Delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy said that hometown is important information reflecting personal identity and background, so she suggested that the drafting committee continue to show it on citizen identification cards.
Participating in the discussion of the draft Law on Citizen Identification (amended) on the afternoon of June 22, delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy (Deputy Chairwoman of the Judicial Committee) expressed concern when the draft proposed removing information about citizens' hometowns on the identification cards.
According to her, this is inappropriate and contradicts the content of Article 3 of the draft, which defines a citizen identification card as "information about a person's identity, background, identification characteristics and biometrics". "Hometown is also important information about identity and background that helps identify people and serves in daily transactions", she said, suggesting that the drafting agency study and consider not removing the hometown information section on the identification card.
Delegate Nguyen Thi Thuy (Deputy Chairwoman of the Judiciary Committee). Photo: National Assembly Media
Delegate Nguyen Anh Tri (former Director of the Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion) said that information about citizens such as hometown has different opinions and is unclear.
"If you write hometown or father's hometown, but the father has been away from his hometown, or even lived abroad for 3-5 generations or longer, how should you write it? Many people are confused about this content when declaring to their children and grandchildren," said Mr. Tri.
Hanoi delegates requested the Ministry of Public Security to study and guide citizens to declare their hometowns in a reasonable, correct, scientific and consistent manner. The national population database needs to record all items such as place of birth, residence, hometown, and place of origin, ensuring clear information, easy to declare, and easy to manage.
"When I was young, these items were all there, but they gradually disappeared. It is necessary to declare them all because these 4 items can be the same or different, they should not be shortened," said Mr. Tri.
Delegate Nguyen Anh Tri. Photo: National Assembly Media
The draft revised Citizen Identification Law was submitted by the Government to the National Assembly on June 2. The draft law proposes to remove fingerprints and identifying features from the ID card and replace the information on hometown with the place of birth registration and permanent residence with the place of residence. According to the Government, this improvement aims to facilitate people when using ID cards, limit the need for reissuance and ensure privacy; people's information is exploited through electronic chips.
Replacing permanent residence with residential residence is considered by the Government to be practical because many people currently only have temporary residence or current residence. With this regulation, all citizens are eligible for an ID card; ensuring the rights when having personal identification papers to carry out administrative procedures and civil transactions.
The issuance of new ID cards is carried out according to the needs of the people. When there are no conditions to exchange for a new ID card, citizens can integrate information into the electronic ID (free on the VNeID application) to carry out administrative procedures, civil, economic and commercial transactions.
Delegate Pham Van Hoa (Vice President of Dong Thap Province Lawyers Association) at the parliament. Photo: National Assembly Media
Different opinions on changing the name to the Law on Identity Cards
Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justice Nguyen Thi Hong Hanh agreed to change the name of the draft law from the Citizen Identification Law to the Identification Law to add the regulated subjects to be people of Vietnamese origin living in Vietnam who do not have citizenship.
According to her, the number of people in this category is high in the southern provinces, and people do not have identification papers to participate in social and civil relations. Therefore, changing the name of the law is a humane and appropriate policy, helping people use medical examination and treatment services, find jobs, study, and receive social support.
Meanwhile, delegate Pham Van Hoa (Vice Chairman of the Dong Thap Province Lawyers Association) said the Citizen Identification Law promulgated in 2014 is an important legal document for population management. The name citizen identification is familiar, and there are no problems in its use. "I request the Government to explain clearly and convincingly," he said.
Delegate Nguyen Anh Tri also proposed not to change the law's name because the current name is complete, clear and pure.
Concluding the discussion session, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Quang Phuong said that summarizing the group discussion opinions, 34 delegates agreed to change the name to the Law on Identification; 3 people proposed to clearly assess the impact and 38 opinions suggested to keep the name of the Law on Citizen Identification as it is.
The draft Law on Citizen Identification (amended) will be considered and approved by the National Assembly at the 6th session at the end of 2023.
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