LDK seeks parliamentary investigation into state reserves

Arben Gashi, chief of the LDK Parliamentary Group, at a media conference, said that at the first meeting of the Parliamentary session would require the formation of this commission.

Kosovo citizens need to know the truth. The truth is the right solution. Misuses and current evental abuses with state reserves require investigative, serious and content approaches”, Gashi said on August 9th.

According to him, in addition to criminal investigations that the State Prosecutor should make, it is necessary to make parliamentary investigations to see, as Gashi said, ” whether laws and procedures for state reserves are respected”.

The request for parliamentary investigation by the LDK comes after publishing some audio-incisions from the National Portal, where it speaks of misuse of contracts to purchase state reserves from MINT.

In Kosovo in 2010, the Law on State Reserve has been passed.

Under the Law, state reserves of goods are created to operate in the defence of the population, the economy in case of market disorder, the country's protection in situations of emergency, civil emergency situation and many similar cases.

State goods reserves are provided on the basis of the medium-term strategic plan, while managed by the Department of State stock goods, within the framework of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Enterprises.

Otherwise, under the law in force, investigative commissions are founded to investigate problems, issues where government or state responsibilities are directly involved. These organs are also raised with the aim of consisting, the description of the course of events, or the goal of clarifying what happened and determining the responsibility of those involved.

Under the Law for Parliamentary Investigation, the investigative commissions are also aimed at informing, recommending and exercising parliamentary supervision and reaching a conclusion.