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IT expert Gent Progni denounces that the online petition “With Justice” of the Opportunity Party carries out verification of personal data behind the scenes, comparing them with an existing database. According to tests, the system rejects fictitious data and accepts only real data, which indicates the use of data for political purposes. Law no. 124/2024 allows the processing of data only for specified and transparent purposes, while Article 110/bi of the Criminal Code provides for criminal liability for the illegal storage or use of personal databases...
An initiative of the Opportunity Party, led by MP Agron Shehaj, has opened a serious legal and political conflict over the use of citizens' personal data. It concerns the online petition "With Justice", a page that invites citizens to sign in support of justice reform, but which, according to technical tests, does not function as a simple form of citizen will.
According to the public denunciation of IT expert Genti Progni, the platform performs a secret verification of the signatories' data. When fictitious data is entered into the form, the system rejects it with the message "Signator's data does not match". When real data is entered, the signature is accepted. This mechanism does not comply with the logic of a public petition and suggests the existence of a reference database behind the scenes, with which citizens' data is compared.
In technical terms, this means that the data entered by the user is not simply stored, but is checked in real time against an existing data set on the server. Such a function necessarily requires a preliminary database of names, surnames and telephone numbers. The essential question is where this database comes from and on what legal basis it is used.
Law No. 124/2024 on the protection of personal data, which repealed the old law No. 9887, establishes clear obligations for any data controller. Processing must be lawful, transparent, limited in purpose and based on a valid legal basis. The citizen's consent is not sufficient if his data is compared with a third-party database, the existence of which he is not informed.
In this case, the Opportunity Party appears to be the data controller, but there is no public transparency as to whether it is registered as such with the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection, as required by law. There is also no explanation of the source of the database used for verification. Suspicions range from possible institutional leaks, including AKSHI, to private sources linked to business networks and the media.
Article 110/bi of the Criminal Code clearly stipulates that the illegal storage, processing or use of personal data is punishable by a fine or imprisonment of up to two years. In addition to criminal liability, the law also provides for administrative sanctions that can reach up to 2 billion lek or up to 4 percent of annual turnover.
The case takes on an even more serious political dimension due to its history. Genti Progni has made it public that during the patronage database scandal, years ago, he had approached Agron Shehaj himself, then a member of parliament for the Democratic Party, to raise the issue publicly. According to his testimony, the answer he received was “you are wasting your time”. Today, the same politician is accused of using a similar mechanism, this time on behalf of a new political force that claims to be fighting the old system.
This creates a strong moral and political contradiction. A party that builds its discourse on the law, transparency and the fight against the abuse of power cannot justify the existence of a secret database that controls citizens' signatures. If the allegations are true, we are not dealing with a technical error, but with a deliberate data processing model.
The issue requires immediate institutional verification. The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection should clarify whether the Opportunity Party is registered as a controller and what databases it administers.
Jepini, futeni edhe Agron Shehajn në burg ose më daktë, denigrojeni me këto lajme.