After receiving guarantees from Pristina, according to which the Ministry of Finance will compensate for deficit caused by municipality work throughout the year, the Councillors have supported a budget that is 1,653,790 euros less than last year.
Although, the Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic has his doubts about the promises made by Pristina, he says embassies in Pristina have the same document, and that they are guarantors of this letter.
He added that “hope and faith still remain that written guarantees will be respected by the Pristina”. He also said that a working group will be established that will work with the Ministry of Finance and other relevant institutions during the year, to provide the basis upon which the budget for 2017 will be developed and to avoid a budget freeze or other adverse situations.
The Head of the North Mitrovica Administration, Adriana Hodzic estimates that the budget is not sufficient for the functioning of the municipality.
Reduced budget is a problem faced by three other municipalities in northern Kosovo. After the arrival of written guarantees from Pristina, all four municipalities today have adopted budgets for the current year.
