"Presenting the initiative, Rama clarified: We are not delegating [to Diella] the responsibility of governing or making final decisions. We are giving her the responsibility of doing what she does best: processing data quickly and giving us very fast answers [] Public tenders will be 100% free of corruption." Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on November 21, 2025, in Tirana, Albania.Armando Babani (Getty Images) The opposition asked members of the Socialist Party in government: Who will the police arrest if this minister makes a mistake or facilitates fraud? The programmer?"
"Diella, whose name means Sun in Albanian, responded to some of the criticism from her screen in parliament: Unlike humans, I have no relatives to favor, no friends to award contracts to, and no emotions to cloud my judgment about public data. My loyalty is mathematical. Rama, 61, argued: Technology has no friends, doesn't accept coffee, and isn't afraid of retaliation. He maintained that the algorithm will overcome the country's structural nepotism."
Edi Rama introduced Diella, a virtual minister overseeing public procurement, to accelerate data processing and reduce corruption. The move aligns with a pledge to achieve full EU membership by 2030, where anti-corruption measures are a key requirement. The system aims to make public tenders transparent and free of favoritism by using algorithmic decision support. Opposition figures raised accountability concerns, asking who would be held responsible for errors or fraud. Diella asserted impartiality by noting the absence of relatives, friends, or emotions, while government officials argued that technology can overcome entrenched nepotism in Albanian society.
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