Computerized ID

Computerized ID

From Forum Keadilan

The home affairs ministry plans to award a private company
with the contract for computerizing the processing of identity
cards for all people throughout the country.

I hail the plan to computerize the processing of the cards,
but I strongly disagree with the contract being awarded to a
private company. This is because I fear the fee to obtain the
cards will jump so high that it will be unaffordable for many
people.

For example the fees for obtaining drivers licenses shot up
after the works of processing them was computerized by a private
company.

As everyone above 17 years old is required to have the card,
it would become an additional burden financially to many poor
people in the country.

I KETUT NGURAH

Gianyar, Bali