HINIMOK ni Senador Panfilo Lacson ang gobyerno na patunayan na seryoso ang implementasyon ng National ID system sa pamamagitan ng pagresolba sa iba’t ibang isyung pumapaloob dito.
“If the national government is really serious to implement the National ID system and capture as many registrants and serve the purpose of better delivery of social services to our people – including more efficient revenue collection, effective anti-corruption and anti-criminality efforts and the like – they better resolve some pestering issues quickly and surely,” Lacson stressed.
Tinukoy ni Lacson ang mga kontrobersiya simula sa pag-aaward ng kontrata sa outsourcing supply at services hanggang sa palagiang pagbagsak ng website ng Philippine Statistics Authority dahil sa dami ng mga nagla-log in.
“And now the long hours of waiting just to register and God knows what else,” diin ni Lacson.
Binigyang-diin ni Lacson na ang epektibong implementasyon ng National ID System ay ang abilidad na makapagparehistro ang mas maraming Pinoy.
“That much I used as one of my arguments while sponsoring and defending the measure on the Senate floor three to four years ago,” diin nito.
“Finally, it was enacted into law in 2018. It has already taken a long time since its passage and the implementation of the said law is now taking off the ground. If the issues are left unaddressed, it will be another missed opportunity to uplift the lives of our people in more ways than one,” dagdag ng senador. (DANG SAMSON-GARCIA)
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