Democratic Party of Kosovo MP Arian Tahiri criticized the government for its failure to respond and exercise control over safety in public institutions and enterprises. At a press conference, he said that the deaths of two KEK workers within three days, following injuries sustained at work, demonstrated the need for immediate intervention by the responsible institutions.

According to Tahiri, behind these events are families left without their loved ones. He mentioned the case of Arben Ahmeti, who died on August 20 while transporting 6 kV cables. Four days earlier, on August 16, Haxhi Gojnovci, a mining technician, died near an excavator. On July 15, Milazim Binaku also died at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo as a result of injuries sustained on July 8 at the Mining Equipment Factory in Palaj. Meanwhile, on February 27, Migjen Sadiku died on the premises of the “Kosova B” Thermal Power Plant.

Tahiri said the victims had gone to work to provide income for their families, but never returned home. He stressed that behind each of these names are mothers waiting, wives left alone and children trying to understand why their fathers did not return.

The PDK MP recalled that the government had centralized the inspection system through the creation of the Office of the Inspector General within the Office of the Prime Minister. However, he said that when tragic cases occur, the institutions avoid responsibility.

“The government cannot run and, at the same time, oversee public enterprises, and then claim that it bears no responsibility. When increased production and progress are being discussed, officials come forward to express their pride, while in the face of deaths they hide behind the facilities and premises of power. Since these cases occurred at a public enterprise under the direct control of the state, they constitute evidence of institutional failure. If the state is unable to protect its own workers, then how can it claim to protect the lives and rights of workers in the private sector?” Tahiri declared.

He emphasized that workplace safety cannot rely solely on condolences. According to him, it requires established standards, regular and independent inspections, preventive measures, enforcement of the law and institutional accountability before another life is lost.

Since, according to him, these cases cannot be discussed in the Assembly of Kosovo and parliamentary committees, Tahiri called on the Government of Kosovo, the relevant ministry, the Labor Inspectorate and the Kosovo Energy Corporation to provide financial support to the victims’ families. He also called for immediate, comprehensive and independent inspections; the identification and elimination of workplace risks; stronger measures for worker safety and protection; and guarantees that such incidents will not happen again.

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Democratic MP Ina Zhupa has raised concerns about the design of the bus terminal in Saranda, which she considers a serious mistake in the city’s infrastructure. According to her, due to poor planning, every day buses and other transport vehicles are forced to make an unnecessary maneuver, adding about 1.5 kilometers to their route until the roundabout at the entrance of Saranda, just to reorient in the correct direction.

Zhupa stresses that even the roundabout itself is problematic due to its non-functional construction. This situation, she says, generates heavy traffic daily, increased pollution, and significant delays for travelers. She accuses the Municipality of Saranda of having conceived this project without serious analysis from specialists and without a long-term urban vision.

In her response, the DP MP describes this as the daily transport routine in Saranda. She explains that the incorrect exit from the terminal forces passenger vehicles to make this absurd loop every day. Instead of immediately entering their itinerary, they are forced to travel about 1.5 kilometers towards the roundabout at the city entrance to make the turn and return to the starting point of their destination.

According to Zhupa, the situation is further aggravated by the fact that the project was based on what municipal employees call post-construction experiments, rather than proper expert studies. Even the roundabout in question is designed in the most impractical way, blocking large-tonnage vehicles, causing artificial traffic congestion, and making normal circulation difficult.

The deputy concludes by arguing that this state of affairs is the result of infrastructure conceived not by road safety and urban planning experts, but based on arbitrary municipal decisions, without studies and without vision. The consequence, she emphasizes, is evident to all: wasted time for hundreds of passengers, increased pollution from additional emissions, and a city gateway overloaded with traffic. Saranda, according to her, needs a modern and practical infrastructure, not thoughtlessly thrown-together projects that burden residents, businesses, and vacationers daily.

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