NewsWhore
07-30-2008, 05:00 PM
The much-discussed personal identification card known as the "cedula" will not be issued to Haitians by Dominican authorities, the head of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), magistrate Julio Cesar Castanos Guzman clarified yesterday. According to explanations from the president of the JCE, there is confusion regarding a project of the Organization of the American States (OAS) that seeks to provide Haitian immigrants in the DR, legal or illegal, with Haitian identification cards. According to Castanos Guzman, the OAS project would be similar to the process that the JCE uses to document Dominicans that live in the United States or Europe, regardless of their legal status.
Castanos Guzman explained that the OAS has requested that the JCE, because of its organizational experience in a similar process, assist the Haitian government in its efforts to provide "Haitian cedulas" to its citizens. To that end there will be an office for this purpose at the Haitian consulate in Santo Domingo.
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Castanos Guzman explained that the OAS has requested that the JCE, because of its organizational experience in a similar process, assist the Haitian government in its efforts to provide "Haitian cedulas" to its citizens. To that end there will be an office for this purpose at the Haitian consulate in Santo Domingo.
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