Special Intervention Unit protest again on November 7th

Special Intervention Unit ( OneSI has again warned protests on November 7th on Tuesday, writes Kalloxo.com.

The same have delivered the protest warning to Pristina's “police station Centre”.

The protest is again organised to express dissatisfaction with pay, risk and other additions.

This protest is a continuation of last protest, which was held on Wednesday (November 1st).

Tuesday's protest is expected to begin by 12 o'clock. Members of the Special Intervention Unit and the Explosive Tool Treatment Unit will appear in this protest.

Kosovo Interior Minister Jelal Svecla's statement, that members of the two special Kosovo Police units, which protested on November 1st in Pristina, have had monthly revenues of up to 2,200 euros, turn out to be not entirely true.

At least, the formula is unclear, since it is not about their basic monthly salary.

Members of the Special Intervention Unit of the Kosovo Police (NJSI) and the Unit for Treatment of Exploitation Tools (NJTME) protested in front of the Government of Kosovo building, demanding a revision of the pay category for job risk.

They demanded that the risk surplus be 50 percent of their basic salary, not as Government has assigned to seven categories, of various monetary values.

Kosovo Police Union Chairman Imer Zeqiri told Radio Free Europe that he does not expose Minister Svechla's statement that members of special units have been able to obtain financial means of up to 2,200 euros a month.

But, he said the gap must be made between the basic wage and additions taken for overtime hours.

Let's get this straight... The salary is the same for everyone. The rest could reach that figure. It's working hours after work hours. And those operators and police officials who have been engaged in operational plans in the northern part of the country, more have stayed at work than at home, or stayed for weeks without returning home. That made him its own. I know that's why the minister himself was notified, said Zeqiri of the REL.

In northern Kosovo, the Serb-run area of majority has been high for months, as local populations oppose the decisions of Kosovo institutions.

The most cautious in selecting words was Svecla's chief, Prime Minister Albin Kurti. He said the amount of 2,200 euros includes the police's basic salary, plus additions.

“There are 203 Kosovo police officers who this year had higher revenues than the president of the Republic [1.890 euros gross, coefytor 18], and in June and July were close to 700 like [where certainly the absolute majority of NJSI members]”, Kurti wrote on Facebook.

Police members' work is adjusted to the Law on Police. The additions to the police are said to include compensation for dangerous work, overtime, holidays, and special work assignments.

However, no monetary value is given to the law than police are paid for overtime.

A member of the elite police unit NJSI unit known in public also as FIT "who spoke to Radio Free Europe" said that a member of its unit has been working a maximum of 540 hours a month.

On average, members of this unit work 173 hours a month, he said. But when there are tensions in the north of Kosovo that are high since May, police work long hours, up to 500 hours.

According to this NJS member, they are paid 3.60 gross euros for an overtime hour, or 3.40 euros.

Kosovo police did not answer Radio Free Europe's questions about how many members are in the elite units of this institution, nor do they have what kind of men they have.

In the Kosovo Police, salaries are based on the Law on Salaries and are divided by co-efficiency, depending on the degree officials have.