What is a state without people? Nothing. And number of these people, citizens, peasants, constituents, non-constituents, believers, atheists, agnostics… decreases.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) was originally supposed to conduct a census in 2011. But since there was no political will and no functioning government at that time, everything dragged on. Yet, the census took place in 2013. Then we learned that we were supposedly 3.5 million, mostly constituents, but disappointed.

And since then until today, some analyzes show that there are even 200.000 less of us. And considering that the number at the census was certainly added, whatever the census, BiH probably did not have a population of 3.5 million, the situation is even more devastating today.

Ewhich are bold predict that only 2.8 million people live in BiH today. Whether or not this is true, we probably won’t know for a long time, and from a political point of view, it’s much nicer to live in illusion and dreams while believing that we are more than three million. And when we face the numbers one day, it may be too late for any strategy.

The census in our country was supposed to be organized in 2021, but it WashingtonThis is not the case. Because once the state gets used to omissions, it is difficult to get back on track, thus violating obligations, procedures, and the laws are simplified. There is a justification for everything – there is no political will.

So maybe we wake up one morning and they or they tell us that there is no political will aIdown with our existenceat to be in BiH. And this shows the current situation. The continuity of the crisis, the political apathy, and the general lack of ideas are constantly working to ensure that there may not be a need for a census in this country. Someone will list us somewhere.

Despite the fact that BiH missed the deadline to carry out the census in 2021, and even though it is already 2022, no one raises the issue of the census. True, the political situation in the country did not leave much room for such a thing, so for more than half of 2021 citizens listened to stories about the electoral law, but also about the separatism of Milorad Dodik, which undermines tirelessly state institutions. Yet an excuse for failure will always be found. By 2020, Bosnia and Herzegovina should have completed most of the preparations for the census.

youIn the end, even when we get the census, like we got it in 2013, it is useless if its results are not used to develop state strategies. And how many strategies did BiH after the 2013 census? Probably none. This is why the results of the International Student Assessment Program (PISA) tests on the functional education of children are devastating. This is why every day, as paradoxical as it may be, we listen to and watch advertisements about Germany looking for workers in BiH. Well, such advertisements are told as if they are about the export of a good, and not about the export of the most valuable thing – people.

This is why we already have a need for foreign labor, which we can see in BiH building sites. Investor apartments are increasingly being built by craftsmen from Turkey, Uzbekistan,etc

Osince they organize a censusthere will be no need to look at the results.

E.Dz.

Source: Klix.ba