TIRANA, Feb. 2 – As data collected by the non-governmental portal “Open.Spending.Albania” revealed in mid January, Albanian taxpayers need to pay abundantly for the dismissal of state workers in unjust ways.
Illegal work dismissals continue to drag down the state budget, which has paid over 100 million euros in this category in the past five years.
While ongoing court processes are expected to make the situation worse, economy experts have suggests law amendments which would hold the employer accountable for signing employees’ dismissals.
Expert from the Center for Economic Research Zef Preci considers this an abuse, considering all the investments in schools and hospitals this amount of money could lead to if it wasn’t for its mismanagement.
“It is a violation of the constitutional rights of the individual, it is a violation of the families, at the same time it is a completely unnecessary cost on Albanian taxpayers. There is an absurd situation in which there are three parallel administrations, two effective and another waiting,” Preci told local media in an interview.
The big number of files under processing in the administrative court has created the need for the state’s budget to handle almost three administrations.
“Create a compensation obligation for the employer, be him a minister even, when undergoing illegal actions. Meanwhile, it would be wise to abandon the practice of unifying payments regardless of experience, rank or position occupied in the public administration.
Among the ministries, the one with the highest number of transactions is the Ministry of Tourism and Environment, with approximately 466 transactions, followed by the Ministry of Agriculture with 79, Ministry of Energy and Transport with 66 transactions, the Ministry of Defense with 61 and the Ministry of Healthcare with 56.
