Economy officials expose Iron Mqira: False Employment Figures

Finance Minister Iron Murati's statements on the large number of employees this mandate are considered untrue and unrealistic by economic connoisseurs.

According to them, it is impossible to employ more than 32,000 workers for 30 months, while there are decreases in capital investments and lack of foreign investors. The main trigger sees the crisis north of the country.

The former head of the Kosovo Economic Ode, Safet Gerjaliu, that these figures are not real, compared to the escape of young people.

You also see the large number of those who are not looking for jobs, as he says they see no future in the country.

It is true that if you analyze statistical data either in statistics or even at the Ministry of Finance there is room to want those figures to be real and really vulnerable to Kosovo reality. What is being witnessed in Kosovo every day and more is the fact that statistics are taking another definition, is producing accurate results of the wrong data. I say that based on four indicators. If you analyze the statistics report in Kosovo, there are 1190 female and male citizens who are between the ages of 18 and 65 or ready for work”, Gerjaliu has said.

There are approximately 410 thousand people in Kosovo, both in the private sector and in the public sector, and if you analyze the demands for work, employment bureaus or employment agencies, you have another 51,000 waiting for work, and you see that it's the record of the fate of approximately 729 thousand Kosovars who are not registered, you expect no hope that they can be hired and didn't provide for work. Is this an influx of migration or what it really is? It's a disturbing indicator to me. In this direction, I think that Kosovo needs realisation of projects for real stable figures and indicators and not political statistics which many are exacerbating the citizen of Kosovo rather than motivating it to stay in Kosovo”, Gerjaliu said.

And for lack of foreign investments, Gerjaliu guilty leaves the situation in Kosovo. The crisis in the country according to him is the main blame Kosovo has not been an investor for three years.

How many foreign investments and investors have we had in Kosovo in the last three years? How many companies have opened from 100 jobs, foreign or local, and are not living if economic growth is thought to be built by consumption, and such consumption comes far more from remittances and remittances as investments accounting for Kosovo are much more than 724 million going into real estate. Therefore, it should really be thought of a slightly more active way in this direction to not always be that political approach to divert these numbers and these Kosovo indicators, he said.

Disagreement for the number of employees also includes the chairman of the Kosovo Business League, Besart Dresaj. According to him, Minister Murati's figures are not real if compared to migration.

I could say I had added a question. What is the number of those who have left the workplace, and have even released Kosovo for a better life? If we do a balance, it means that the difference is very small between those who are employed and those who have freed their jobs. The government must understand once and for all because the private sector is the key country that makes development and employment. Without supporting the private sector, we cannot enjoy news that will be expected for good days in the private sector”, Dresaj said. / EO