The Ministry Of Home Affairs Wants 17-Year-Old Students To Get Their ID Cards Immediately

Requirements and steps for making e-KTP are easy. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) wants 17-year-old students to have an identity card (KTP) on their birthday to ensure that population services in Indonesia are evenly distributed.

"So if possible on a birthday, you will immediately get a notification to take your ID card," said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (Wamendagri) Bima Arya Sugiarto when met at SMAN 34 Jakarta, Tuesday 17 December, confiscated by Antara.

Bima said of course this goal should be emphasized by collaboration from the sub-district, Mayor, and the Population and Civil Registration Service (Dukcapil) levels to collect data.

One of them is intensified, namely picking up the ball to a number of locations that have not been reached.

"You have to continue to collaborate to collect population data for 17 people so that the ball can be picked up immediately. Don't wait for a matter of months, a matter of years, don't do that," he said.

This statement is considering that from the last General Election season (Pemilu), where at the time there were even some novice voters who still did not get their rights.

"So really have to be picked up by the ball, don't let the election season arrive, there are still many novice voters who haven't got their rights," he said.

He reminded the government to be present in the community to conduct socialization for residents aged 17 years who can already have ID cards.

Bima's arrival to SMA 34 Jakarta was greeted with a birthday cake, considering that December 17 was his birthday.

The electronic ID card recording activity can begin when a person is 16 years old. That way, when the individual has a birthday, they can directly come to the kelurahan or the initial recording place to take the ID card.

DKI Dukcapil refers to the Population Data of Potential Election Voters (DP4) recording as many as 458 people aged 17 years in five administrations of the city of Jakarta and one Thousand Islands Regency recording an electronic ID card.