After the meeting, the Minister of Civil Affairs and coordinator of the Council of Ministers for the census, Adil Osmanović said that there is no possibility for the census to fail.
He stated that the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina should in accordance with the law get the job finally done.
Director of the Agency for Statistics, Velimir Jukić hopes that, with the support of higher authorities, particularly the Council of Ministers, the results should be announced by the set deadline (1st of July this year).
The director of the Federal Office of Statistics Emir Kremić said, among other things, that no one can be blamed that tonight the consensus wasn’t reached.
However, Radmila Čičković, the director of the Statistical Office of RS, expressed regret that no agreement was reached. She believes that within a reasonable period of time consensus can and should be reached, and that the question 40. from the census, concerning the place of work and education must be included in data processing.
(Source: novovrijeme)