"The home affairs minister must continuously monitor the performance of his subordinates and staff members at the ministry to make sure that the e-ID card project is completed as scheduled in 2012," Tama said in a discussion on "Polemics : The e-ID Card Fuss" here on Saturday.
He criticized the minister for showing arrogance in his statement that he would resign if the project was not completed on schedule.
Tama said the minister would face the consequences of his statement if his staff continued to underperform.
Irman, the ministry`s acting director general of population and civil registration, denied that the minister was arrogant in making that statement.
Minister Gamawan had expressed optimism that the e-ID card project would be completed in 2012.
The ministry`s personnel would fully support the implementation of the project, he said.
"We don`t want our minister to face a difficult situation, so we will work hard to make sure that the e-ID card project will finish on time," Irman said. (*)
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