Government spokesman reacts: Prime Minister Kurti does not have 38 advisers, but 25

Kosovo Government spokesman Progress Kryeziu has flatly denied reports of some media that Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, full of 38 advisers.

“S first, Prime Minister Kurti is not committed to 38 advisers. The total number of advisers, including those outside, is 25. Of them 8, being external, they are not paid from the state budget. Second, Prime Minister Kurti has no higher number of advisers than former Prime Minister Haradinaj had. The total number of appointed advisers, including those of former Prime Minister Haradinaj, according to data from January 2020, was 33”, Kryeziu wrote on Facebook.

According to Kryeziu, the prime minister's cabinet consists of political advisers, cabinet officials and foreign advisers.

“They together constitute the prime minister's staff. The 38 reported last night represents the total number of prime minister's appointed staff: 25 advisers, 10 employees, including executive and administrative officials, photos, protocol officials, assistants who are not advisers and three other prime minister-appointed staff, including the head of the Government Commission for Missing Persons/head of the Kosovo delegation for talks on the issue of missing persons, Kosovo-Albania Intergovernmental Co-ordination Secretariat Co-ordinator, and Sovereign Fund Co-ordinator who have a special mandate, put together at the bottom.