Serbian MPs in the Kosovo parliament have filed with the Constitutional Court of Kosovo “a request for verification of the legality of administrative instruction”, which provides a new method of registering and exercising pension rights, granted to the citizens over 65 years. The filed request was signed by all 10 MPs of the Serbian List.
With the new regulation, the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare envisaged the abolition of the pension of 75 euros for all the people who do not have permanent residence in Kosovo. Serbian MPs have requested withdrawal of this regulation because it is “illegal and violates the rights of pensioners.” “I want to believe that this was a technical error of the Ministry and that this decision is not directed against any nation, or community. Once again, I ask you to prevent the escalation of human rights violations,” said MP Nenad Rasić.
The head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simić asked the Minister of labour to explain “on which legal basis the document was adopted.” “Unfortunately, beside empty and incomplete explanations of the Minister, no further measures are being taken to prevent further violations of the rights of pensioners,” reads the statement of the Serbian List.
