00:00homeland security minister roger alexander has confirmed at tv6 news
00:04that there is a proposal before the cabinet for citizens of 16 years and older to possess a valid
00:09form of identification in public valid form of id it's just amazing though you're going to the
00:14airport you can tote it then you're going to collect your money you can tote your id then
00:17you're going to look for a job you can tote id then you're driving your car you can have an
00:21id
00:21but some people think it is not necessary when you're in these streets so you're in the streets
00:26going to do business you have a card on you you have money on you you have a phone on
00:31you but
00:31there's a problem having an id amazing a copy of the cabinet minute has been circulating online
00:36it is at the stage of proposal uh it's it has gone to the attorney general to look and see
00:44it has passed through some of the the legal frame the legal minds at the ministry of homeland security
00:50and still i will send it out to see what they feel as feels like however and what decision they
00:57come
00:57up with however a simple answer to this solution ask law enforcement if they are all right with such a
01:07proposal that's all it is you know ask law enforcement the body that that is here to protect us
01:14ask them if they are okay with the proposal i would love to see the answer minister alexander
01:20gave a hypothetical example to highlight one of the reasons behind the proposal before the cabinet
01:25one of your relatives fall long on the nation streets because the dmo comes or some doctor
01:31passes and check in nobody seems to know this man you know how much persons we have at the
01:35mortuary you know what persons we had what we had was missing persons and they were lying down in a
01:40hospital bed let us be real a little bit sensible about this minister alexander was responding to
01:45our questions about concerns raised by temporary opposition senator sanjeev budu in a statement on
01:50facebook senator budu said that for those who may look at this superficially and conclude that nothing
01:55is wrong with that consider that a legal requirement to carry id also means a sanction for not carrying id
02:01senator budu said our current law does not require a citizen to own any form of id whether national id
02:07card
02:07driver's permit or passport the opposition senate acknowledged there are some countries that do
02:12require you to own a form of national id however he said there are very few countries that require
02:18persons to carry id in public minister alexander pointed out there are those who do not work with
02:23any form of valid id while going for a walk or run but he said most usually have their mobile
02:29phones with
02:29them just maybe we might be able to bring the technology to your phone where we can get the
02:35information from a recognized institution as to who you are your id and it is printed on your phone
02:42however the homeland security minister emphasized that the cabinet note is a proposal that is subject
02:47to the final approval of the cabinet jul brown tv6 news
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