8 hours agoBusinesses place numerous banners before ZEREA, call for suspension of decision
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)After peaceful protest in “Square Skenderbeu” in Pristina, representatives of businesses and workers have marched in front of the Energy Regulatory Office (ZRRE), where they put mail banners in front of this institution to postpone the decision to exit the free energy market. Calls like “Down Below [...] were read on banners located near the ZRE offices.
Calls like “were read in the banners placed near the ERR offices, under decision”, as well as other messages reflecting the disappointment of the business community.
The chairman of the Kosovo Economic Ode, Lulzim Rafuna, in a statement before the ZRRE, called on this institution to suspend its recent decision.
He added that it is necessary for the government to sit down and co-operate with the ERE to find a solution that will protect businesses, citizens and workers.
“Call on the ZRE to suspend the decision to free market exit. ZRREE, is not the institution that came from abroad, is the internal institution of the Republic of Kosovo, which must protect businesses. So we give him 10 days. HRA to suspend the decision. We ask the government to sit down with ZERE for the sake of business, citizens, and workers to find a way to suspend the minimum demand for free market for a year. To protect our business, we don't owe anyone to ruin our business. It's built with its own tools, its strength, and it gives no justice to anyone. There are 143 thousand families that live from these businesses, there are 60 percent of Kosovo's economy that is developed by these businesses, save them late. The banners will be left to the ZRE everything to get messages and read, and think about suspending the” verdict, Rafuna said.
Kosovo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman. Skender Krasniqi said the government allocated over 30m euros to public sector salaries several days ago, and according to him, “ac needs the private sector not to stop work”.
On May 29th, businesses turned out to protest as a sign of disappointment over the process of starting businesses on the free electricity market, blocking entrances to Pristina.
