Reported 8 months ago
Nationalist Party lawmakers in Taiwan questioned the Ministry of the Interior for providing heavily redacted documents to a team reviewing the issuance of digital ID cards. The documents, which were meant to clarify the policies and budget allocation for the digital ID project, were found to be entirely blacked out or containing only tables of contents, prompting the Party to call for freezing the project or removing the entire budget. The digital ID project was initially set to launch in 2020 but faced criticism over security concerns and was halted. Despite this, maintenance costs of around 6.375 million USD annually have been spent on machines that may never be used, resulting in a total waste of public funds amounting to 1.4 billion USD. The Ministry's lack of transparency in providing essential information raised suspicions of concealment, leading to calls for accountability. The opposing Democratic Progressive Party respected the criticism but stated they found no flaws in the documents provided and were unsure of the specific grievances raised by the Nationalist lawmakers.
Source: YAHOO