140m euros burden on municipalities, Ibrahimi: Failure to comply with Constitutional Act Will Bring Catastrophic Effects

So has the head of the Kosovo Commission Association, Sazan Ibrahimi, announced that the Constitutional Court has sought respect for this article until August 1, 2024, the Parliament has taken no concrete action to change it.

“Because of the non-responsibilities and failure to act in the former parliament of the Republic of Kosovo in the application of constitutional court decisions, municipalities will be even more financially damaged the municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo are being seriously jeopardised financially as a direct consequence of the non-action and irresponsible of the former Kosovo Assembly, which has failed to implement the Constitutional Court Act. CO79/23, which declared unconstitutional Article 6 paragraph 6 of the Law on Salaries in the Public Sector. Despite the fact that the Constitutional Court has ordered the Parliament of the Republic of Kosovo by 1 August 2017 to change the provision in question, this deadline has been passed without any action. As a result, municipalities could and are facing numerous indictments by civil servants, while some municipalities have only begun to accept judicial decisions binding them on compensation based on an already fallen norm as unconstitutional, Ibrahim said. Periscope.

Ibrahim has shown that this budget damage comes in addition to another serious financial burden already weighing on municipalities due to the implementation of decisions stemming from collective contracts in the public sector, at an estimated cost of over 140m euros in our municipalities.

According to him, if this irresponsible approach by central institutions continues, municipalities risk facing double consequences

Therefore, if this irresponsible approach by central institutions continues, municipalities risk facing double consequences: on the one hand, unreasonable financial implications from a legal provision that they have no responsibility for; and on the other hand, with the accumulated burden of obligations from collective contracts that are absorbing a considerable part of local budgets. This development could directly affect the ability of municipalities to carry out capital investments, provide quality services to citizens and preserve budget stability”, he said.

Ibrahim has sought to take unified institutional positions against this financial discrimination

“and strongly required that the responsibilities remain where legally and constitutionally they are met, that is, at the central level”, he is posing. /Periscope/