Kurti speaks of Gashi's scandal, of “heard” media: Manipulation is coming from our enemies through their aides in Kosovo

A democracy lives not only by civic vote but also by the word given. The word cannot be free if it is caught by secret interests. Reports of money-bag financing are not only a problem of professional ethics, they are a direct threat to the integrity of public debate. Because when money comes invisibly, it buys not only media space, it buys influence, it instructs narrative, and eventually distorts citizen perception. A disinformed citizen is free, he's manipulated. And as reports show, this manipulation is coming directly from our enemies, but that they're actually finding their own host inside our country, he has declared.

Kurti has also said it is not in the interest of the government to limit the media, but that media independence cannot be built on secrets that finance slander.

We have no interest in limiting the media, we have an interest in being stronger, more critical, more independent. But independence cannot be built on secrets that finance slander and definition, editorial freedom must be guaranteed, coupled with full transparency of ownership and financing. Citizens need to know who's talking, in whose name he's talking, what resources he's talking about, who's financed. If each other business gives responsibility for its finances and resources, the media must also be at the same level of responsibility. The law for independent media council, which we will bring before you, is not to control the media, but to protect it from capture. Censur is an obstacle to the fair news, not to false news with suspicious financing, he said today in the Assembly.