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"When the US is not immune, neither can we be," how will the government justify the disinformation office after Rubin's decision

Politiko 2025-04-16 19:29:54

"When the US is not immune, neither can we be," how will the

The Trump administration has decided today to close  the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an office housed in the State Department that conservatives say funded an unconstitutional "censorship scheme." 

In the context of the global climate of censorship and disinformation, a year ago the Albanian government also rushed to establish the Special Parliamentary Commission with a focus on coordinating and overseeing institutional efforts to combat disinformation and other forms of foreign interference in democratic processes in Albania.

A commission that was voted on only by majority votes, after the opposition opposed it from the beginning. 

Prime Minister Edi Rama and his supporters described the commission as "very important to move forward at full speed."

On the other hand, Bledi Çuçi, a member of the commission, considered it a mechanism for domestic political purposes, referring to the similar office in the US. 

"This is not a mechanism for our internal political goals, so we must be together here. The establishment of this committee is necessary. It will conduct a complete analysis of the situation. I think that if this Parliament is to have a committee where we should be in sync, it is this committee where we should provide a detailed analysis of the level at which the intervention of these countries has reached. We cannot be immune when it is not the US or the EU countries. It is in our honor to address it as soon as possible. I am convinced that you will join this committee," Çuçi declared at the meeting of the Conference of Speakers. 

Likewise, the Speaker of the Parliament, Lindita Nikolla, sent a letter to senior State Department official James Rubin after the establishment of the Disinformation Commission, asking for encouragement. 

"When the US is not immune, neither can we be," how will the

After the latest decision by the US Secretary of State, the majority now has to play with another alibi to justify the disinformation commission, since "if the US is not immune, neither can we be," it falls from today. 

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