Santo Domingo.- The President of the Central Electoral Board (JCE), Román Jáquez Liranzorevealed Wednesday that the new Identity and Electoral Card will have the colors of The Dominican flag: blue, red and white.
Although the document will change to Photo on gray scalesHe stressed that he will not prevent him from maintaining the color as the past models in blue and yellow.
Jáquez Liranzo added that he will include the Patricio Juan Pablo Duartewith greater visibility than the current card, while in the rear, it will appear A Güira, a drum, the monument to restoration and the palm cigua.
In it Weekly Lunch of the Corripio Communications Group He explained that, unlike the card issued in 2014, the new document will be manufactured with Polycarbonate and with a chipinstead of PVC with QR codethis with the aim of protecting the security.
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Regarding the chip, the president of the JCE clarified that he will not be connected to a satellite neither GPSso the entity will not have access to the location of the citizen.
For an additional cost based on a ratementioned that the new card will be available in a way digitalas well as the Digital signature and a Travel certificatethe latter for cases where the passportto be able to travel with the card.
The issuance of the new cedula will be in a way free and his Mass renovation is contemplated for the 2026.
“It’s a State project that not only will it be a change for legal reasons, for biometric reasons, for security reasons, but because this is leading to a Civil Registry purification. Particularly since December of last year, the Central Electoral Board is working with the purification of each Birth certificate of the Dominicans and Dominicans and of those who will have the right to be Legal, military or police foreigners. This will be a process, ”said Jaquez Liranzo.
In it meeting There were also the titular members Dolores Fernández; Samir Chami Isa; Hirayda Fernández; Rafael Vallejo and Directors Américo Rodríguez, of cedulation; Rhina Díaz, of Civil Registry; Johnny Rivera, of computer science; Suedi León de Comunicaciones and Denny Díaz, legal consultant.
Validity
Román Jáquez Liranzo said that the validity of the identity document will vary, valid age range.
People Between 18 and 35 years of age they will be valid for 12 yearsthe age range that includes 36 to 60 years will have a validity of 16 yearswhile those of 61 years or more will be valid for up to 20 years.

As explained by the president of the JCE, it will be divided into these stages so that renew in a staggered way and avoid the expiration of the cards in the same year.
He argued that the biometric featureswhich include data and fingerprints, as well as facial features.
He stressed that the years of validity will be calculated From the day of issuance of the document and will be renewed according to birthday.
As for the minor card, he indicated that although the law contains that from the age of 12, Identity Document is carried, The organ has not begun to implement it from that age.
At the moment he said that The document continues to be issued to children under 16 and 17while a socialization is concluded considering the card from 12 years.
