Army proposes Voter ID Project

[Severus]

In an ambitious plan that could change the way electoral battles are fought and criminals are chased in Bangladesh, the Army says it can produce a national identity card for all voters for as low as Tk 300 crore.

Senior officers, in a presentation Saturday, have told members of the Cabinet and the Election Commission the job can be done in about 12 months.

The proposed identity card will contain such information as name, father's name, sex, permanent address, personal identification number (PIN), date of birth, photograph, barcode of thumb impression, thumb impression/signature of individual, profession, signature of election officer and signature of local elected representative.

"It was well thought-out, all-encompassing and, above all, pragmatic," one of those who attended the briefing told reporters.

"It takes into account Bangladesh's very own conditions, relies heavily on support from armed forces, police, BDR, local teachers, and gives details of hardware and manpower requirement."

Among the audience was the army chief, Lieutenant General Moin U Ahmed.

The "immediate objective" will be to produce a database of roughly 100 million voting eligible citizens for national elections, but the plan, if implemented, will eventually create a national human resource database of all citizens.

The Bureau of Statistics has been proposed to be custodian of the database and will host the central data repository.

The army in its proposal says laminated paper card (laser printed) should be given to all users free of cost.

If anyone wants to have better versions of cards like plastic card or smart card with chips, they will get it if they are ready to pay the cost.

"The proposed national citizen identification database will contain PIN, bio-metric data for multi-purpose national use like national ID, voters' list, tax payment, different licensing, land registration, crime investigation, police verification etc,"

The army says the task will require a combined effort of the Election Commission, ministries of home and local government, the Bureau of Statistics and the defence forces.

Various committees – from national to upazila -- have been suggested to oversee implementation.

Civil servants will sit on the executive committees, but technical experts, politicians, civil society leaders and NGO officials will be part of the advisory bodies.

[Icy]

Joss idea.. I do support it.. National identity thaka uchit.. Kora onek jhamela.. Korte gele onek khoroch egulo vabar kono mane nai.. Kono na kono ekdin kaoke na kaoke start kortey hobe.. Ar 12 months keno? Allah kore jeno 24 months lage .. Ai 24 months ontoto taile B.N.P & A.L er pain theke mukto thaka jabe ..

[Severus]

army rei diye korano utchit, cuz they r very organized

[self_shattered]

I like this proposal.Again i like the card which CEC mentioned National id card not voter card.It will do more good i think.

[Force_Recon]

I believe if its ever done it should be done by the armed forces.They are experts and has proved themselves to be excellent in their tasks.

[Severus]

The information which will be included in the NIDCB can be sectorized as follow:
1) Unchangeable permanent information:
Name of the Citizen
Father’s Name
Mother’s Name
Permanent Address
Date of Birth
Place of Birth (holding number, street/ lane or village, police station, district
and clinic or hospital mentioning name)
Special identification mark (if any)
2) Changeable present information:
Guardian’s Name (if have)
Date of Marriage
Date of Divorce
Physical Structure (weight, height & chest)
Body/ Screen Color
Color of hair
Present Address
3) Personal information of service life:
The last certificate form academy and its name
Occupation and rank
Office Address
Cellular/ Phone/ Fax No.
TIN Number
Monthly/ Annual Income/ Expenditure
Total value of property
4) Especial Security information of the government:
Only Government National Security Organization on can preserved here the information.
Here administration will preserve the used information of police station and court.
5) Necessary information for Election Commission (EC)
Judging the information this citizen belongs to the voter of which area in the
country and enlisted all information
6) Medical Information
Medical authority can update here necessary information.
7) Date of death and Case
8) Last there color photograph and self signature

[Force_Recon]

these vital intelligence and records and that of foreigners should be kept by the NSi and even the DGFI.
doesn't the government have a Census unit?

[living dead]

valo idea.kintu hobe to??