Details are presented at the Paraguayan Congress on the Census

The goal is to raise awareness about the scope and importance of the largest statistical operation of the decade in the country, the official said before a forum attended by the President of the Senate, Oscar Salomon, as well as other authorities, academic representatives and civil society.

Ojeda called for the support of key figures in the political, sports, educational, religious and security fields to recruit volunteers and urged them to participate in this civic festival which proposes x-rays of the conditions of families throughout this southern region. .

The head of the National Statistics Institute stressed that the registry will allow updating population data and knowing compliance with constitutional guarantees across the country, as support for the implementation of public policies.

The executive branch by Law No. 6987 of September 30 declared a national holiday on November 9 for the census, its legal body suspended the circulation of the media on the date from 05:00 to 18:00 local time for the transportation of people and goods.

The rule excludes those who work in the statistics service, as well as international traffic and those related to security services, and public and private medical assistance.

It is also prohibited to sell alcoholic beverages and perform performances, works or public activities of any kind that may cause citizens to agglomerate.

About 213,000 volunteers will be mobilized on the appointed day across the country, while the National Police, the Technical Planning Secretariat, the Asuncion Municipality, the Ministry of the Interior and the Olympic Committee, among others, will cooperate.

Paraguay has published this type of event every 10 years since 1950 (senior official) through the National Statistics Institute, known until 2020 as the Directorate General of Statistics, Surveys and Censuses.

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