Majority of Filipinos should have national ID by 2022 —DILG

By 2022, majority of Filipinos should have the national ID, the spokesman for the Department of the Interior and Local Government said on Wednesday.

"Kailangan majority o kung 'di naman lahat ng ating kababayan ay mayroon na pong national ID sa 2022. Dahil ang gusto po kasi natin sa sistemang ito ay hindi na 'yung napakaraming ID pa ang ginagamit ng ating mga kababayan for identification. Laging naghahanap ng kung ano-ano," Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya told Dobol B sa News TV.

"At the same time, marami pa rin tayong kababayan ang wala pang ID ngayon, sedula pa rin ang ginagamit. 'Pag nagkaroon po tayo nito, mayroon na tayong isang valid proof of identity gaya ng sa ibang bansa," Malaya added.

On Tuesday, Malaya disclosed the more than 30 provinces across the country that will be prioritized in the rollout of the national ID in October.

He said these provinces are already in coordination with the Philippine Statistics Authority as well as with the DILG regional offices to ensure that the pre-registration process would be safe amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Ang gagawin po natin dahil panahon po ng COVID, mayroon po tayong pre-registration. Kasi nga po we're trying to avoid 'yung mga mass gathering saka sobra pong mga face to face contact sa mga tao dahil mayroon pa nga pong COVID," Malaya said.

The national ID system seeks to harmonize, integrate, and interconnect the countless and redundant government IDs by establishing a single national identification system.

It will include the PhilSys number, full name, facial image, sex, date of birth, blood type, and address of the concerned individual. —LBG, GMA News