OATH OF JUSTICE

Suspicions of political bargaining in the employment of Fehmi Selaj in the Municipality of Dragash

Fehmi Selaj

An employment in the position of civil official in the Municipality of Dragash has opened a lot of doubts.

Fehmi Selaj, who assumed this position in May of this year, has a past burdened with final criminal convictions and still unresolved charges.

On the day he applied for the job, he was in custody, a fact that raises doubts about the employment process. Doubts increase when another factor becomes part of the case, his wife Pajtesa Berisha, who was an assembly member of the list of the Vetëvendosje Movement and then moved to the Democratic League of Kosovo. The municipality of Dragash is led by LDK, led by Bexhet Xheladini.

On February 14, 2024, the Municipality of Dragash announced the announced competition for the position of "civil status official". The application deadline was from February 15 to March 15.

The application for this competition had to be made through e-mail and the electronic recruitment portal of the Human Resources Management Information System.

The municipality of Dragash had announced the competition for the position of civil status officer based on the Law on Public Officials with points 1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 39, and 5 of Article XNUMX and the Regulation on admission and career in the civil service of Article XNUMX.

In point 1 of Article 9 of this Regulation, it is stated that the written test must be completed no later than 15 days after the publication of the list of candidates who have passed the preliminary verification.

However, in the competition of the Municipality of Dragash for the civil status official position, in which ten candidates applied, the preliminary verification was published on March 28, while the written test was held on April 26. So 21 working days after the publication of the pre-verification results. However, in the written test that 5 candidates underwent, only Fehmi Selaj crossed the threshold, with 65.8 points, while in the interview he got 25 points, so he had 90.8 points in total. After the selection, there were no complaints and consequently, on May 28, the candidate selected for employment as Civil Status Officer in the Municipality of Dragash was Fehmi Selaj.