Minister Cusicanqui will answer 12 questions about the Census; opponents believe that the interpellation organized by the MAS will not be serious

The MAS prepared 12 questions for the Minister of Development Planning, Sergio Cusicanquiwho will appear before the Legislative Assembly this Thursday, at 2:00 p.m., to respond on the progress of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. The opposition believes that it will be an unserious interpellation since it was organized by a parliamentarian from the ruling party.

“It is an interpellation made by a MAS parliamentarian and in that context it is only to wait for a pseudo interpellation in which they seek to season the process towards the census,” said the representative of Cree, Edwin Bazán.

Likewise, he announced that Santa Cruz is in a “state of readiness” and In the next few days, some actions of an institutional nature will be announced.

Deputy Gualberto Arispe asserted that The interpellation will be carried out at the request of the social sectors and opposition voices like the civic committees of some departments that have doubts about the pre-census stage.

“There is total confusion, for example, that the issue of limits has to be resolved before, but the Census is a technical question. We understand that the new Minister of Planning is going to expand on all these details at 2:00 p.m., ”said the parliamentarian.

The ex officio president of the Assembly and vice president of the State, David Choquehuanca, summoned senators and deputies to the ninth ordinary session where the questioning of Cusicanqui, inaugurated in his position on June 9 after the surprising resignation of Gabriela Mendoza.

The questioning of the work of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) was given by the secrecy with which the information is handled, the delay in the cartographic update and the lack of presentation of the census ballotdespite government commitments.

The controversy increased when the resignation of the director of the INE came to light, Humberto Arandia, whose resignation was rejected by President Luis Arce. Now Gastón Cordero assumes the direction on an interim basis.

Before this panorama, the opposition legislators affirmed that there was still no need to propose a postponement, only Senator Rodrigo Paz of CC suggested postponing the process until 2023, since there are no conditions or confidence in the work carried out by the INE to conduct the survey on November 16.

Regarding the case, Gualberto Arispe sees a contradiction from the opposition, which at first demanded that the national survey be carried out, but today (Thursday), asks that the process be postponed.

The pre-census stage is still underway, although the cartographic update is only carried out in four cities, Potosí, Oruro, Pando and Beni. The staff has not yet moved to the scattered areas.

The great national survey will cost $68 million, of which 1.6 million is a contribution from the national treasury and the rest will be financed by Fonplata and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The MAS prepared 12 questions for the Minister of Development Planning, Sergio Cusicanquiwho will appear before the Legislative Assembly this Thursday, at 2:00 p.m., to respond on the progress of the 2022 Population and Housing Census. The opposition believes that it will be an unserious interpellation since it was organized by a parliamentarian from the ruling party.

“It is an interpellation made by a MAS parliamentarian and in that context it is only to wait for a pseudo interpellation in which they seek to season the process towards the census,” said the representative of Cree, Edwin Bazán.

Likewise, he announced that Santa Cruz is in a “state of readiness” and In the next few days, some actions of an institutional nature will be announced.

Deputy Gualberto Arispe asserted that The interpellation will be carried out at the request of the social sectors and opposition voices like the civic committees of some departments that have doubts about the pre-census stage.

“There is total confusion, for example, that the issue of limits has to be resolved before, but the Census is a technical question. We understand that the new Minister of Planning is going to expand on all these details at 2:00 p.m., ”said the parliamentarian.

The ex officio president of the Assembly and vice president of the State, David Choquehuanca, summoned senators and deputies to the ninth ordinary session where the questioning of Cusicanqui, inaugurated in his position on June 9 after the surprising resignation of Gabriela Mendoza.

The questioning of the work of the National Institute of Statistics (INE) was given by the secrecy with which the information is handled, the delay in the cartographic update and the lack of presentation of the census ballotdespite government commitments.

The controversy increased when the resignation of the director of the INE came to light, Humberto Arandia, whose resignation was rejected by President Luis Arce. Now Gastón Cordero assumes the direction on an interim basis.

Before this panorama, the opposition legislators affirmed that there was still no need to propose a postponement, only Senator Rodrigo Paz of CC suggested postponing the process until 2023, since there are no conditions or confidence in the work carried out by the INE to conduct the survey on November 16.

Regarding the case, Gualberto Arispe sees a contradiction from the opposition, which at first demanded that the national survey be carried out, but today (Thursday), asks that the process be postponed.

The pre-census stage is still underway, although the cartographic update is only carried out in four cities, Potosí, Oruro, Pando and Beni. The staff has not yet moved to the scattered areas.

The great national survey will cost $68 million, of which 1.6 million is a contribution from the national treasury and the rest will be financed by Fonplata and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

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