The senators proposed that CURP have a photograph, fingerprint and signature, a situation that would greatly complement this document so necessary for any procedure.
In the joint commissions of Governance and Legislative Studies, second of the upper house, they repealed the General Population Law published in 1974 and issued a new one, which establishes that the Unique Population Registry Code (CURP) will have a photograph of the face, fingerprints, signature and place of birth.
In addition, it will be the Ministry of the Interior who issues the CURP with photo; This agency will verify the data related to the identity of the people by comparing the data provided by the citizens with those contained in the files of the dependencies and entities of the Federal Public Administration.
The United Commissions of the Interior and Legislative States of the Senate of the Republic approved the draft of the General Population Law that establishes the #CURP with photograph as an official identification document.#DPC with @nacholozano @NINACERVANTES pic.twitter.com/t6XHFEpjSB
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Senator Miguel Angel Manera, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), explained that the states were ignored, which should be part of population policies and showed that it is not explained, as required by law, what purpose the Registry has.
Only the protection of biometric data are very expensive and must be safeguarded, otherwise, warned Senator Claudia Anaya Mota, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), there will be cases of impersonation and identity theft.
