Ibrahimi from AKK: Government Taking over the competencies for Staff recruiting · Global Voices

AKK Executive Director Sahan Ibrahimi told Online Economy that mayors have expressed concern over this regulation, as according to him, the recruiting process for local public servants is centralised by the central level.

“We as an association have been accepting reactions from mayors in recent days as far as a regulation from the central level for public servants and their commitment to the public system of the Republic of Kosovo, where almost the entire system in terms of the recruiting process for public servants and at the local level will be made by the central level of”, he said.

The leaders consider that this is not right because, under the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, there are two levels of government, central level and local level, and according to the mayors this goes to the detriment of the municipalities of the Republic of Kosovo because the commitment, the recruiting of staff, which has to do with the commitments at the local level, is better done by the local level than by the central level”, he said.

Ibrahimi said this approach conflicts with the constitutional principle of separation of powers and warned of increasing bureaucracy at the local level.

We are thinking that this is unfair, which is contrary to the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo in terms of power divisions, but this will cause even greater bureaucracy even municipalities cannot engage professionals who think they will be welcome in the public system of the Republic of Kosovo at the local level of”, he said.