08/18/2021 7:29 PM
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Politics
Updated 08/18/2021 7:29 PM
After the
dissemination decided
by Alberto Fernández of the videos of the scandalous celebration of the first lady Fabiola Yañez in the Quinta de Olivos during the strict quarantine, through a Kirchnerist medium and Public TV, the President participated this Wednesday in a official act together with the Minister of Economy, Martín Guzmán.
It was the inaugural meeting of the Operational
Census Committee
of the
National
Population, Household and Housing
Census
that will take place
in 2022
.
The President was escorted by the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, the head of INDEC, Marco Lavagna, the civil servant Cecilia Todesca and Minister Guzmán and spoke from the Casa Rosada Bicentennial Museum.
"The work of a census is very important for a country, it is a central task. A
kind of photograph that we take of society
and the Argentine state every 10 years," said Fernández, on a busy day.
The appearance was after deciding to publish the videos of the scandal that keeps him in the focus of the questions.
Earlier, with a different tone, he had participated in a plenary session of the Frente de Todos in the Unique Stadium of La Plata, with the leadership of the ruling party, including Vice President Cristina Kirchner.
I am convinced that politics is built collectively.
Today I am the president, but I am also one more cog in a project willing to lead society towards a better destiny.
The pandemic was a major obstacle, but it did not stop us from making progress towards it.
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- Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) August 18, 2021
Memory of Kirchner and criticism of Macri
But in the middle of the hectic schedule there was time to remember Nestor Kirchner.
"
The last census was traumatic
for many people, especially for me who woke up with the news
of Nestor's death
, said Alberto Fernández.
And continued.
"The quarantine ...
no, the quarantine, no. The pandemic
and the restrictions have forced us to postpone this census. Now we can do it."
The President subscribed to the event's agenda.
"From there it allows us to know what policies to implement, where there are weaknesses and strengths, and to be able to act accordingly. The
lack of data makes the task of managing
and governing
very difficult
," he said about the virtues of the census.
"The possibility that we have of being able to update the data of our country is central. We have to know what we want to know. We want to know how many people are homeless, what happens to the prison population, what happens to the children on the streets. and that the clubs are a center of contention. We want to know
how many Argentines can become soldiers of the homeland
, how many people are dedicated to family farming, "he listed.
The President did not address the issue of the videos released of the celebration of the first lady Fabiola Yañez in the Quinta de Olivos, when strict quarantine was in force, but he allowed an underhanded criticism of Mauricio Macri's management.
"We also come from a time where the State was neglected, very
neglected by those who governed
. They believed more that many things are resolved outside the State and not from the State," he said.
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President Alberto Fernández heads the inaugural meeting of the Operational Census Committee of the National Population, Household and Housing Census 2022 https://t.co/T5psKU7k5d
- Casa Rosada (@CasaRosada) August 18, 2021
"Argentina is in need of this census. A census is being built that respects the best technical practices at the international level. It will allow us to design more and better public policies to
attack the problems that our need faces,
" said Guzmán, who spoke. after Lavagna's presentation.
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Look also
To try to control the crisis, the Government released videos of Fabiola Yañez's birthday at Quinta de Olivos
Another video of Fabiola Yañez's birthday in Olivos during the quarantine