Corpses held in morgue over electronic ID card [Archives:2005/875/Local News]

SANA'A- Sept. 4- A large number of citizens assembled at the Civic Affairs and Register Authority, part of the Ministry of Interior located in Esser Street, in protest against prolonging procedures related to issuance of electronic ID cards recently approved by the government.

Numerous citizens told the Yemen Times they have three corpses of their relatives two of whom died in a traffic accident waiting to be put in the Republican Hospital's morgue.

When these citizens went to the hospital to take the corpses of their relatives to bury them, their request were rejected since they have no ID cards. Then they moved to the Civic Affairs and Register Authority to have electronic ID cards but have been delayed by a week due to procedures related to the issuance of new cards, and moreover the authority was given orders to stop issuing traditional cards that can be obtained within hours.

People rallying at the Civic Affairs and Register Authority vented their anger at the government officials for the maltreatment they receive in public institutions, in addition to prolonging the course of procedures.
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