【Statement on News of eID Scheme Postponement】
1/ Revocation and variation of administrative decisions ought to be announced by competent agencies in the form of a valid resolution as opposed to anecdotal relays over dinner meetings of the ruling party. https://www.tahr.org.tw/news/2865 

2/ Provided that the postponement of ID Cards digitalization has taken effect in compliance with all prescribed procedure, decrees concomitant to the former resolutions, particularly that governing digital headshot files, ought to be repealed.

3/ It is our stance that a refreshed blueprint default by privacy protection and data autonomy for ID renewal be laid out pursuant to total revocation of the eID scheme at hand.

4/ As bifurcation of nationals identification and natural person certification is feasible, we urge that the state renounces a governances framework that endorses the attribution of a compulsory, multi-purpose, permanent and unique identifier to each citizen.

5/ Instead of being complacent about minimal compliance with nominal thresholds, the administration should foster public participatory in optimizing governance legitimacy.

6/6 Our appeal is joined by Justice Reform Fdn., Open Culture Fdn., Human Subject Protection Assn., Software Liberty Assn., Assn. for Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Taiwan Forever Assn., Amnesty Amnesty International Taiwan and many like-minded indvs.