Lamallari and State Police Director General Skënder Hita met with local police and Border Police officials to discuss improving services and strengthening public confidence in the force.

Every police structure and officer should provide a professional, ethical and prompt service, fully in line with the law, Lamallari said.

“Public perception and trust are built every day through professionalism, ethics and the way the police respond to citizens’ complaints, concerns and requests for information,” he said.

Lamallari said ethics should not be viewed as an exceptional standard but as the minimum requirement for the conduct and communication of every police officer.

“Ethics is the minimum. Quality, prompt and lawful service is what citizens expect and deserve,” he said.

He called on local commanders to make these standards part of the force’s daily work, ensuring fair and swift responses to citizens’ concerns and complaints.

Lamallari also urged police officials to pay particular attention to communication with the public, saying every interaction between citizens and police was an opportunity to strengthen trust in the institution.

/m.q/r.e/u.sh/

“We didn’t inform Commissioner Kos, but the Delegation did. This attack is not related to this law, but to yesterday’s evaluation of the Commission for Albania’s excellent results”, said Balla.

“We have addressed the Ethics Committee requesting the expulsion of MP Sali Berisha for 30 days”, said Taulant Balla.

Meanwhile, DP MP Belind Këlliçi said to reporters that the ruling majority’s stance is a scenario to pass important bills without debate. /gj.m/r.e/a.f/p.s./

The Code will serve as a common agreement to promote ethical standards, combat disinformation and misinformation in elections and ensure an equal level playing field in the digital sphere.

This code of ethics was drafted in cooperation with the American Democratic Institute (NDI), the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), and the Rule of Law Center at the University of Helsinki, following the model of the 2024 European elections, as well as other similar initiatives in the Netherlands or in North Macedonia.

State Election Commissioner Ilirjan Celibashi thanked the electoral entities that welcomed this initiative and added that this Code aims to encourage the parties participating in the elections of May 11, 2025 to conduct a proper and fair competition. We hope that the competing parties and candidates will show restraint during the election campaign and conduct a competition with ethical standards.

Head of the Center for the Rule of Law, University of Helsinki, Tuija Brax said that despite the fact that this Code of Ethics is a voluntary instrument, political parties have the opportunity to show their voters that they are seriously engaged and can trust them.

Blerta Hoxha, representative of International IDEA in Albania, praised the commitment of all parties, undertaking this proactive approach to develop a more ethical digital campaign, something that unites them with sister political parties in the European Parliament. /r.e/p.s./