MITC: ID modifications will not harm clerics’ rights
- 27.06.2012 18:45
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The amendments made to a series of Laws that regulate the national passport system, approved by the Government in the first reading, will not harm the clerics’ rights and aim at optimizing and simplifying the ID issuance procedure. This is the explanation given by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications (MITC) in response to a protest organized by a group of clerics, reports Info-Prim Neo.
According to a communiqué from MITC, the goal of these amendments is to diminish bureaucracy and corruption in the issuance of IDs. The main changes refer to the exclusion of the military service record card from the list of documents to be submitted for identity card issuance, the possibility to apply for an identity card through a legal representative for disadvantaged persons (bedridden, who undergo a forced treatment, are in custody or detention), and handing over the identity card through a representative or letter of recommendation.
These amendments provide a better personal data protection. Thus, data regarding marriage, divorce, children, military record will be excluded from the accompanying sheet. Data regarding person’ domicile will be introduced in the identity card, raising the level of protection. The modifications also imply changing the card’s design and content to fit international standards.
Meanwhile, the MITC notes that these amendments do not modify the procedure of registering and monitoring the citizens who, from religious reasons, do not want ID cards with state identification codes on them. According to the data there 5123 individuals, in Moldova, who applied for Form nr.9 or have a Soviet-type passport.
