An article titled "" has been published.Millions for institutional luxury: Government buys 104 new cars worth 2.4 million euros".
content It was published with this title on Thursday (August 20) by the medium "frontonline.net".
The article is even presented with an image showing the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, next to an official vehicle.
But what's wrong with this content?
The title incorrectly attributes the purchase of vehicles only to the Government, while the tender also includes institutions that are not part of the executive branch.
The content has also been published in other media such as "jepize.com","paparaci.com”And“democracy.com".
The heading of the article reads "While citizens face high living costs and public institutions continue to complain about budget shortages in many sectors, the state is preparing to be supplied with 104 new vehicles, through a Central Procurement Agency tender worth over 2.4 million euros.
The article also has an image, which shows an official table showing the list of contracting authorities and the quantity of different vehicle models that each institution is entitled to order through the framework contract. This includes ministries, agencies, inspectorates, municipalities, the Kosovo Police Service and the Prosecutorial Council, which together make up a total of 104 vehicles divided into five models.
Hibrid.info has researched the "e-procurement" platform and found the tender file in question, from which the above image was extracted. The document confirms that the figures and technical data presented in the article match the official documentation of the CPA.
However, the problem lies in the way the title presents this procurement. Despite the fact that the data on the number of vehicles and the tender value are accurate, the wording “Government buys” creates the impression that the 104 vehicles are being purchased exclusively for the Government. Official documentation shows that the framework contract allows for orders to a number of public institutions, including ministries, agencies, municipalities, inspectorates, the SHSKUK and the Prosecutorial Council.
According to articles 94 and 95 of Law on Public Procurement, the Minister of Finance has the authority to designate the CPA as the contracting authority responsible for carrying out a specific procurement activity for an approved list of goods or items of common use.
Through this delegation of responsibility, contracting authorities, which may also be other institutions, do not carry out procurement activities for those goods themselves, but turn to the CPA for the quantity they need according to the terms of the contract.
This means that the CPA acts as a centralized contracting authority for this procurement. Contracting authorities involved in the contract can place orders according to its needs and conditions.
Analyze:
The content that claims that "The Government purchases another 104 new vehicles worth 2.4 million euros" does not accurately represent what happened with this tender.
The title creates the impression that the 104 vehicles will be purchased only by the Government.
In fact, the tender documents show that this contract also includes other public institutions, such as agencies, municipalities, inspectorates, SHSKUK and the Prosecutorial Council.
Based on its work methodology, Hibrid.info evaluates the content as "Clickbait".
Reasoning:
“Clickbait” is considered to be informational content whose title is general and does not disclose the location of the event, context and relevance. Such texts and articles aim to attract the attention of the audience with sensational headlines with misleading consequences, which do not accurately clarify the content of the article. “Clickbait” headlines are mainly made to attract readability in the case of media publications and/or to earn from clicks in the case of commercial publications.