Journalist Ramush Muarem-Cirko, at the panel discussion on "Discrimination and employment in the public and private sector" organized by CIVIL, stressed that the separation of ethnicity for employment can not be considered as affirmative and that it is contrary to the Constitution .
"We know that we are a multicultural country and such proposals immediately break the spears, there are always attacks from one side or the other, and this measure can bring more discord than economic or some other stability," Muarem added.
He pointed out that the gray economy is more present among the Roma in the country, because they see that they have no chance or the chances are very minimal to be employed in the public or private sector.
"The state is making efforts to eliminate that gray economy, to fill the budget, and the Roma are forced to work like that, because they do not have access to employment in the private sector, or if they are employed then they are in lower echelon positions and no managerial positions. "a chance to win," Muarem said.
Muarem pointed out that the employment of Roma in the public administration according to the Framework Agreement is at a very low level. He adds that this is not about lack of professional staff, because there are many Roma graduates with the implementation of the Roma Decade 2005-2015.
"Judicial bodies do not employ a sufficient number of Roma, except for Deputy Ombudsman Vaska Bajramovska and I think that there is one Roma judge in the Basic Court in Gostivar, and that's it. In the Ministry of Interior, the percentage of Roma employees is 0.7. The Museums have 0.5 percent employees from the Roma community (it is from the area of ​​Culture). The employment of Roma in educational institutions in secondary schools is 0.2 percent, in higher education 0.3 percent, in primary education it is 0.6 percent, but that is because there are two primary schools in Suto Orizari and therefore the number is higher. "Roma employment figures are catastrophic."
He adds that working ability and capacity can not be determined by ethnicity, ie if it is good - it is good, if it is not good then it is not good.
Muarem stressed that the perception that the Roma themselves are not valued enough is because the state itself does not perceive them. He pointed out that the "collateral damage" is that there is no Roma in the new government - a minister without portfolio for the implementation of the Roma Strategy.
"Apart from the fact that there is no Roma minister in the new government, there is no deputy minister, there is not a single manager in public enterprises, there is only one Roma MP in the Parliament, and that is all," Muarem stressed.
Muarem added that the state is announcing a Directory, but it is still unknown when it will start functioning, who will be appointed, etc.

Contributed by Dehran Muratov

Link: https://civilmedia.mk/muarem-iako-ima-kadar-romite-ne-dobuvaat-rakovodni-funktsii-vo-javniot-i-privatniot-sektor/

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