Ethnic census release delayed
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The Central Census Commission cannot release the exact figures for the different ethnic groups before this year's general election, according to the director general of the Ministry of Immigration and Population Myint Kyaing, who is also on the Central Ce
The nationwide census is to be released in May.
“It is impossible to release a census for each ethnic group at a time when the nationwide census is announced in May this year. We could release it only after a series of discussions with ethnic representatives, the national races affairs committee of Parliament, historians and population experts. We cannot release it while the ethnic leaders have yet to confirm it,” he said.
The commission is in talks with ethnic groups who claim their numbers have been reduced in the census and ethnic names may be misspelled.
Ethnic census is a key to the election of ethnic representatives.
An official from Mon Census Taking Committee said despite about 100,000 Mon population in Yangon, without exact census these people lost a chance to elect a Mon national affairs minister.
