Census Delayed Again.

Once again, the government announced that the seventh digital housing and population census has been delayed for three months. This time the justification given is that the government was unable to arrange 'foreign: source procurements' due to the 'prevailing economic situation'.

An announcement of a delay of a few months in the process of one of the most important instruments of democracy would still be acceptable if delays are occurring once or twice. This census, which is also set to be the first digital census, has been delayed around three times. In April, reports stated that the Election Commission of...