Kosovo’s President ‘Among Best Paid’
04 September 2008 Pristina _ Kosovo’s President has one of the highest
salaries among presidents from Balkan countries, despite the fact that
Kosovo has the lowest annual budget in the region.
Balkan Insight sources within Kosovo’s government confirm that Kosovo’s
President Fatmir Sejdiu, receives a monthly salary of €3400, as from June
15 when Kosovo’s constitution entered into force. Prior this date,
Sejdiu’s monthly income was €2612.
Sejdiu’s spokesperson Xhavit Beqiri confirmed the raise. However, Beqiri
told Balkan Insight that “the President’s salary is €3100, and the
President receives no other financial benefits” from the budget.
But even this amount makes Sejdiu the most well paid President among his
counterparts in the region, despite the fact that Kosovo is the poorest,
with an annual national budget of less than €1 billion.
Albanian President Bamir Tomi, has a monthly salary of some €2100, while
Serbia’s President Boris Tadic has a lower one of some €1900.
The 'least well-paid' President in the Balkans seems to be Macedonian
President Branko Crvenkovski with less than €1200, followed closely by
his Montenegrin counterpart President Filip Vujanovic who receives some
€1300.
Even Traian Basescu, the President of the European Union newcomer,
Romania, receives less than Kosovo’s President.
Basescu’s salary is some €2500, although this country’s Gross Domestic
Product per capita is five times higher than Kosovo’s, while the annual
budget is some 170 times higher.
The current salary rates Sejdiu as second ‘best-paid’ president in the
Balkans, after Croatian President Stjepan Mesic who receives a monthly
income of some €3600. Croatia’s GDP per capita is some €8500.
According to the World Bank, Kosovo’s GDP per capita is less than €1500
while the estimated average salary of a public servant is some €200.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on February 17, after almost
nine years of being administered by the UN.
Since June 15, when Kosovo’s new constitution entered into force, the
President’s mandate has altered, gaining most of the competences that
previously belonged to the Special Representative of the UN Secretary
General in Kosovo.
Balkan Insight
Paga e presidentit Sejdiu 3 mijë e 400 euro në muaj
Presidenti i vendit, Fatmir Sejdiu, ka pranuar se ka rritur të ardhurat e
tij personale në 3 mijë e 400 euro në muaj. Sejdiu ka arsyetuar këtë duke
thënë se ai nuk ka asnjë përfitim tjetër dhe se me këtë pagë pret edhe
delegacionet e ndryshme në shtëpinë e tij.
I pyetur se a është paga e tij shumë e madhe duke patur parasysh nivelin
e ulët të pagave në vend, presidenti Sejdiu ka deklaruar se nuk dëshiron
të krahasohet me askënd.
Përveç presidentit pagën mujore e ka ngritur edhe kryeparlamentari Jakup
Krasniqi në 2 mijë e 200 euro, pa llogaritur shtesat, ndërsa me to arrin
në 2 mijë e 500 euro.
Kryeministri Thaçi pagën mujore e ka rreth 1 mijë e 300 euro, ndërsa pas
ngritjes së pagës së presidentit dhe kryetarit të Kuvendit, është
paralajmëruar se edhe kabineti qeveritar do t’i ngritë pagat. /KTV/
Një krahasim me pagat e kryetarëve të shteteve ne regjion (Ballkan),sipas
ballkaninsight.
Bamir Topi(Shqipëri) 2.100 euro
Boris Tadiq (Srbi) 1.900
Branko Crvenkovski (Maqedoni) 1.200
Filip Vujanoviq (mali i Zi) 1.300
Stjepan Mesiq (Kroaci) 3.600
Trajan Basesku (Rumuni) 2.500.
Krahasim:
Buxheti shtetëror i Rumunisë në krahasim me atë të Kosovës,është 170 herë
më i madh.
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