Democratic Party MP Eno Bozdo has reacted sharply to the recent legal amendments to the law "On Electronic Governance", which are expected to be approved by the majority in the Assembly, describing them as a step that increases the lack of transparency and the risk of misuse of public funds. According to him, the amendments not only do not address the problematic situation in which the National Agency for the Information Society (AKSHI) is currently located, but also create new spaces for corruption and evasion of institutional control.

Bozdo stated that the changes foresee the possibility for the AKSHI to enter into joint ventures with private parties, in the name of increasing the efficiency and professionalism of services, emphasizing that such public-private models, according to him, have previously failed in the administration of public property in Albania. He raised questions about the mechanisms for valuing shares in these potential companies, seeking clarification on who and how will determine the value of the share that will belong to the private party in cases where the state owns 51% of the shares.

The opposition MP also argued that through this mechanism the Public Procurement system could be avoided, as the funds would be transferred to companies where the state is the majority shareholder, but where a significant part of the shares would remain in private hands, reducing, according to him, transparency over the distribution of funds. He also warned of the risk of citizens' sensitive data being administered by private entities, describing this as unacceptable, especially in light of previous scandals related to cybersecurity. At the end of his statement, the MP called on citizens to react and participate in a protest announced for February 20, emphasizing that, according to him, social reaction is necessary to oppose developments that he considers harmful to the country.

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The latest legal amendments to the Law "On Electronic Governance", which are expected to be approved by the majority in the Assembly, not only do not provide an answer to the catastrophic situation in which the National Agency for Information and Communication Technology (ANAS) finds itself today, but also increase the legal scope for lack of transparency, control, misuse of public funds and consequently additional corruption.
As if it were not enough that the AKSHI has practically handed over its entire infrastructure to companies whose owners are wanted by the justice system, proven to have collaborated with organized crime, the proposed legal changes will allow the AKSHI to enter into joint ventures with third parties, with private individuals, in the name of increasing the efficiency and professionalism of services.
First, entering into such commercial relationships, in joint stock companies, even with the best intentions, is very problematic because such management models have practically always failed in Albania. Joint state-private companies are forms that have not been used in the administration of public property for 25 years, because experience has shown that they do not work!
Secondly, who will determine and by what mechanism will the value of the shares be determined? In a company where AKSHI owns 51% of the shares, how much is the remaining 49% worth? Who sets the value of a share, or is it left to the whims of AKSHI's managers?
Third, these companies will practically avoid the public procurement system, because they are owned by the state. So in practice, the AKSHI will give the funds, without competition, to a company where it actually owns 51%, but where 49% of the shares are also owned by the private sector. So, we will have no transparency in the distribution of the funds.
Fourth, the private sector will now have in its hands, with the blessing of the law, the sensitive data of Albanians. This should not happen in any way, especially after the scandals where AKSHI is always found as their promoter! Practically, this legal invention makes the catastrophic situation in which AKSHI has fallen even more desperate.
In recent years, around 500 million euros have been provided by the National Agency for the Protection of the Interior for IT systems that today neither function nor perhaps even exist, systems that are related to sensitive data, important functions of the cadastre, data on the management of the judicial system, and internal information systems of the state police, all of which have been made available to organized crime and that Albanians still do not know how and where they have been used!
The problem is therefore very big because we are not dealing simply with mega-corruption, which would no longer be news in Edi Rama's Albania. But it is the first time, proven by investigations, that the institution that was set up to safeguard national cyber security, to safeguard the sensitive and private data of every citizen and their property data, has been given a gift on a platter to organized crime.
Here we are no longer dealing with the rotting of the state by mega-corruption, but with the gangrenization of the state's bones by organized crime. So, no society, no matter how healthy it is, can survive!
As long as Edi Rama is at the helm of the country, this situation will be repeated more and more often. There is no escape from the great evil that has befallen us, except through social reaction. It is no longer the duty of each of us to react against corruption, but it is the duty of all of us to rise up against the evil that is stealing the future of the country!
On February 20th, let's all come together to protest for our future and that of our families!!