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No intention to use elector information in crime fight - Bunting
3:51 pm, Wed October 7, 2015
Peter Bunting, Minister of National Security, Jamaica - file photo
National Security Minister Peter Bunting has issued a response following public uproar to a suggestion that a national identification card be developed for all adults, which would carry biographic and biometric data, saying in a release that the Administration has no intention to change the current arrangements governing the use of the voter ID system.
The statement, issued on Wednesday, also outlined what he said at a Hanover Lay Magistrate's Association meeting last week where the issue was raised.
The Ministry of National Security, in the statement, said Mr. Bunting commented that elector identification was such a system that carried biographic and biometric data.
However, he said it could only be used for electoral purposes and not criminal investigations.
The Voter's List has personal information on more than 1.8 million Jamaicans, including fingerprints and photographs, all of which can help the police identify suspects.
No intention to use elector information in crime fight - Bunting
3:51 pm, Wed October 7, 2015
Peter Bunting, Minister of National Security, Jamaica - file photo
National Security Minister Peter Bunting has issued a response following public uproar to a suggestion that a national identification card be developed for all adults, which would carry biographic and biometric data, saying in a release that the Administration has no intention to change the current arrangements governing the use of the voter ID system.
The statement, issued on Wednesday, also outlined what he said at a Hanover Lay Magistrate's Association meeting last week where the issue was raised.
The Ministry of National Security, in the statement, said Mr. Bunting commented that elector identification was such a system that carried biographic and biometric data.
However, he said it could only be used for electoral purposes and not criminal investigations.
The Voter's List has personal information on more than 1.8 million Jamaicans, including fingerprints and photographs, all of which can help the police identify suspects.
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