Alarming Conditions in the Palace of Justice, an allivanose employee

During this summer season, as in previous years, employees at the Court of Justice in Pristina are facing serious working conditions due to high temperatures and the lack of proper functioning of the climateisation system.

Tensions within the working environments, including the offices and courtrooms, have reached 3450 degrees. C, what is negatively affecting the health of judges, administrative staff and parties involved in court hearings, as well as the efficiency of the court's daily work.

According to official information, the problem stems from the failure of one of two thermo pumps that serve climateization of the building. Currently, only one thermo pump is in operation, but it cannot afford the burden for the entire object. As a result, even cases of employee alvanisation have been reported, while the Pristina Foundation Court Union Association does not rule out the possibility of organising protests.

While, from the Kosovo Judiciary Council ( The KDP has authorised the Supreme Court's leaders, the Court of Appeals, the Commercial Court and the Constitutional Court in Pristina to assess the working conditions, considering the possibility of suspension or reduction of work.

The spokeswoman of the Constitutional Court in Pristina, Mirlinda Gashi, said high temperatures have caused unaffordable environment for employees at the Palace of Justice.

She says that as a result of her developing condition, health situations and chronically ill workers have become even more severe until she adds that there has been an allivation.

The workers at the palace are demanding minimum conditions for work, until they stress that until now the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is under management, has not undertaken concrete measures to solve this problem.

Concerns about working conditions in the areas where justice institutions are located are also shown by the Unionists of the Foundation Court in Pristina.

The chairman of the Foundation Court Union Association in Pristina, Naim Rrustemi, has again raised the alarm for the serious working conditions at the Court of Justice, stressing that the problem with the climateisation system is not new, but that a long-standing concern dating back to the inauguration of this object.

The chief economist noted that high temperatures are causing physical fatigue, dizziness, and concentration difficulties, making work impossible under normal conditions.

According to him, the union has made its repeated demands, but no concrete measures have been taken so far, which has prompted it to warn of the possibility of organising protests.

From the Kosovo Judiciary Council in an answer to Kosovo, they have stressed that they are aware of the situation in Pallat. Referring to some responses of this institution are being returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the thermo-popa 1 is reportedly out of place.

The same answer is said to have been announced by MPB that contracts have already been signed for the provision of the situation and that the problem is expected to be resolved soon.

According to the Kosovo Judiciary Council, placing other devices is also technically a problem, but also represents additional costs that KDK cannot cover.

Pristina's court of justice was inaugurated in 2014, following a construction that began in 2011. Consistently, this object has been confronted with problems with climateization during winter and summer, while it often overflows with water./Periscopi/