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Govt to issue identity cards to RI children
Every child in Indonesia will have an identity card with a single number, which will remain valid throughout his or her lifetime, a minister has said.
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Standing up for rights -- Students take part in a peaceful rally to call for greater state protection of the rights of Indonesian children in Semarang, Central Java, in December 2015. Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said on Monday all children in Indonesia will have identity cards with single numbers, which will remain valid throughout their lifetimes.
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ll children in Indonesia will have identity cards with single numbers, which will remain valid throughout their lifetimes, a minister has said.
Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo said the identity cards, called Kartu Identitas Anak (KIA), or Child Identity Cards, would be the official identity cards for unmarried Indonesians aged below 18 years old. KIA would be one of two identity cards, the other being student cards, issued to Indonesian children.
“Their identity cards will be automatically changed into citizen identity cards [KTP] once they turn 17. This is because their identity numbers cannot change,” the minister told journalists before he attended a committee meeting at the House of Representatives’ Commission II overseeing home affairs at the House complex in Jakarta on Monday.
The Home Ministry announced in early February that it would issue identity cards to all Indonesian children starting in March 2016. The identity cards would be divided into two categories, namely identity cards for children under 5 years old and those for children aged between 5 and 17 years old. The Civil Registration Office will issue identity cards to newborns along with their birth certificates.
According to the ministry, the government is ready to pilot the implementation of the program in 50 regions. Overall, the policy will be implemented in 514 regencies and municipalities across Indonesia.
Tjahjo explained that the government would adopt the child identity card issuance system already used by 10 regions.
The minister said pilot projects for the state-funded KIA program had already been implemented in Malang, East Java, Balikpapan in East Kalimantan, Bantul regency in Yogyakarta, Makassar in South Sulawesi and Depok in West Java.
“The government has prepared Rp 8.7 billion [US$650.47 million) for KIA document training in 2016,” said Tjahjo. (ebf)
