7 minutes agoAV ONET: MPs should not have personal assistants because they haven't started work
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The network of nongovernmental organisations “Avonet” has raised concerns about the commitment of personal assistants to Kosovo's Parliament deputies, praising the practice as unreasonable and contrary to the MP's role in the parliamentary system. Kenan Gashi from Avonet said MPs do not need personal assistants, as the commitment of [...]
Kenan Gashi from Avonet said MPs do not need personal assistants, as their commitment as elected representatives should focus on working within parliamentary commissions, broadcasts Periscope.
The Parliament's “Deputes cannot have their own assistant, because their role as MP should function on the basis of their work on the Parliamentary Commissions. According to this, assistants are committed to doing commission-related affairs,” said Gashi for FrontOnline.
He further stressed that many of the current MPs are not fully exercising their function, implying that the engagement of the assistants is more symbolic than functional.
“Deputies have not taken up the full role as deputies, because they are not playing their role. All of these who have received assistants do not belong to a good party and budget storage party,” he added.
