Kolektive contract, Ibrahimi: Commission for Business, Work and Transfers Against Municipals

The executive director of the Kosovo Communists Association, Saban Ibrahimi, has criticised the Parliamentary Commission for Business, Work and Transfere, which yesterday has rejected the AKK's request to split a budgetary line for covering expenditures stemming from collective contracts.

He has estimated that rejection of this requirement harms Kosovo municipalities.

In a statement to the Nacional newspaper, Ibrahimi has said that so far more than 125m euros have been taken away from municipalities.

The “Commission for the budget, work and transfer (KBPT) during yesterday has reviewed the request of the Kosovo Commission Association (AKK) that a budget line be presented in the 2025 budget for coverage of expenditures stemming from collective contracts. This commission has voted against the AKK's request - against the demands of municipalities that the central level assume responsibility to cover financial expenditures stemming from collective contracts. To date, more than 125m euros have been taken away from municipalities. Clearly, the central level is not willing to resolve this issue, which is of great concern to municipalities. Even next year municipalities will have project cuts in capital investments, goods and services, subsidies as a result of implementation of collective contracts. Also, during this month and next, municipalities will be found before a non-volved wage situation against municipal officials”, Ibrahim wrote.