13 minutes agoGLSP urges appointment of Secretary General of the Assembly, not task manager
Periskopi(4 months ago)
(4 months ago)The group for Juridical and Political Studies (GLPS) has expressed concern for continuing the practice of maintaining the position of Kosovo's Secretary-General of the Parliament with taskaries, assessing that such an approach undermines institutional stability and the professionalism of public administration. In a public response, GLPS points out that the phenomenon of [the...] agents
In a public response, GLPS stresses that the phenomenon of task makers has spread to many public institutions and has implications for the functioning of administration.
We recall that such a phenomenon, spread in almost all categories and public institutions, undermines institutional stability, diminishes accountability and weakens public administration professionalism”, says the response.
According to the GLPS, the dismissal of the Secretary General's task officer the previous day, which was also one of the winning candidates of the contest, rather than being followed by appointment from the recruiting process, presents disturbing practice for respecting procedures in public administration.
The organisation suggests that through the CorrWatch initiative it has monitored all phases of the competition for this position.
“Based on our direct monitoring, the process has been developed in line with legislation in force and no violations have been identified that would violate meritocracy, professionalism or the legality of the” process, said in response.
GLPS recalls that the status of the Secretary General of the Assembly has been exercised for more than two years by taskeering, while the recruiting process for this position has been completed since December 2024.
For us, it remains disturbing and absurd that the deadlines for keeping a position of office by violating the Law for Public Officials have been exceeded, much more so when the recruiting process for this position has ended with full legitimacy”, the GLPS points out.
According to this organisation, management positions should be protected from interference and politicisation.
Such management positions must be protected from any interference or tendency for their politicisation, and any step other than appointment from the already completed process of recruiting constitutes legal violations”, it says in response.
The GLPS calls on the Parliament's Headship to complete the recruiting procedure through the appointment of winning candidates.
Any tendency to bypass this legitimate process of recruiting is unwarranted and contrary to the principle of meritocracy, as well as affecting legal security and candidate rights. Failure to winning candidates does not provide a legal basis for bypassing the process developed”, the GLPS response is said to be further.
