IDs turn into a political bickering toy

TIRANA, Feb 17 – Issuing of the new identity cards remains the main tool for the country’s constant political fighting at the moment.
The opposition claims that the process has failed and that no citizen has been equipped with a card. That is opposed by the government.
That was the main debate of this week’s parliament besides the suspension of the lustration law.
The main opposition Socialist Party lawmakers accused the government of not keeping their promise to give new IDs to its citizens, adding that this action also endangered the voting process of the general elections on June 28.
Interior Minister Bujar Nishani insisted that the process was moving normally and in line with the plans. He said the process had already started by considering citizens who do not posses passports that may be used for voting.
Nishani said the government has set realistic standards for the next parliamentary elections, adding they also cleared the voters’ list of duplications.
Socialist lawmaker Erjon Brace said it was very disturbing that after one month from the process’s beginning, no citizen was equipped with an identity card.
“The card is very important because it has to do with the right to vote. The process is not running smoothly, one could even say it is heading towards failure,” said Brace.
The opposition also said they were not against the creation of an ad-hoc parliamentary commission to check the process but also insisted that it should be led by the opposition and not by the governing coalition.
Armand Teliti of the civil register urged the population, especially those without a passport, to apply for the new identity cards and called on the opposition not to make speculative statements about the lack of transparency in the process.
However, through all of this scuffling no one has ever complained about why common citizens should have to give their finger prints for the new IDs, as if they were suspects of a crime or under investigation.
Isn’t that a violation of their basic human rights?