translated from Spanish: Announced the National Census for May 18, 2022

President Alberto Fernández led on Wednesday the inaugural meeting of the Census Committee of Operation of the National Census of Population, Homes and Housing, which will take place in 2022, and highlighted that measure as “central” to know the “strengths and weaknesses” of the country, a situation that “the pandemic forced us to postpone.” We come from a time when the state was little cared for and very neglected by those who governed, who believed more that many things are resolved outside the state,” the president said in reference to the government of Mauricio Macri.

From the Bicentennial Museum of the Casa Rosada, Fernández maintained that “the Census is a kind of photograph that we take of Argentina every ten years. It allows us to know what public policies take to know, where there are weaknesses and where strengths.” We have to know well what we want to know: how many people do not have a home, what happens to our prison population, what happens to the children on the street and the possibility of clubs being a containment center, how many Argentines can become soldiers of the country and how many are dedicated to family farming, ” the president exemplified and added: “When it comes to wanting to help or promote people’s activity, we need to know where they stand.”
The president shared the announcement with Economy Minister Martin Guzman and The Director General of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec), Marco Lavagna. Also participating were the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, and the Ministers of Science, Roberto Salvarezza; of Culture, Tristan Bauer; territorial development and habitat, Jorge Ferraresi; of Education, Nicolás Trotta; Security, Sabina Frederic; Tourism and Sports, Matías Lammens, and Women, Gender and Diversity, Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta, among other officials. Governors Gustavo Bordet and Omar Gutierrez of Entre Rios and Neuquén, respectively, also attended the event. The committee will allow “to coordinate with government agencies and coordinate precensal activities as well as those that are carried out when the census is carried out,” according to a statement.

Original source in Spanish