Drilon urges Congress to prioritize passage of National ID system bill

SENATE Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged Congress to prioritize the passage of a proposed bill establishing a national ID (identification) system.

He made the appeal following news reports that some local officials in Central Luzon want to issue IDs to Muslims only in their provinces supposedly to identify terrorists. Malacañang rejected the proposal, and instead called for the adoption of a national ID system.