Bekim Salihu of the GAP Institute asserts that the primary sources of difficulties confronting municipalities originate from central government decisions and legislation. According to Salihu, many of the complex issues faced at the local level are not self-generated by the municipalities but are instead consequences of policies enacted by the central government, specifically the Government of Kosovo. He pointed to collective agreements as a significant contributor to the strained situation within local governance structures.
Salihu emphasized that these local bodies were reportedly neither consulted nor adequately informed before the implementation of such agreements. In his assessment, he stated that the bulk of the problematic decisions and laws affecting municipalities were not issued by the Council of Ministers. Instead, he suggested that preliminary directives played a larger role in creating the current challenges.
Salihu concluded that municipalities have been unduly burdened by the implementation of various collective agreements originating from higher levels of government. This perspective suggests that the structural problems impacting local administrations are rooted in the legislative and executive decisions made at the national level.
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