Almazbek Atambayev: Biometric passports to ensure transparency of elections
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The President noted that this would allow achieving qualitatively new results in the work on ensuring security and transparency in the fight against corruption, in holding fair and transparent elections.
As the head of the Cabinet Sooronbay Jeenbekov noted, the introduction of biometric passports is one of the basic conditions for the creation of an electronic government and the country’s entry into the digital future through the implementation of Taza Koom project.
Sooronbay Jeenbekov added that Kyrgyz citizens will be able to get a biometric electronic passport free of charge from May 1 to December 31, 2017.
«The time for obtaining a new passport is reduced by half — up to 14 days from the date of application," the head of the Cabinet stressed.
