The federal government on Monday sent a bill to Congress that provides for the elimination of the ID book and replacing the ID card for all transactions and civic obligations.
As specified in the presentation of the project, the only ID card in credit card format, will operate for every procedure with an embedded chip that will maintain updated user data.
In the case of voting, the system will set the electoral rolls come with dies for each voter can bring your proof of issuance.
“There is no point making a document (the book format) is only used by citizens once every two years just to vote,” said the head of state to lead a ceremony in the Hall of the Patriotic Women Bicentennial Home government.
He noted that “the format of the book ID internationally only used in South Africa” and that Italy used a book recently replaced by a card holder.
Cristina said: “Since we launched the new DNI, in November 2009, as did 14 million new documents, and we know that 70 percent of the people who have taken out is because this ID is much more comfortable for size “time showed the document accompanying the card.
“This way we will go to a process that allows us to replace all documents of the country to a single format, which would give greater security to prevent identity fraud and replacement system,” said the portfolio.
Meanwhile, the Interior Ministry estimated that the daily production of the document, the new single format will amount to 40,000 units daily, adding that “in this way we will go a process that allows us to replace all documents in the country to a single format, which will give greater security to the system, preventing identity fraud and replacement. ”
The card format will ensure durability, safety and allows the incorporation of new technologies and allow migration to a smart document, while reducing by half the cost of materials and supplies used in production.
The resolution by which the project will be sent to Congress, was signed by the President, the Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina, and the Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo.
