TIRANA, March 28 /ATA/ The Socialist Party has submitted a request to the Speaker of the Assembly of Albania for the establishment of a special parliamentary commission with a focus on coordinating and overseeing all institutional efforts to combat disinformation and other forms of foreign interference in the democratic processes in Albania.
Through a media statement, the chairman of the parliamentary group of the Socialist Party, Bledi Çuçi, announced that the Special Commission will implement a holistic and long-term approach to addressing foreign interference in democratic processes.
“Based on Albania’s commitments stemming from: the Memorandum of Understanding dated February 15, 2024 between Albania and the USA to address misinformation by foreign state parties; Tirana Declaration dated February 28, 2024 of the Ukraine-Southeastern Europe Summit; and the EU’s recommendations for “followup efforts to close the space for foreign interference and disinformation”, Çuçi announced.
“The parliamentary group of the Socialist Party decided to submit a request to the Speaker of the Assembly of the Republic of Albania seeking the establishment of a Special Parliamentary Commission with a focus on coordinating and overseeing all institutional efforts to combat disinformation and other forms of foreign interference in the democratic processes in Albania”, continued Çuçi.
“The Special Commission will implement a holistic and long-term approach to addressing foreign interference in democratic processes, which may include disinformation campaigns in traditional and social media to influence public opinion, direct and indirect financial support for efforts for disinformation, economic blackmail of public actors and manipulation of civil society”, concludes Çuçi.
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