A bill, otherwise known as the Filipino Identification System bill, which sought to establish a national ID system that will integrate all the government identification system has been filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.
The proposed measure requires the government to issue a “Filipino Identification Card” to all Filipinos, whether residing in the Philippines or abroad.
The Filipino ID card which will be made of tamper-proof security material, will be honored in all government transactions.
According to Senate Bill no. 95 or the Filipino Identification System bill, the “Filipino ID shall be made of tamper-proof security material” and basic information such as “imprinted photograph, name, birth date, sex, date of issue, signature of owner” should be included.
Trillanes also specified that each ID must have an individual serial number issued by the Philippine Statistics
Authority (PSA), as well as biometric data of the individual cardholder.
“Ultimately, this measure would help the government deliver better services to the people,” Trillanes said.
“Having a national ID system would be helpful in our anti-crime and anti-terror campaign. By having a centralized database, we would have easy access to information about suspects, fugitives and other lawless elements,” he said.
The Senate explained that the integrated identification system would help “reduce leakage” in social service programs, such as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program.
The “Filipino ID,” as stated in the bill, must be free of charge upon registration “as part of the government social service responsibility.” Citizens, however, will have to pay a fee to replace lost cards.
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