Nongovernmental organisations sue Lieburn Ali's ministry

NGOs say MMPH has secretly given environmental permission to the company “Kelkos”, neglecting the environmentally destroyed state and denying public participation.

They say the active role of Minister Lieburn Aliu in the process of giving these permits, “holding secret meetings and not allowing public participation”, triggers major doubts “about his integrity, possible benefits”, but above all, “enables further destruction of the environment at Decan<5>.

It has been learned that a year ago, Environment Minister Lieburn Aliu has held secret meetings with the company Kelkosão and, after meetings, this company has obtained water and environmental permission for the hydro-power plant {Lulbardija in Decan. Kelkos has never been equipped with this permit and operated without it since 2009. Currently, the company Kelkos '%s' operates freely with all hydropower plants despite the multimillion and non-compliable damage continuing to cause environmental damage in Kosovo”, these NGOs say.

In addition to this indictment, we request the immediate annulment of environmental permission issued to the company Kelkosı, which would save the destruction of the environment in Decani and the annulment of Environmental Planning Guide”, the three aforementioned NGOs said.

In fact, three environmental organizations say that the company “Kelkos” has become partner of Minister Aliu, the company they say is responsible for the degradation of the “Bishbaks of Nemuna” and Decani.

They criticize the Kurti 2 government, which says it came to power with concrete promise that the company “Kelkos” would no longer be treated with favour from state institutions.

NGOs also remember the time when the LVV, while in opposition, had called for an emergency session in the Kosovo Parliament on the issue of Kelkos '%, had handed over indictments against the Ministry of Environment, visited Decanin and “promised close co-operation with radical activists and transparency to stop the degradation of nature and the influence of APUkosev in public institutions<1>.

However, they say that after coming to the helm of the Ministry of Environment, former Prime Minister Aliu has accommodated the demands of the company {Kelkos) and thus became part of the environmental destructive scheme”.

The decision issued by Minister Aliu amniston the company Kelkos '%s' of all violations that were made through the operation of the hydropower plant lumbardiı without environmental permission. On the other hand, Minister Aliu consistently rejects dialogue with environmentalists, denies access to public documents, denigrates environmentalists at media conferences, and has recently stopped working with the international river protection organisation, Roverwatch. Especially disturbing is the fact that the permits have been given through an administrative directive for which, after our complaint, the Prime Minister's Office had submitted legal instruction to the minister, seeking to complete that administrative directive to include public participation. Minister Aliu has largely ignored the legal obligation and has illegally favoured the company Kelkos '%s', going a step further than the ministers of past governments”.

This action, not only is harmful to the environment but also dangerous and alarming for a democratic government. Therefore, we demand the immediate intervention of Prime Minister Kurti”, the response of three NGOs operating in environmental protection concluded. /I jumped. tv