There is a willingness to dialogue. “We are here, if they tell us in the next few hours (…), we will install it,” Deputy Communications Minister Gabriela Alcon said at a press conference in the eastern capital.
The vice-president of the region appointed to the presidential portfolio insisted that representatives of the power group headed by the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, and civilian Rómulo Calvo should attend the talks without any kind of conditions.
He considered that the discussion table is the best space for the representatives of the committee to present their proposal to conduct the census exercise in 2023 and fulfill all the technical requirements to obtain good results without exceptions, as happened in 2012.
The Deputy Minister noted that “they say that the census can be done in 2023, but they do not mention how and how the activities can be suppressed without jeopardizing the quality of the results.”
Referring to Camacho’s new ultimatum to repeal Supreme Ordinance 4760, which sets the 2024 National Survey, before or during the indefinite strike scheduled to begin on October 22, Alcon noted that the rule sets only “maximum dates” for the census to be conducted.
Regarding Camacho and his followers, he said the demand was a whim and an excuse to avoid dialogue.
“If there is the ability, prediction and political will, as they said, they can come in and show the country and Santa Cruz that we can do the census, those 26 activities that appear to us, and achieve these stringent characteristics, and asked what is the fear of being able to have a dialogue without conditions?”
The deputy minister explained that the ball was now in the court of Camacho and his followers, and insisted that it was not necessary to lead the residents of Santa Cruz to a new strike from October 22 because that would harm the entire population.
Looking to achieve good results in the census, Alcon noted the need to act in accordance with procedures established by international organizations such as the United Nations Population and Housing Fund and the Demographic Center for Latin America and the Caribbean.
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