The personal number of citizen (PAP), “is an indispensable tool but it alone does not solve anything and is in no way the essential administrative reform that the country needs,” SYRIZA-PS said in a statement, commenting on government announcements.

The party notes that “we recognize progress. We do not deny that the single number is in the positive direction. Interoperability, removing multiple records, digital access through Myinfo – all are correct aspirations. ” Subsequently, however, he adds: “The implementation is turned upside down: the PAP comes before the deep, well -known and chronic problems of the state are resolved: the registers are still unrelated and mutually. The state has not yet established a clear responsibility for the quality of the data. Citizens will continue to ‘run’ to correct mistakes that they did not create themselves. Access to the PAP requires digital skills and infrastructure that not everyone has – with the risk of excluding the most vulnerable. “

“The government presents the PAP as a ‘decades of solution’. But it is not accompanied by substantial administrative restructuring, clearance of registers, legal obligation for interoperability, transparency in use and control of the number, ”observes SYRIZA-PS. At this point, SYRIZA-PS proposes:

  • Independent Registrar Integrating Body – with jurisdiction and accountability
  • Mandatory interoperability based on standards and technical checks
  • Full accessibility for all (including the elderly, disabled, those who do not have a mobile or taxisnet)
  • Citizens’ participation in correction and validation of their information, not responsibility on their backs

Closing the party, he stresses in his announcement: “The Pope can be a tool. But if the foundation of the state remains loose, the number will be just another prefix in our VAT. The actual digital state does not appear on cards and applications – it is shown in the way it treats the citizen. Digitization without justice and transparency is management grooming. And we are not here to like the showcase. We are here to build a state. “