Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV has filed a bill seeking to
establish a national identification system.
Known as the Filipino Identification System, the Senate Bill
No. 95 seeks to consolidate all other identification system into one.
The Filipino Identification Card that the government would
be issued will serve as the identification for all citizens of the country,
whether residing in the Philippines
”Ultimately, this measure would help the government deliver
better services to the people. Having a national ID system would be helpful in
our anti-crime and anti-terror campaign,” Trillanes said.
”By having a centralized database, we would have easy access
to information about suspects, fugitives and other lawless elements. Further,
this would reduce leakage in providing social services to the people, such as
the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program,” he added.
According to the bill, the Filipino ID shall be made of
tamper-proof security material.
It shall have the imprinted photograph, name, birth date,
sex, date of issue, signature of owner, the corresponding individual serial
number issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) and such other data
as may be deemed necessary.
It shall also have the capability to store at least the
biometric data of the cardholder.
Trillanes said the initial application for and issuance of
the Filipino ID shall be free of charge as part of the government social
service responsibility. However, a replacement fee shall be paid by the
cardholder.
Apart from this measure, Trillanes also filed other priority
measures such as the new Salary Standardization bill; increase of SSS pension;
establishment of Philippine archipelagic sea lanes; defining the Philippine
maritime zones; Freedom of Information bill; institutionalizing Hotline 117;
increase of old-age pension for military and other uniformed personnel; and the
new comprehensive nursing bill.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=901439
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