Power price increase: Vetevendosje does not open its mouth

“Why do we have electricity bills so expensive?“, formerly questioned incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti. Why he once complained about the price of electricity, neither Kurt nor other members of his party are making a sound after Power Regulatory Office ZRERE today decided on an increase in electricity prices for 16%writes Periscope.

Vetevendosje “chet stone mouth” for upstream for 16%?

When news had circulated in the media that the price of electricity is expected from April 1st, Vetevendosje spokesman Arlind Manjuka had reacted calling the news “lying”. Meanwhile, when today the current rose to 16%, none of VV's became alive, even though hundreds of citizens were found to challenge the decision.

At ZRE's address, the country's president, Vjosa Osmani, also, had estimated that such growth would make citizens' lives difficult.

In the president's comments, among other things, increased electricity within four years, almost 126%.

On the other hand, it noted that the average salary in Kosovo is much lower compared to other European countries and makes the rise in the current price have a serious impact on Kosovo citizens.

“Fitore for energy mafia”, “act criminal”: Numerous Reactions After Exploring the Power

After the ZRE board was reluctant to show the decision to raise electricity to the media, on their official site they announced they made the decision not to 15%, but 16% to increase the price of electricity. After that, there were numerous reactions blaming Kurti government.

Visar Azem: Government's rise in electricity prices on the run from clean criminal action

Visar Azemi from the LDK said that the government's rise in electricity prices in the evacuation is a clean criminal act.

The rise of the electricity price for 15% from Government on the run is a clean criminal act. This decision is the culmination of a major energy fraud being committed to Kosovo citizens”, Azemi wrote.

Safet Gerjaliu: Economic shock and victory for the energy mafia

The economy's recogniser, Safet Gerjaliu, in a pronomination for Periscope, said that increased electricity prices have chain effects, charging that this serves energy mafia in the Balkans.

The fact that the greatest concern must be what everyone has talked about rising the price of electricity, but no one has talked about producing electricity, and that's what I believe is the biggest change. In the second row, this rise in the electricity price testifies once again to the victory of Balkan mafia in Europe, and in particular in the Balkans and Kosovo. It means today at this price is definitely a blow which will affect both the citizen and the economy and, in particular, the private production sector, and above all, an increase at a time when Kosovo is without institution or Government in office and without parliament”, he has said of Periscope.

Haradinaj: An open favour to click energy mafia, ZRE turned into government instrument

Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Chairman Ramush Haradinaj has criticised today's Energy Regulatory Office (ZREE), for increased electricity prices, saying this is another blow for Kosovo citizens and “an open favour for the click energy mafia installed by this government”.

ZEREToday, which has become an instrument in the hands of Kurti Government has confirmed that it no longer acts in consumer interest, but has become a mechanism to justify theft and misuse in the energy market. The environments with electricity trading are no longer just doubts, there are already concrete suspects, people close to the prime minister!

Vlora Citaku: ZRER has become the mass with which the outgoing government is depleting and subjecting its citizen

PDK deputy chairman said ZRE “has become the mass through which the outgoing Government is directly hitting citizen”.

You don't have us any more, you don't even have us. For this people have lifted up their voices even in the most difficult of times, and will again make it”, Chitaku wrote among others.

We remember that more protests have been warned during the following weeks.