PRISTINA – Kosovo police used pepper spray on Monday to disperse about 2,000 struggle veterans who tried to enter parliament to protest in opposition to a draft legislation on a minimal public sector wages that excludes them.
The Worldwide Financial Fund and different monetary establishments have warned that financially strapped Kosovo, riven by poverty and corruption, can't afford to increase greater advantages to just about 50,000 registered struggle veterans.
Lawmakers had been scheduled on Monday to debate a legislation to lift the minimal public sector wage however assist paid to struggle veterans was not included.
Round 10 a.m. (0800 GMT) veterans started gathering in entrance of parliament and police fired pepper spray after they tried to push their manner into the constructing.
Protesters waved flags of the previous guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Military which waged a 1998-99 rebellion in opposition to repressive Serbian rule. Kosovo gained independence in 2008.
KLA veterans say Kosovo authorities have didn't accord them advantages and respect commensurate with their key function in attaining statehood for the small Balkan nation.
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