Plans are being finalized to send the draft regulation on Jamaica’s digital ID program to the country’s parliament for examination and possible endorsement.

In the next few weeks, members of the House of Representatives will receive the proposed legislation on the National Identification System (NIDS), according to remarks by a government minister on Radio Jamaica.

The government had last year pledged to factor in proposals from the public regarding the draft text.

Senator Dr. Dana Morris Dixon, minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister, with