From the Indec headquarters, where he went to learn about the operation and the scope of the 2022 Census, President Alberto Fernández said on Wednesday night that the statistical agency “was able to take a photo of Argentina” to “know things that we knew.”
Fernández described the 2022 Census as “an exemplary day” and expressed his “gratitude to all Argentines who opened their doors today” to the 600,000 census takers who were responsible for collecting information throughout the country.
The head of state visited the INDEC headquarters at night together with the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzman, where he was received by the head of the statistical agency of the national State, Marco Lavagna.
President’s Statements @alferdezthe Minister of Economy, @Martin_M_Guzmanand the director @INDECArgentina, @MarcoLavagnaon the development of @census2022 https://t.co/Ia0aOtRG72
– Pink House (@CasaRosada) May 19, 2022
The three officials went to the agency’s computer center and, once there, Lavagna informed Fernández and Guzman about the population’s participation in the 2022 Census, both digitally and in person.
Fernandez pondered that this Wednesday was “the first Census that has asked homeless people.” He also stressed that “it is the first time that the Argentine State asks about gender identity” to the inhabitants.
For its part, Guzman maintained that “What this census gives us is the structure for the country’s socioeconomic statistics, which is what allows us to have better instruments and information to make public policies for the people.”
In the morning, via Twitter, the President affirmed that the national census of households, population and housing “allows us to think about how we can build a better future” for Argentina, at the same time and stressed that the participation of all Argentines is “crucial”.
Today we will carry out throughout the country the @Census2022. Census takers will be visiting the Argentine men and women to be able to know our present.
It is crucial that we all participate. The #NationalCensus It allows us to think how we can build a better future. pic.twitter.com/2nzjZeeckJ
– Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) May 18, 2022
“Today we will carry out the 2022 Census throughout the country. Census takers will be visiting Argentines to learn about our present. It is crucial that we all participate. The #NationalCensus allows us to think about how we can build a better future,” said the president on his Twitter account.
About 600,000 census takers participated in the census, which was carried out this Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. throughout the country, in an edition that, for the first time, implements the possibility of answering the survey in person or previously completing the digital form and submitting the receipt. to the attendees.
The President’s publication was accompanied by a video, with images of the meeting he held yesterday with a group of census takers at the Government House, to thank them for their work and learn about the face-to-face stage of the census.
“The last census was the day we lost Néstor Kirchner, a day of great sadness that will always remain in my memory. I am certain that I will also remember this census and this day as the one in which the Argentine people joined forces for a more accurate horizon,” says the voiceover of the President in the video, recalling the death of the former president, which occurred on October 27, 2010 while the last survey was taking place.
The president also stressed that “the census is a very valuable tool, which allows us to know how many we are, how and where we live, and above all to think about how we can live better,” adding that “the census records the present for Argentina from the future”.
“It is not a statistic, it is a painting of us and us that includes us, recognizes us and embraces our diversity. For all this, it is important that we all participate. By receiving the census taker they are exercising their duty and civic right and thus build a country best”said the President.
Fernández also highlighted that it is the first in which “homeless people will be surveyed and will include questions on gender identity.”
Finally, he thanked all those who work on the census and stressed that “their commitment is essential to assert this right.”
At noon, Fernández, his wife Fabiola Yañez and their son Francisco were registered in the Quinta de Olivos and demonstrated “Happy to spend this day with the family contributing to a more accurate horizon.”
Through his account on the social network Instagram, the president shared images in which he is seen with his family, responding to the census takers and pasting the identification stamp on the door of the main house of the Fifth.
“We already received Camila and Marisol and we did the 2022 National Census. It is the first for Francisco, who looked at everything with great curiosity,” he said.
In addition, he expressed his gratitude to the census takers for their “kindness and speed.”
“We are happy to spend this day as a family contributing to a more accurate horizon. Have you already received your census taker?”, concluded the President, in a joint publication with Yañez on social networks.
Words from FdT officials
Ministers, governors and mayors of the Frente de Todos also highlighted the completion of the 2022 Census, noting that it allows “knowing the present” of the population and stressing that “it is a great tool for later designing public policies that improve the reality of Argentines “.
The Minister of Public Works, Gabriel Katopodisrecounted his experience and pointed out that “having done the digital census before made the task much easier. Let’s wait for the census takers in our homes. Today is a day to recognize ourselves throughout the Argentine territory.”
Also the Minister of the Interior, Eduardo ‘Wado’ de Pedrostated: “This May 18, the national census will be carried out in Argentina to find out how many we are, where we are and how we live. And so that with current data we can plan public policies for the next ten years.”
For him Tucuman president, Osvaldo Jaldo“we are being part of this survey that serves to build a better Argentina”.
Raúl Jalil, the governor of Catamarcaconsidered that “the census allows us to get to know each other better, to know how many we are, how we are and where we live”.
Also, the mayor of the Buenos Aires municipality of La Matanza, Fernando Espinozawrote that the census “is a great tool to know the composition of all households in the country, and thus be able to design public policies that improve the realities of Argentine men and women.”
A decade after the departure of Néstor Kirchner
Like hundreds of militants, Alberto Fernández and De Pedro recalled the death of former President Néstor Kirchner, which occurred on October 27, 2010 while the day of the last census was taking place.
“Today, with a new census, I can’t help but remember Nestor’s departure the day of the 2010 census. Nestor, who with his words and actions motivated us thousands of young people to embrace politics as a tool of transformation for the benefit of the people. Nestor, always present, “said the Minister of the Interior on his Twitter account.
On the morning of October 27, 2010, while the last national population census was being carried out throughout the country, the unexpected news of the death of the former president, who was 60 years old, was known.
Kirchner decompensated at his home in El Calafate, Santa Cruz, where he was with his wife and then president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
