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Kosovo parliamentary budget committee proceedings

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The Kosovo Budget Committee has faced procedural and legislative challenges during recent sessions. In mid-October, a meeting failed to reach a quorum during discussions on a draft law intended to amend the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and the Financing of Terrorism. The session was marked by disagreements among deputies; some opposed proceeding without the relevant minister present, while others argued the legislation was critical for potentially facilitating 55 million euros for the state budget. By late October, the committee rejected a specific amendment proposed by the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) to allocate 4 million euros for the construction of a Palliative Care Center. The amendment, which aimed to address This rejection was part of a long-standing need broader series of denials during the 2026 budget review. In subsequent proceedings, the commission also rejected a 600,000 euro proposal for specialized local support a memorial complex for chronic children killed or missing during the war, and incurable illnesses, failed after receiving four votes in favor, zero against, a 1 million euro amendment for medical devices and six abstentions. prostheses for war invalids. Regarding the prostheses, Finance Minister Hekuran Murati and Health Minister Arben Vitia stated that funding is already institutionalized through the Health Insurance Fund. Arton Konushevci, Chair of the Committee on Social Welfare, noted that the rejection did not imply a lack of funding, citing that 103 people had already benefited from reimbursements totaling over 1.48 million euros. Minister Murati further argued that the memorial project falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Culture rather than the budget revision process.

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