
Prime Minister Edi Rama responded this Tuesday evening to critics who questioned Albania's ranking in first place on the National Cyber Security Index.
In a post on social media, the head of government called them "haters" and "trolls", while emphasizing that the classification is not a propaganda product, but is based on an international methodology that assesses the legal framework, institutional capacities and prevention system in the field of cybersecurity.
Rama stated that the ranking does not change from comments on social networks and described Albania's first place as a result of the work done over the years by the government he leads.
Rama's full post on social media
"A necessary note for the loyal haters and their army of trolls. As soon as I posted the news that Albania came first in the global cybersecurity index, they rushed in like flocks of crows and ravens with all sorts of croaks.
But if the news was a "lie", "propaganda", "stupidity", then why all that great effort with stones and mud? No normal person wastes energy on extinguishing a extinguished candle.
In fact, the ranking in the National Cyber Security Index is not made by a crow, a raven, or a troll. It is determined by an international methodology, with 98.33 points, measured on the legal framework, institutional capacities, and prevention system.
My loyal haters can jump up and down, but the scoreboard doesn't change because they pour anger and drool on their digital mirrors.
It may be painful to be a troll of a country that tops the world rankings precisely in its ability to defend against malicious trolls, but there is no cure for the pain of haters.
So keep going, strength, every comment of yours is one more click, one more test, and one more smile for me, on this beautiful day of fantastic achievement.
True friends and allies who know well what this Global Index is today congratulated me, while the weak-hearted of Albania attacked me.
Both sides, in their own way, confirmed the same thing: Albania rose to the top where until not many years ago it was at the bottom.
"And this only hurts those who absolutely love it in the end, and who, because of their mother-in-law's anger, became the miller's mat."