newspaper Express notes.

Gervala appears to have had close ties to LVV over the years as he circulates pictures of him with some of the party's figures, such as the VV director in Tirana Boicn Abazi and Headship adviser Arber Zaimi.

Arber Zami and Relind Gervalla

Relind Gervalla and Boiken Abazi

It figures several times on the list of donors of the Vetevendosje Movement, with financial contribution to this party.

From the LVV financial report, 2012

From the LVV financial report, 2020

Ahmetjekane has been asked whether RTK's management has information on candidate ties with the ruling party. He has not commented on that, but has said the final decision will be in accordance with the law.

The Albanian-language channel director's selection is under way. There are still legal deadlines to be respected and, of course, any final decision will be in line with the legislation in force”, RTK General Director said.

Gervala has been working at RTK for years in the international news sector.

The candidate named for RTK television director has closed his Facebook profile on January 18th, 2023. He has his account opened on Twitter, where he describes himself as <x0-venging and activist”. In his Twitter account, Gervala also resends government officials' posts, while earlier, through posts, has given support to LV.

The drill was positioned beside the LV even after its division. In 2014 he wrote in Titter for “the image that made the click of Dardan Molliq”.

On Facebook there are posts where Gervailla is addressed as Vetevendosje Movement activist, while he has photos of him with LVV officials over the years, even in party spaces.