The methodology is based on The census is a legal obligation, a mandatory activity, and there are also sanctions for not taking part, but I hope that we will not have to think about them”, said the Director of the State Statistical Office, Apostol Simovski, while being a guest on TV Sitel.He reminded that the authorities are not conducting a census because it crossed someone’s mind, but due to the fact that the state and the economy need the data.
– The failed census of 2011 was a good lesson for us, because now the business sector is left without data on which its analysis is based. Those who are saying not to open door are carrying out a pure manipulation, said Simovski. He added that someone is seeking an alibi because they do not want a census.
-The methodology is developed ased on international rules, of the United Nations, we did not make them up. They apply to the whole world. They provide for those who have been outside the country for more than a year to enter only the column “non-resident population”. I expect to have an entirely successful census, it is in the interest of all, because otherwise we all lose. Marginal forces claim that it is a bad methodology, that numbers have been agreed and so on, but I urge that people do not succumb to such influences. We as an institution should give a realistic picture of society and the state, said Simovski.
