TIRANA, July 27 /ATA/ The Authority for Information on Former State Security Documents (AIDSSH) issued a press release on July 26 on the problems in verifying the purity of the image of officials, high public officials and central and local elected officials, information that was forwarded with relevant proposals to the Assembly of Albania.
In a press release AIDSSH informs that, during this time, there have been many interpretations on the information conveyed by the institution. The authority refutes the news that make a reference to decisions and files of various citizens, (such as No. 227, dated 27.05.2022) part of daily work, regularly published on the official website.
The institution invites all those interested to follow the legal path for information, based on the law “On the right to information.”
Any party affected or cited can exercise the right to information about files of the former State Security. The authority verifies with professional responsibility any claim on referred or requested materials. Currently, the institution is handling requests for information on the announcement of July 26.
“The authority is not affected in the exercise of its activity for information and continues its work, based on law, transparency, protection of the right to private life and personal data, protection of data that constitute classified information and cooperation between state institutions. The institution is waiting for the proposed legal changes, to carry out the relevant research and verifications for the cases, which will take their time to be handled. The cases referred to the Assembly are not the object of verification, due to the legal impediment cited earlier,” according to AIDSSH.
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